Charming (A Seven World Novel) Read Online Free PDF

way that sent a shiver up her spine. Prince was like a knight all cleaned up and wearing a silk suit. Okay, so maybe that was a little overboard, but she definitely enjoyed the sexy image in her mind of him astride a black stallion, wielding a sword.
    Nadia had picked a winner this time. Not too young, not too old, and an alpha to boot.
    But Kat knew beneath all the layers of sophistication was a man like any other man. At the end of the day, he was no different than the guy selling magazines in the airport. Same basic wants and needs, even if he didn’t choose to acknowledge them.
    “Have a bite,” she offered, handing him a slice of room-temperature pizza. “You didn’t eat enough at dinner. I know this isn’t exactly a four-star meal, but at least it’s more edible than my sister’s wild game.”
    He eyed the pizza skeptically. “I wouldn’t go so far as to call that edible.”
    That was a little high and mighty. She turned to face him and waved the pizza in front of his mouth, brushing the tip against his lower lip. “Don’t think I didn’t notice your stomach growling earlier. What do you think lulled me to sleep? We can do this the easy way or the hard way. I prefer the hard way, but it’s up to you.”
    Kat was joking, but much to her surprise, he took the slice from her hand and bit into it. Now that piqued her curiosity even more. How often do you get to see someone experience their first bite of pizza?
    “Well? How is it?”
    The lines in his jaw moved as he chewed and swallowed. “Like you.”
    She dusted off her fingers. “And how am I like a pizza? Except for the supreme part.”
    “Bursting with flavor, but probably not good for me.”
    Kat laughed heartily and folded up her own slice, shoving half of it into her mouth.
    “I’ve never seen a woman with such a ravenous appetite,” he remarked.
    “I have a screwed-up metabolism,” she said around a mouthful of pizza. “My wolf is always in starvation mode.”
    “Yet you have the same figure as Nadia.”
    Her eyes flashed up with interest that Prince had noticed her body. It kind of made her want to blush, except Kat hadn’t blushed since she was twelve and a boy named Danny had kissed her on a dare. Twelve was much too young for a Shifter girl to be kissing boys, and Kat hadn’t done it again until she was twenty-one.
    Kat finished her last bite and licked her finger. “My job requires a lot of running and climbing over walls, so I guess I need all the calories I can cram in.”
    His eyes slid down to her legs and back up again.
    “Are you doing what I think you’re doing?” she asked. It was a trait Kat was familiar with because she did the same thing in her profession.
    “I… I was…”
    When color touched his cheeks, she couldn’t help but smirk. The stammering was even more adorable.
    “I meant reading my body language, but I’ll let you have an awkward moment of silence to think of an answer.”
    Prince sighed and continued eating his pizza.
    “Did Nadia go out to the club?” Kat set the box on the floor and kicked it out of the way.
    He finished his slice in less than four bites and then stretched out his legs. “To meet with a client.”
    “See, I’m not the only workaholic around here.” She licked a few crumbs off her lips. “Thanks for trying the pizza.”
    He arched a brow and studied her for a moment. Even sitting, Prince was much taller than she was. “I didn’t perceive it as a gallant act, but you’re welcome.”
    He’s so charming , she thought to herself. Kat leaned forward and began unlacing her boots. “It shows you trust me. Just a little bit.”
    “Perhaps I was just being polite,” he offered.
    She glared at him over her shoulder. “Packmasters don’t eat food offered from complete strangers just to be polite. Not someone as old as you, who’s probably seen firsthand how effective poisons are against an enemy. Ancients aren’t polite by nature.”
    “You can sense I’m an ancient?”
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