Diablo
My mate.
The words slipped out of my mouth and we both froze. Gabrielle’s eyes were impossibly round and she stared at me for a second and then her eyes skirted away. Which somehow made it worse.
Why wouldn’t she look at me? Was the idea of being with me that abhorrent to her?
I growled low and dangerously. And her shoulders tensed, her chin dipped as her eyes lowered.
Gabrielle might not have her animal anymore but she acted like she automatically recognised my position as alpha.
For a moment I stared at her. She must have been spectacular when she was a lioness. It was strange but I really wanted to hear about her animal side.
“I bet your lion was beautiful.”
Gabrielle’s eyes flicked up wards for just a moment. Before they skipped away again. “She was just a lioness,
