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her opportunity, and like hell was she going to blow it.
    “Sure. I’ll join you.”

Chapter Three
    Where the fuck had they gone?
    Nathan stood in the middle of the bar and slid a glance around the interior.
    But again the realization hit that Sage and Leaf were nowhere in sight.
    He’d only been gone five minutes. Another glance at the table showed that her glass of wine was still there, and only half drunk.
    But her sweater that had been hanging over the back of a chair was gone.
    They’d gone outside. Shit .
    He was out the door with more speed than he should’ve used, but his wolf was just beneath the surface and on the hunt.
    Sage couldn’t leave here without him tonight. No way, no how. He needed her. Her shelter and her silence. Because once she saw his picture circulating—and it wouldn’t be long—she’d be singing like her lover boy.
    A quick search of the perimeter turned up the pair at the end of the parking lot, just behind a series of large boulders.
    Though the smell of cigarette smoke had helped lead him to them just as quickly.
    He paused, taking a moment to observe the scene before him. He was far enough away that if he were human he wouldn’t have been able to see much. But his shifter senses gave him sharper vision—even with the darkness falling.
    Leaf had Sage maneuvered against a boulder—his mouth was on hers and one of his hands hovered just above her breast.
    As he watched, the man copped a feel, and Nathan would have to have been blind to miss the sudden tension in her body.
    Hot, dark rage slammed through Nathan—shocking in its intensity—and the wolf inside him rose sharply to the surface. His canines slid down and a growl of fury built low in his throat.
    Sage stiffened further, before shoving at Leaf and pushing him away from her. Her gaze lifted to Nathan’s and he saw that flash of fury in them.
    “Sunflower?” Leaf reached for her again, but she shook her head.
    He glanced over his shoulder and saw Nathan, and his mouth tightened with annoyance.
    “Can you give us a moment, Leaf?” Her voice was steady. Her gaze never leaving Nathan.
    “I suppose I’ll have to.” Sulking, Leaf made his way back into the bar.
    “You have no right to intrude on me out here.” Her shaky words slammed into him the moment they were alone.
    Nathan closed the distance between them, struggling hard to control his temper. To keep his words light.
    “It looks like you might’ve appreciated my intrusion. Make-out session with Pinecone not as good as you’d hoped?”
    “Leaf. His name is Leaf, and just stop it.” She shook her head and raised a hand in warning. “It’s not your business. Look, I want you to go now.”
    “You were begging me to stay about a half hour ago.”
    Even in the darkness Nathan could see the blush fill her cheeks.
    “That’s because you served a purpose a half hour ago.”
    “Made your boyfriend jealous, did I?”
    He waited for her to deny the musician was her boyfriend, because all appearances showed that any relationship they had was new. Her mouth closed and she just lifted one bare, curvy shoulder instead in a casual shrug.
    “I see.” His irritation grew. Whether with himself or her, he wasn’t sure.
    “I don’t trust you.”
    Well at least she had a little bit of sense.
    What the hell was he doing? His motivation had been to slip into this little dive bar, gain some human chick’s trust, and wind up safely hidden in her house for a few days.
    And yet he’d somehow picked a female shifter, and now here he was wasting energy and anger on some random human Sage was choosing to get involved with. Why did it matter? He didn’t know her. He didn’t have time to know her. She was pretty damn low on his scale of importance, actually. In a few days he’d be long gone and she’d be a memory he’d be trying his best to forget.
    But gaining Sage’s trust, and having her take him home willingly, was looking less likely by the minute. Which meant he’d