"I went for a run," I responded honestly. Other than the whole being-chased-by-a-wolf-shifter thing, I"d done exactly what I"d set out to do. I"d even run into the three lions, and while that hadn"t been part of the plan I"d admitted to myself, I knew it was one of the things I"d wanted to happen.
"And you just thought you"d provoke someone to run after you?"
"What? No, of course not. I had no idea he was a shifter." That was a lie. I"d suspected he was, but they had no way of knowing that.
Cas stepped forward, head held high and all of his alpha-ness on display. I suspected I was supposed to react like the kid in the woods had. Well, there was no chance of that. I was a grown woman, and no man was going to think he had the better of me.
I left Levon and Kerry"s protection behind and s
