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said.
    “Your
brother who died?”
    Liam
nodded.
    “It’s
the first time I’ve been in here since…”
    “Liam,
why didn’t you say? Why did you offer this place to me?”
    She
put her hand on his forearm, feeling the taut muscles push against her palm.
    “It
had to be done sometime, but I guess I didn’t know it would have this sort of
effect on me.”
    “Oh
Liam, how sad for you,” said Lucy, grimacing again as she slid up next to him
and rested her head on his shoulder. She could imagine what pain he was in. If
anything happened to Mike…? Well, it was the reason she’d agreed to do what she
had. She didn’t want any harm coming to her brother.
    “I
wasn’t expecting to find this in here.” He opened the palm of his hand and there
sat a medallion on a chain. “It was his ‘keep safe’ charm whenever he rode his
bike, and I thought if he’d worn it…”
    He’d still be
alive. She wanted to say it but didn’t want to add to his pain.
    “If
you want to close this place up, I’ll understand. I can go to a motel like I
was planning to do before the whole incident with the car and that trucker,”
she said.
    “No,
no … this has to be done. This place has to be aired out sometime or it will
just fall apart.”
    He
looked at her. His eyes showed sorrow and pain. He was a beautiful human being
and what she did next totally surprised her. She kissed him.
     

 
     
    Chapter Six
     
    He’d
never kissed a human. In fact, he couldn’t remember a time when even a female
shifter had initiated a kiss. But now this human female had done just that, and
he wasn’t pushing her away, wasn’t wiping his mouth and complaining about the
fact that a human had done, in his book, the unthinkable.
    Liam
liked the kiss. Oh yes, he was enjoying it more than he’d ever thought. Maybe
he was in need of comforting and that’s why he was letting her continue. Nope …
that wasn’t the reason. He enjoyed her soft lips on his. The way she opened her
mouth, urging and almost encouraging him to do what he was about to do next.
    He
pushed his tongue over her bottom lip, tasting the sweetness as he eased it
into her mouth. Liam wrapped his arms around her, feeling her softness and
warmth invading his t-shirt. He took in her scent, smelling once again the
perfume that he’d admired the night before. She was gorgeous, and he suddenly
felt happier.
    She
groaned, and not in a good way. He hadn’t been thinking about her injury
because he’d been too lost in the moment. Liam pulled away and she quickly held
her leg.
    “Sorry,
did I hurt you?” he asked.
    She
shook her head. “And I’m sorry for being so pushy. Kissing you like that.
That’s not usually me.”
    “No
reason to apologize. I wouldn’t have let you continue if I wasn’t enjoying it.”
    They
sat side by side, both of their backs up against the wall. She held his hand.
It seemed so tiny engulfed in his big bear-like one. Dark pink polish adorned
her nails and a little silver ring sat on her pinkie.
    “Would
you like me to redecorate this place for you? Not that I’m saying it should be
changed in any way, but I thought maybe it might help you. And as you won’t
take payment for the car repair or rent, I’d feel better if you’d let me do
something in return.”
    If
anyone else had suggested changing anything he might have been angry. Maybe
even thrown them out with his boot up their ass. But now it made sense. He
hadn’t stepped foot in this place for eight years. It smelled musty, cobwebs
were everywhere, and it no longer had Danny’s scent anywhere so it was time to
give it a makeover––and who better than an interior designer to do just that.
Maybe he’d even rent it out and make himself some extra cash for when business
was slow. Or maybe Sam would like it as his hideout when he came to stay. Maybe
Sam would even live in it one day.
    Liam
squeezed her hand. “You really don’t have to.”
    “I’d
like to.”
    It
was her turn to squeeze his