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tongues down each other’s throats inside was going at it out here now.
    Wylder slammed his hand on the roof of the pickup they’d chosen.
    The metal clanged. They flinched.
    He jabbed his thumb. “Get off my wheels. Now.”
    Arms around each other, they staggered to the back of the building, giggling and cuddling the entire time.
    Kids. Even dumber today than he’d been way back when. He made his call.
    Ethra picked up on the first ring. “Starr’s not here. We talked for a few minutes and she took off.”
    Crap . He pressed the heel of his hand to his forehead. “Don’t worry. She hasn’t been gone long.” No way could she have gotten too far. Even if she had, her scent was still fresh enough to follow easily. “The moment I find her, I’ll give you a call.”
    “No. Don’t go looking for her. She needs space.”
    He dropped his hand. “From you? Me? Both of us?”
    “We should leave her alone.”
    “You’re sure?”
    Something metal clanged, followed by her muttered oath. “Don’t worry. She’s not going to leave again for New York, Los Angeles, or anywhere else.”
    Maybe not, but there were hundreds of miles of forestland right here for her to disappear into. Rather than bringing up the possibility, he caved. “I’ll keep my distance for now if you want, but—”
    “It’s not what I want. Starr does.”
    “For how long?”
    “She mentioned forever, but she has been known to exaggerate.”
    “Is that supposed to make me feel better?”
    “You listen to me, Wylder Aaron. If you let my baby slip through your fingers this time, if you dare give up on her, ever, you’ll have me to answer to. Do you understand?”
    Hell no. He was having trouble keeping up. One minute she demanded he back off. Now, she was telling him to go for the prize. “I’m trying to, but it would help if you’d tell me what happened to her in Los Angeles to send her racing back here after so much time. All the details, not only the few you gave me. I need to know what I’m dealing with.”
    “Not for me to say. When Starr’s ready to tell you, she will.”
    He threw up his hand. “How long am I supposed to wait? Does the time run consecutively or concurrently with the days, weeks, months, or years I’m also required to give her space?”
    “Do you really want to joke about this?”
    Hell, he was on the verge of growling not laughing. “No, ma’am. But I need some direction. How much time are we talking about?”
    “As long as she needs. Don’t even consider turning tail. Make. Her. Yours.” She ended the call.
    Breathing hard, he shoved his cell phone in his pocket and stomped back into the bar for another beer, time to think, plan, keep as sane as a wolf in love could.
    Didn’t work. No matter how hard or long he tried.
    Whether he was at the bar, work, or during his days off, Wylder sniffed himself into light-headedness trying to catch her scent. She was either being very careful to remain downwind of him or she was too far away for him to detect.
    At night, he sat on the sill of his window, gazing at the land, wondering if she was out there watching him, too. The wind caressed his naked chest. She didn’t. Animals called to each other. She gave him nothing except silence.
    He finally understood what she’d gone through when he’d first left. How many times had she looked out her window wondering where he was, what he was doing, if he’d fallen in love with another shifter or a human for that matter? Damn. He pounded his fist into his thigh for having been such a coward. A fourteen-year-old girl’s ego was fragile. She’d needed a boy to tell her she was pretty, wanted, worthy, as much as a guy needed the same from a girl. No matter how much parents or relatives gushed over a kid, those compliments meant nada. Teens needed approbation from their peers to feel complete. He’d been no different. Yet repeatedly, he’d turned his back on her, thinking of nothing except running away from his own pain.
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