The McCullough Pack Series – Book Tour and Giveaway

Without waiting for their response, I escaped out into the hallway, taking a deep breath when the door closed. My thoughts battled with each other. My wolf wanted to find this new girl and hunt her down, but I forced myself to the elevator and pressed the call button. All I needed was to go on a walk. That’s all I needed. My head would clear and—

“Hi.”

I turned to see her standing right behind me, head cocked to one side and eyes looking at me with expectation. I was a goner! I was so deep in my thoughts I didn’t even smell her approach.

“Are you going to go in?” she asked, gesturing behind me.

“What?”

“The elevator,” she said, now pointing to the open door.

A low growl came from my chest, and I instantly wished it hadn’t, because I saw her jump back before she collected herself and walked around me to enter the elevator.

“Are you coming?” she now asked, her back pressed against the far wall. But for all her bravado, I could hear a faint tremor in her voice.

Her smell was intoxicating. All I wanted to do was to slam her up against the wall and kiss her like there was no tomorrow. What is wrong with me? Releasing a breath, I told myself to pull it together and walked into the elevator. I stared at the wall, willing myself to just breathe.

“I forgot to introduce myself earlier,” she continued, not fazed by my awkward silence. “I’m Jill. You’re Luc, right?”

I grunted, still unable to find my voice. Which made her flinch again.

She recovered by smoothing her hair back and giving me a faint smile. “Glad I remembered correctly; I’m bad with names, but I remember instructions well. I’m taking Miti’s advice and going to grab some earplugs. Heard there was some howling around here at night and other noises. I’m not too worried, but she made a point about it, so I thought I’d get some just in case. So, how long have you lived here?”

Her rambling was kind of cute. My wolf was purring inside at the sound of her voice, and I was clenching my hands to keep myself from touching her. Since the grunt had made things worse, I decided speaking this time. “About two years,” I said shortly. 

“Oh, that’s just around the time when you would start getting used to a place or start moving on.”

“Yeah,” I said, just to say something. I had no idea what she was talking about. This elevator ride was the longest I’d ever been on. We might as well have lived on the hundredth floor instead of the fourth.

Thankfully, the doors opened to the first floor right then, and I walked out as fast as I could. The walk was going to clear my head. It was also going to get her out of my mind. Yes, everything will be clearer after my walk.

“Nice to meet you,” I heard her say from behind, but I didn’t turn back. I couldn’t. I had to stay focused on the walk.