Page 5 of Storm's Mistake
“Like what?”
“I don’t know, it’s not like it would have much of an effecton me, but still, I feel I need a glass of whiskey or bourbon, or something.”
Lisa clicked her tongue, put her bottle of water down, and then went into her sitting room. She went to the far wall, bent down, and slid up the compartment that contained a few bottles of liquor, including Shadow’s favorite. She wasn’t a big drinker, and most of the bottles of liquor were leftover from her parents. It seemed stupid to throw them out, especially when she didn’t know if she would ever have guests or not.
“Here,” she said, handing the bottle of whiskey to Pam. “You might as well take it back to your pack. I don’t drink it, and it belongs to Shadow.”
Pam took the bottle, opened it, and drank straight from it.
“It’s good,” Pam said.
“Shadow picked it.” She walked back into the kitchen. Picking up her bottle of water, she took a long sip and then glanced over at her fridge. “Do you want anything to eat?”
“If you want, I can order pizza?” Pam asked.
“Nah, I don’t want pizza. I’ve got some food in here that needs using up.” She opened her fridge and pulled out some chicken, several leftover blocks of cheese, a few vegetables, such as cauliflower and broccoli, as well as green beans.
Lisa wrinkled her nose, but she was suddenly so hungry. Vegetables, chicken, cheese, and then it came to her—an overloaded chicken-veggie-mac-and-cheese.
“You want to stay for dinner?” Lisa asked.
“I think I need to stay right now. The very thought of going back and seeing Shadow makes me want to punch him in the face.”
“You don’t have to do that,” Lisa said, although it did sound like a good idea at the same time.
She would never punch Shadow. There was no point, he’d more than likely break her fist because of how strong he was. Shewas no match for him.
“You’re never going to forgive him?” Pam asked.
Lisa glanced at the other woman and shrugged. “Would you?”
“I’m not like you, I’m not human.”
“But you think I should?” Lisa asked.
Pam wrinkled her nose. “No, it’s … pack is different. They don’t react like that, and also as pack we have a close bond.”
“Ah, so you’re saying that is another good reason to be near No Wolves Road. Us humans don’t matter to you, so you can use and abuse us to your heart’s content?” Lisa asked. “You all know we can’t fight you. All we can do is take what you have to offer.”
“Okay, now that you say it that way, it sounds really bad,” Pam said.
“Don’t you see that is what happens? You guys come into town, and there is no problem with it. You play your games, and in the end we are the only people that get hurt. None of you take us seriously. None of you see us as … mating material. I bet you’re the same way with the men. Do you chase after men and not care if they fall in love with you?”
“Did you fall in love with Shadow?” Pam asked.
“That doesn’t matter,” Lisa said, hating that she might have given her feelings away. “Do you do that?”
Pam shook her head. “No, I don’t. I come into town to get away from the pack. I like hanging out around here.”
“You do?”
“Yeah, you guys believe in personal space, and trust me, back at the pack we don’t get a whole lot of that. Everyone is into your stuff, or in your business. It’s not always fun.” She shrugged.
“But at least you have a family. A bunch of people that get you.” She shrugged. “That has to be nice.”
“There are good and bad things to being in a pack, I promise you.”
Lisa thought about Shadow. She had tried not to fall in love with him, but she had, which is why his cold, cruel words had hurt so damn much.