Hagen, Lynn - Nicholas's Wolf [Brac Pack 14] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) Read Online Free PDF Page B

his legs back to his chest. “I know what you mean. I practically live in that damn hospital. It seems like I never leave.”
    “Do you go to humans’ houses like the wolf physician visits pack houses?”
    Nicholas shook his head. “I wish. That’s what the hospital is for. The sick go there and I try to heal them.” How in the hell was this handsome man so naïve? Nicholas knew there were all sorts of people in all walks of life, but there had to be an explanation to how innocent this man was to the world and how it worked. No one was that ignorant of…humans. Maybe that explained it. Jason was a wolf. Maybe he hadn’t mingled with humans or their world.
    “Oh.” Jason looked embarrassed as his eyes lowered.
    Nicholas wanted to change the subject. He didn’t like that Jason was uncomfortable. “How can you shift?”
    Jason bit his bottom lip. “I can’t tell you.” He locked eyes with Nicholas. “And you can’t tell anyone you know about us.”
    “Maverick trusts me. I would never betray that. I wouldn’t betray you.” And Nicholas wouldn’t. Something was going on here, something between him and this wolf that he didn’t fully understand, but the idea of betraying him turned Nicholas’s stomach.
    “That’s good.” Jason nodded his approval, and for some reason that made Nicholas happy.
    His cell phone went off, interrupting his happy moment. Nicholas pulled it from his pants pocket and checked the caller ID. His father. Someone he didn’t want to talk to right now. He touched the pad, silencing it as he shoved it back into his slacks. Jason watched his every move.
    “My father. Someone I never look forward to speaking with,” Nicholas volunteered when he read suspicion in Jason’s eyes. For some reason he didn’t like that. He wanted the wolf to trust him. “He tries to run my life. Always has.” Now Nicholas found himself staring into the night. Why couldn’t his father leave him alone and let him live the life he wanted to?
    “My father did the same, then my Alpha, then the Alpha who won the challenge, and now Maverick. I don’t think anyone trusts me to make the right choice.” Jason sounded bitter and resentful. Nicholas felt the same way about his own father. He watched as Jason shifted around a little, tightening that blanket around his shoulders again.
    Nicholas smiled. “It seems our lives are more similar than we thought.”
    Jason nodded. “It seems that way.” Jason watched him stand, stretch, and then slide his loafers back on.
    “I have to get that blood work to the lab. She has chicken pox, but I saw something unfamiliar when I examined her eyes.” Nicholas jumped back when Jason leapt up.
    “You’re leaving?” Jason’s voice sounded strained and panic filled.
    “I’m coming back, Jason. I promise.” Nicholas laid his hand on the comforter, touching a firm arm. The driving need to be near this man was threatening to undo his sanity. He couldn’t understand it and didn’t care to at the moment. All he wanted was to get under that comforter and explore every inch of that ruggedly handsome man.
    Jason gulped. “When?”
    “Soon. My shift starts tonight. I have to work forty-eight hours, but I promise to come back here when it’s over.” The thought of leaving Jason was making Nicholas’s chest hurt. There wasn’t any reason he should be feeling this way toward a man he’d just met, but a feeling of belonging settled inside him.
    “Two days?” Jason sounded so despondent that it tore at Nicholas’s heart.
    “I promise, I’m coming back.” Nicholas leaned up, placing his hands on Jason’s strong shoulders, and kissed the wolf. Jason gasped, stood stock-still as Nicholas plunged his tongue in. He took advantage of Jason’s lowered defense to explore his mouth, but the wolf didn’t stay stunned long. His arms wrapped around Nicholas, pulling him in closer, devouring him like a starved man. Nicholas thought he was going to run out of air soon.
    Nicholas