Whispers of Darkness (The Deadwood Hunter Series) Read Online Free PDF Page B

snap at any moment.
    She stepped back , trying to calm down. Everyone was looking at her like she was mad; why had she reacted this way? He was on their side yet the second she’d seen him her instincts had taken over; the Hunter flaring to life.
    “I’m sorry, the only other wolves I’ve met tried to kill me. Please excuse me.” Lexia fled from the kitchen feeling confused and worried over her reactions.
    “Lex!” Lincoln called.
    “I’ m fine.” But he grabbed her hand before she made it to the stairs. “Please, just let me get dressed and calm down.”
    “But I don’t understand, how did you know he was a wolf?”
    “I... I don’t know, I just did.”
    “He’s not the enem y, Lex.”
    “Yes I know , I’m sorry, I just acted on instinct.” She pulled her hand free and started up the stairs. Lincoln started to follow and she turned looking into his face full of worry and concern. “Baby, please. I’m fine, just give me a minute.”
    “Ok ay,” he sighed.
    Lexia sat on the bed dressed; she’d been ready for twenty minutes but she just couldn’t quite make herself go down the stairs. Her skin still prickled from the leftover energy; she felt off-kilter.
    She just couldn’t understand what had happened down stairs; she could have so easily killed him , for no reason other than what he was. What’s wrong with me? She put her head in her hands; the morning had started out so great.
    A boar d creaked outside the door. Lexia knew she couldn’t hide up here forever, Lincoln would come find her sooner or later but she didn’t think she could deal with his face, his worried eyes, but it wasn’t his golden brown eyes that she looked up into.
    “Caden?” she whispered as he walked towards her.
    “Hey, you can’t stay up here forever you know.”
    “I know I’ m just....”
    “Lex, you need to stop worrying about becoming a Hunter.”
    “But I am one , Caden.”
    “Yes , but you’re not just a Hunter, you’re different. Linc is a panther, he has to fight his animal side all the time; you’re no different.”
    “But he doesn’t go all crazy and ready to fight .”
    “Doesn’t he? What would you call him pinning you against the wall just because you talked to me in a shirt?”
    Lexia tried to suppress the laugh that escaped her lips. “I suppose.”
    “The only difference is Lincoln has had years to control his beast and he accepts what he is and you don’t. Lex, sweetheart, you’re strong, stronger than anyone I’ve ever met, and you have only been like this for a short time, yet you have great control.”
    “Thanks, Doc.” Lexia hugged him and smiled, and she was laughing and joking with him as she walked through the kitchen door. Lincoln’s face relaxed immediately when he saw she was happy, and Lexia felt grateful to Caden for helping her take his worry away.
    “So what’s on the agenda for my birthday?”
    “Shopping, of course! You need some wicked shoes to go with that wicked dress,” Alice said, smiling at Lincoln’s face. “Maybe we should see if we can find a shorter dress, Lex, piss your possessive cat off a little more.” Both girls burst out laughing and just like that Lexia felt like her old self, just another birthday shopping trip with her best friend.

Cha pter 6
     
    “So where to first?” Lexia asked Alice. She couldn’t keep the smile off her face; this was the first time she’d been outside other than her nightly sparring sessions with Lincoln since arriving at Caden’s. Oh, it felt good to walk down a street and feel normal.
    “The first shop we see, your clothes look like crap Lex! We’re going buying you some killer stuff.”
    “Hey! I only have clothes that have been bought by those two,” she gestured behind her to the men following like dark looming shadows.
    “Alice, leave Lexia alone, there is nothing wrong with what she’s wearing!” Lincoln grumbled.
    “No, nothing at all if you want to be middle-aged and stay indoors all the time! Just