herself. Beating herself knowing she shouldn't have shaken Kayla's hand. She
knew better, it had been drilled into her head from birth, but this time she didn't
want to have to be rude damn it. Judging by the reaction she seen the womancouldn't quite gage what was different about her. Most of the time that was the
case, and didn't that sting just as much as always. She knew she felt different to
Kayla, but she couldn't smell the tinge of animal on Emma the way she could on
her. Kayla was a wolf shifter, or as humans usually called them werewolves.
Two men walked in just then waving at Kayla walking over to Emma with
her drink. Both of them were tall, with wide shoulders. Dressed in well worn
jeans, tshirts and heavy work boots, with sharp steel blue eyes. But thats where
the similarities ended. One was clean shaven with dark brown hair so long it
flopped down over his ears. He had a big smile on his face. The other man was
more guarded, his face set in serious lines. His eyes danced at the other man,
but his mouth didn't crack a smile. His dark blonde hair was cut short on the
sides, a little longer on top, and he had it pushed up and off his face. He had a
full beard that just crossed the border from blonde to brown. There were dark
streaks of ink down one arm, and the tattoo on the other arm peeked out of the
short sleeve of his dark gray tshirt. Clearly they were from the same genetic pool,
brothers or at the very least first cousins. Thinking to herself that was one pool
well worth taking a dip in, and judging by the look on the faces of the women in
the booth, Emma wasn't the only one admiring the view.
Kole was still laughing at his own stupid joke as they walked in. "When I
was a kid I was scared of the dark, but now that I am an adult I am scared of the
lights!" He was such a dumbass sometimes."Do ya get it Kian?' He asked.
"Yeah, I just don't think its funny is all." It was a little funny, but he wasn't about to
laugh at some idiotic joke about his brother's electricity bill.
"You would be in a better mood if you got your dick wet more often."
"This again? Can't we go one damn day without you worrying how much action I
get?"
"Maybe if you got some in the last decade big brother!" Kole boomed out loudly,
and laughing again.
A few heads turned, of course they heard Kole. They sat down on the bar
stools and nodded at the bartender. He was reading an off road magazine. But
he knew they were here for Kayla so he didn't bother coming over to take their
order. The place was only about half full right now, with most of the customers
sitting at the tables to eat. Kayla walked up to the bar "How are my brothers
tonight?" She said at normal volume, then whispering too low for anyone but us
to hear as she grabbed us each a beer "lady at the table alone in the corner, she
feels off."
Swivelling his head to check on her Kole asked "off how?"
"Like a wolf. But I didnt smell anything but human on her, so I could be wrong."
She answered.
Now Kian turned full around to look, and shit, she was a stunner. He
completely forgot why he was looking and took a moment to just drink her in. Anabsolute 10 on the scale, but you could tell she had no idea. Wavy auburn hair
pulled back from her face twisted back into a clip, there were strands escaping to
frame her face. Oh, what a face it was. High cheek bones with a small straight
nose, a wide mouth with a slightly fuller bottom lip. There was a dusting of light
freckles across the bridge of her nose and over her cheeks. Her eyes were down,
and he couldn't see them through her mascara coated eyelashes as she looked
at her phone. She had on a moss green sweater and dark jeans tucked into
winter boots. Remembering why he was supposed to be looking at he sniffed the
air, not noticing any of the rich smell that their inner animals all had. Shaking his
head at his little sister that he didn't smell anything either.
Kole wiggled his eyebrows suggestively "want me to go introduce myself?"
"NO!" Kian said much louder than he meant to. He just couldn't stomach the
thought of his brother making any moves on her. She looked up at the yell, and
he was immediately caught in her gaze, helpless to look away. Her eyes were
spectacular, seriously one of a kind. Her drivers license catagorized them as
hazel, but that hardly did the color justice. Dark forest green rimmed the outside,
a light golden whiskey color in the center darkening back to green at her pupils.
She blinked breaking the connection and he realized he hadn't been able to
breathe while looking at her. Nobody in all his 30 years had ever affected like
that.
The bell from the kitchen chimed to let Kayla know an order was up, and
she disappeared into the kitchen. Kole was looking at him like he had grown asecond head, so he turned back around and took a swig of the beer his sister
had brought over. Keenping his eyes on the beautiful stranger in the mirror. She
looked a little shaken at shared moment too. Kayla walked out with a single plate
on her tray and headed straight over to the beauty.
"Here ya go Emma, burger with mushrooms and swiss, and ranch for your fries.
So, just moved here huh? Are ya looking for work? We have a lazy waitress that
still hasn't made it in tonight even though her shift started an hour ago."
Around a nibble of fry Emma said "Oh, umm, thank you, but no. I work at the
clinic, I'm a nurse."
"Oh, nice! Thats too bad for me though, it would have been nice to replace her.
Enjoy your dinner, and just yell if you need anything." Kayla said the last part as
she was walking
