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.“Oh, I remember, trust me.” His lips met hers, opening her up for his tongue to invade.The kiss was brief, over almost before it began.With a hand in her hair, he forced her gaze to his.“Now get in your car and wait for me to come get you.” He spun her around and pushed her toward the parking lot.Only then did she realize they had an audience.Two officers were waiting at her steps for Colton to join them.“Mrs.White thought I was a having a party,” she called over her shoulder as she walked to her car.“That’s why no one…called the…police.” She stopped dead in her tracks, her mouth hanging open in astonishment.Sitting in the place Colton had stood moments ago was a wolf bigger than any she’d ever seen, his clothes in a heap next to him.His fur mimicked the shade of his human hair, and his eyes held the glowing yellow she’d seen once or twice before.Damn.She wanted to run her hands through the thick pelt.Wondered if it was as soft as it looked.Unable to resist, Anna stepped toward him.His low growl brought her to a stop.“Did you just…growl at me?” Oh, hell no.A chuckle to her right drew her attention.“He’s only wanting to get in and see if he can track anything, ma’am.It’s why Detective Montross is a huge asset to the department.”She clenched her hand into a fist.“Fine.” She pointed at him then.“But you don’t growl at me, wolfy.”He nodded once and then jerked his muzzle as if shooing her on.Anna huffed, pivoted, and stalked off.When she sat firmly ensconced in her SUV, she watched as they, the two officers with guns drawn and Colton in his fur, entered her apartment and disappeared.The place wasn’t all that big, just two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room.But damn, what if the intruder was still inside.What if they shot Colton thinking he was a dog and not for one second realizing the wolf was a shifter? Long minutes passed while Anna sat on her hands to keep from biting her nails.Suddenly the door opened and Colton was there, in the flesh, waving her in.He stood just inside the door with his hands on his hips, a mixture of anger and regret plastered on his face.Anger and regret didn’t even begin to break the surface on how she felt.“I don’t understand why someone would do this.”“Me, neither.” He tugged her close and wrapped an arm around her.“Can you think of anyone who’d—”“No.” She honestly couldn’t.“Peter, well, I don’t think he’d do this.It’s not like he’s paying me alimony, and he’s the one who fucked up, not me.If anything, he’d be begging my forgiveness.”“He sold your home.”“Touché.” Since she hadn’t spoken to her lawyer today, Anna had no news about that situation, either.“Anna.” He turned her to face him and put a hand on both her shoulders.“Is there a possibility all of these things are related? The house, the stolen car, the flat tire, this…”She swallowed down a sudden rush of nausea and thought about it.“What for, though? Seriously, the only person I can think I might have pissed off was the waitress the other day.You know, the one who was ready to have your babies?”A muscle jumped in his jaw, and she placated him by putting a hand on his chest.“I met her after the house and stolen car.I’m just saying.I don’t know anyone else who’d do this.Unless, like you said, it’s Peter, and I can’t wrap my head around why he’d do this.”“But you said he’s missing, right?”“Well, yes, he’s on a business trip, and he’s changed his phone number, so I can’t get ahold of him.”Colton nodded.“I think it’s time I found out a little more about your ex.” He took her hand and led her through the mess.One officer had taken a fingerprint kit to her back door and the other was picking through papers on her table.“If you notice anything is missing, let me know, but I get the feeling this wasn’t about a robbery.”“Great.” She stepped gingerly through the mess when all she really wanted to do was kick things.But dammit, they were her things.Broken or not.Her boxes were upended, their contents smashed and thrown everywhere.The floor was littered with shattered dishes, torn clothes, ripped photos.Her walls were punched with holes.How any of her neighbors could mistake this angry slashing of her life as a wild party, she had no clue.Turning in a slow circle in the center of her living room, Anna deflated.Even if she had been able to stay in her apartment, she couldn’t now.The place needed one of those disaster cleaners, not to mention no-way-in-hell would she stay alone here.“I can’t begin to tell if there’s anything missing.Just looks like it’s all mangled.I had almost everything packed in the remains of the boxes you see.Any important paperwork is at the bank, so the rest is mostly stuff
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