Noble Tiger’s Unchanging Desire by Amelia Wilson

Author:Amelia Wilson [Wilson, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Curt

“You feeling all right, Curt? You look like you’ve suffered a death in the family.”

I look up to see Garrett, the sergeant of the company, staring at me with a mixture of concern and amusement. I smile at him, and his concern disappears, leaving only amusement. “I’m feeling great,” I tell him. “Just got caught in thought a moment.”

“About the girl?” he asks.

I lift an eyebrow in surprise, and he laughs. “Come on, Curt. It’s as plain as the ass above your legs.”

I chuckle at his odd choice of metaphor and say, “Well, yes. It’s about the girl. How could you tell?”

“Did you not catch my comment about as plain as your ass?”

“I did,” I reply. “I just chose to ignore it. I don’t want to have to think about what it might mean that you chose that response.”

“It means you’re clearly head over heels for that little street musician you’ve been seeing the past few weeks,” he says. “What’s her name? Delilah? Darlene?”

“Denise,” I reply, “And yes, I’m falling in love with her.”

His eyes widen, but he doesn’t question my assertion. One trait that all shifters share is a certain comfort in our own skin. Since much of our life is governed by instinct, we have to fight harder to rule ourselves by logic and order, and in order to do that successfully, we need to be confident in our choices.

So he doesn’t respond by telling me that I’m foolish to think I’m in love. He responds by telling me that I’m foolish to be in love so soon.

“Don’t think of me as a dick for not congratulating you, Curt,” he says, “but are you sure that’s a good idea?”

“Well, it’s not like I can help myself,” I reply. “I didn’t exactly decide to fall in love with her. It just happened.” As soon as I say that, I remember my run three weeks ago when I decided exactly that—to fall in love with her and make her mine—and I redden slightly but don’t correct myself. “And no, I don’t think it’s a good idea. That’s why I look moody.”

He nods, and I can see him weighing his response. Finally, he decided to just be open with me about his thoughts. “I don’t know you very well yet, Curt, since you’ve only been with us a few months, but what little I do know about you suggests to me that you appreciate structure and order in your life. You like knowing what’s going to happen next and not wondering about what the next day holds for you.”

“You know me so well,” I reply.

“The thing is—and I’m guessing you realize this—Denise seems a lot like the kind of girl who thinks of plans as torture and a goal as a prison cell. I’m not judging. She’s happy living like a leaf drifting on the breeze, stopping to rest only on a whim and living from day to day. Hell, there are moments when I wish I could live a life like that.

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