She left Arlin’s cabin and, to be honest, the fact that he allowed her out of his sight amazed her. Considering she just met him yesterday, his over-protectiveness seemed a little overboard, even with the whole destined mate thing he claimed to have going on. And it was annoying as hell. She didn’t need his protection. She would permit no one to cosset her ever again. Not even a shifter filled with the disillusioned need to protect his mate. That part of her life was over. Forever.
Then she grinned as she left his street and turned onto Crabgrass Road leading to Camp Crabgrass Road and her own cabin. She had thought about cutting through the woods since his cabin was basically the next black over from hers, but without knowing where Kyle was, she thought sticking to actual roads was the
