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hiding something?”
Raven stilled, stopping his backward progression. He nearly closed his eyes at the sound of his name on his mate’s lips. He wanted to hear it again. Only next time, Raven wouldn’t protest to both of them being naked.“Like what?”
Darcy shrugged, his hands folded behind his back.“You tell me.”
Not only was his mate’s blood tempting, he was very observant. Raven would have to remember this. He took a step forward, noticing that Darcy didn’t look so confident now that he was moving toward his mate. Darcy’s arms came to his sides as he glanced behind him in the direction of his bedroom.
“Afraid, Darcy?” Raven asked as he took another step toward the human, his eyes narrowing when he saw a nervous twitch in Darcy hands. He wasn’t trying to scare the man. Raven was only trying to get Darcy away from him before he sank his teeth into his mate’s softlooking flesh.
Raven scented his mate, and he hungered.
Darcy turned back toward Raven, his coppery-brown eyes skipping over Raven’s face as his mate’s breathing intensified, coming in quicker pants. Even the pulse in Darcy’s neck was thumping harshly. Darcy looked like he was caught in some sort of imaginary headlights, unmoving and frightened.
Raven’s tongue traced his bottom lip as he stared at Darcy’s neck. His fangs were painfully trapped in his mouth as Raven fought against biting his mate.“Go back to your room, Darcy.” Because he was losing control fast. Raven wasn’t sure how much longer he could stand there and ignore the succulent scent of his mate’s blood. The need to drink was overriding his common sense. He had to get Darcy away from him.
Darcy nodded, taking a step back and then spinning on his heel, hurrying down the hallway. Raven sighed in relief, although the craving hadn’t dissipated in the least. But Darcy was gone. That helped him breathe through the need as he closed his eyes and counted to ten. That didn’t help. He wanted to chase Darcy down, but forced himself to stay rooted to the spot.
“Is there something I should know about?”
Raven turned to see Malcolm standing in the hallway, his thick arms crossed over his massive chest as he stared where Darcy had just been standing.
Yeah, there was something Malcolm should know. Raven couldn’t seem to control the urge to sink his fangs into his mate’s vein. But was he going to tell the bear shifter that? Hell no. “No, nothing.”
“He is a guest here, Raven, just as you are.” The warning was clear in Malcolm’s deep voice.
“Everything is fine.” Raven walked back to his room, cursing under his breath. He closed his door and wondered if he would survive the night with Darcy right across the hall.
At this rate, he wasn’t sure he would survive the hour.
Chapter Three
    Darcy felt his entire body shaking as he closed his bedroom door. There had been something unnerving about Raven as they stood in the hallway. If Darcy didn’t know any better, he would say that Raven hadn’t seemed human.
    But that was impossible.
Wasn’t it?
Oh, gods, he was cracking up in this small town. Maybe months
    of traveling from town to town had finally cracked his mind. He wouldn’t doubt it. Darcy was starting to see things that weren’t there. He was starting to imagine things that couldn’t be possible. And if his gut didn’t stop gnawing at the feeling of this town being too perfect, he was going to go crazy—if he already hadn’t.
    This wasn ’t like him. Darcy was never this damn suspicious. He was uptight and moody, but he wasn’t someone who thought a town was filled with dark secrets.
    Gods, he needed sleep.
He jumped out of his skin and damn near shouted when his bedroom door flew open. His nerves were already wound tight as it was. Thankfully he had caught the scream before he had let it loose. He didn’t need Sterling making him jump like that. “Damn it, Sterling.” Darcy was a nervous wreck and knew his heart couldn’t take any more scary