Chapter One: Calling Home

Tillie

Holding the phone up to my ear, I took a deep breath. I had spent the morning talking with my best friend and now I knew that taking a break was going to help me sort through everything that I had learned.

Shifters, mates, sex demons.

It was all so wild that these things were in my life and I hadn’t known about them.

I knew that Charity was worried that I wasn’t going to come back if I left, but I knew that I had to. I couldn’t hide out at my parent’s lake house forever. Hiding from everything that I had learned about the world forever, no matter how appealing that idea sounded. I had a job that I liked and while Tristian was cool with a lot of things; but I doubted that he would be cool with me never showing up to work again.

“Hello.” My stepfather said, answering my mother’s phone.

Damn, I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to talk to him. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Scott or anything. My mom had married him when I was a teenager and he doted on her and treated me like I was his daughter.

He just tended to talk, a lot.

“Hey Scott, is mom around?” I asked, bringing my thumb up to my mouth and worrying my thumbnail.

with?” He asked and I

“You okay?”

dropped a wrench on my foot.” He answered and I moved

Mustang that was older than I was that he’d been working

me too well, Tillie.” He chuckled and I could picture him in the garage hobbling over to sit on one of the metal bar stools that sat at his workbench. Tools spread out and the surface disorganized

my hand away. It was a bad habit and something that I only did when

to come with you? I’m sure your mom would love to see you?” Scott said and I shook my head before realizing that he couldn’t see

would be okay with him. While spending time with him and mom was always

one thing to tell your parents that you were dating one guy. It was another thing to tell them that what you thought was going to be a one-night stand had turned into so

the fact that

before you leave. We know you’re not throwing any wild keggers out there.” Scott said and I could hear

up. Thank you, Scott, tell

know you called.

that showed me he cared. He had

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Chapter One: Calling Home

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