Lexi sighed and smoothed a gloved finger along the seam of her leather pants. He warned me to stay away from you because
Because why? Because Im a strong male who knows how to take care of a woman? Because I dont mind getting my hands dirty to help another pack? Because I respect your father? Feeling his ire, he flexed a fist.
Because youre a half-breed.
Tryst pulled up his chin and released his fists. The principal had gotten his information messed up. Im full wolf, he said, cautioning the growl on his tone.
How is that possible? Your father is half wolf, half vampire, and your mother
Is a vampiress. But I dont have any vampire in me, trust me on that one.
Sounds impossible.
Yeah? He couldnt punch his way out of this one. Damn. And are you offended by the idea I might have a touch of vampire blood running through my veins?
I
You pack wolves are all alike. He stood and kicked the toe of his boot against the stone step to shake off the packed snow, and to avert his growing anger. Youre all so tightly knit and exclusive. New guy comes along and you feel threatened.
I didnt say that Im threatened by you. Nor did I say
Yeah, whatever.
He stomped up the steps, knowing if he didnt leave her now hed only give her a real growl. And he would never do that to a pack leaders daughter. Any woman, for that matter.
Wow. Shed just strummed his chords and what an awful tune.
Im going to find something to eat, then get back to work shoveling out your pretty little castle, Miss Princess Trueblood.
So maybe he didnt have as good a handle on this challenge as hed thought.
Arrogant idiot, Lexi muttered after the angry wolf who stomped inside. The vampire thing definitely rubs him the wrong way.
And rightly so, she figured. Vamps and wolves had been at odds for centuries. They honored an ineffable ceasefire at the moment, but there werent a lot of wolves who would embrace a vampire as friend. Her father was friends with Trystans father, Rhys Hawkes, but it was more a political relationship than an embraceable acceptance.
For good reason. Wolves didnt go near vamps because if bitten by a vampire the wolf would develop an insatiable bloodlust, and werewolves did not drink blood or feed on humans. Ever. It was an abominable practice. And vampires avoided wolves because they knew the wolf was stronger and could beat the crap out of them with one fist tied behind their backs.
So a young werewolf who had been born of a vampiress and a half-breed couldnt possibly be full-blooded wolf. Why did he believe that?
Of course, if he hadnt a hunger for blood perhaps that led Trystan to such a belief. But the blood hunger could emerge anytime. Lexi knew well that, genetically, things didnt always go as nature had intended in a wolfs body.