Introduction
Em vez disso, sua presença na cidade das luzes atrai a atenção de um Alfa rival.
Luca Ronan entra na vida de Carrie como um furacão, cheio de exigências e expectativas para sua nova companheira. Infelizmente para ele, Carrie não é do tipo que cede sob pressão - mesmo quando é aplicada pelo Alfa mais intimidador do país. Teimosa e determinada, Carrie coloca o máximo de distância entre ela e Luca que consegue. Mas por quanto tempo ela conseguirá resistir ao charme e à paixão que vêm com o formidável Alfa que está destinada a amar?
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Madein Manhattan
Chapter 1
"Você pode ficar quieta?"
"Eu não disse nada."
"Bem, pare de pensar tão alto."
Ouvi Mady bufar de algum lugar no quarto atrás de mim, mas meus olhos estavam fixos à minha frente.
Com dedos rígidos e doloridos, levantei o pequeno pincel de detalhes da paleta e me inclinei para frente, ignorando a dor na parte inferior das costas.
Prendendo a respiração, passei suavemente o pincel pela tela, deixando a tinta acrílica bege cobrir as marcações onde eu havia delineado com um lápis grafite.
Soltei um longo suspiro de alívio ao terminar a última pincelada para cima. "Você terminou? Posso ver?"
Senti a presença de Mady invadir o espaço atrás de mim enquanto ela se inclinava para ter uma visão melhor da tela apoiada na parede à minha frente.
"Carrie, está ótimo."
"Eu odeio pintar mãos," admiti, sentindo uma onda repentina de exaustão me invadir.
"Não, está realmente muito bom."
Olhei para a tela que estava parcialmente pintada e parcialmente delineada com lápis grafite. Uma foto antiga e empoeirada estava presa no topo da tela, servindo como guia para o que a pintura seria quando estivesse terminada.
"Estou exausta."
"Não vejo por que você sentiu a necessidade de ficar acordada a noite toda fazendo isso," disse Mady. "Você poderia pintar pequenos pedaços de cada vez e conseguiria terminar gradualmente, em vez de trabalhar apenas em surtos de energia esporádica."
"É quando eu pinto melhor," argumentei, jogando meu pincel no copo de plástico cheio de água.
Comecei lentamente a sair do banquinho em que estava sentada há horas, torcendo as mãos. Esticando os braços para trás e para frente, senti minha coluna estalar em vários lugares diferentes. Soltando um suspiro profundo, me abaixei para segurar a parte de trás das minhas panturrilhas enquanto esticava ainda mais minhas costas.
"Além disso," continuei, "tenho que terminar isso até o aniversário de casamento deles no final do próximo mês."
Levantei-me devagar para dar uma última olhada na pintura inacabada que em breve seria um presente. Era um retrato dos meus pais enquanto caminhavam pelo corredor, recém-casados.
Ela estava em seu longo e esvoaçante vestido de noiva; o véu esvoaçando atrás dela e um sorriso radiante e juvenil no rosto. Ele estava em um simples smoking preto, marchando confiante, segurando a mão da minha mãe. Um sorriso semelhante estava estampado no rosto dele.
Estendi a mão acima de mim para apagar a luz que pendia sobre a tela.
"Que horas são?" perguntei, esfregando os olhos cansados.
Mady olhou para o relógio.
"Quase três."
Eu gemi. "Vou para a cama," disse ela, bocejando. Senti-me terrivelmente culpada. Nós deveríamos estar terminando a última temporada da série que estávamos maratonando nas últimas semanas, mas eu me distraí com a pintura.
"Desculpa, Mady," disse sinceramente. "Não queria me deixar levar."
"Sem problemas. Consegui terminar minha leitura de processo civil, então está tudo bem."
Fiz uma careta ao pensar na leitura obrigatória.
Mady estava no primeiro ano da faculdade de direito. Ela estava estudando para obter seu doutorado em jurisprudência para se tornar advogada e, um dia, juíza como seu pai.
Eu, por outro lado, estava feliz com meu diploma de bacharel em inglês. Isso me permitia viver como uma artista profissional faminta, embora tecnicamente eu nunca passasse fome, já que trabalhava como bibliotecária meio período e professora de arte meio período na escola primária.
"Que horas vamos sair amanhã de manhã?" perguntei a ela.
"Estou planejando estar lá por volta das dez."
Assenti enquanto ela se virava para sair do quarto.
"Te vejo de manhã," ela disse. "Boa noite."
Assim que ela saiu e ouvi a porta do quarto dela abrir e fechar, gemi e caí de costas na minha cama.
Dez da manhã era muito cedo, considerando que já eram quase três e eu estava prestes a dormir.
Para piorar as coisas, eu ainda não tinha feito as malas, o que significava que eu teria que acordar por volta das nove para que pudéssemos sair no horário. Eu sempre acabava nos atrasando para onde quer que fôssemos e estava determinada a não deixar isso acontecer na manhã seguinte.
Mady e eu íamos encontrar nossos pais na casa da família dela para irmos com nossos pais a uma conferência. O pai dela era o Alfa da nossa alcateia no sul do Oregon e meu pai era o Beta dele. Os dois também eram líderes que representavam o Oregon em um comitê de assuntos de Lobisomens no oeste dos Estados Unidos. De vez em quando, eles viajavam para Las Vegas para reuniões com outros membros do comitê.
Normalmente, essas reuniões eram semestrais, mas aconteciam conforme necessário. Com apenas maio e eles já viajando para a quarta reunião do ano, eu tinha a impressão de que algo estava acontecendo no mundo dos Lobisomens e nos negócios da alcateia que não era rotineiro.
No entanto, essa reunião caía em um fim de semana prolongado. Como Mady e eu havíamos decidido que precisávamos de uma pausa da escola e do trabalho, resolvemos acompanhar nossos pais para umas mini-férias de três dias em Vegas.
Quando me estiquei para apagar o abajur, notei a tinta acrílica seca que manchava minhas mãos. Exausta, me resignei ao fato de que teria que lavar os lençóis pela manhã. Eu nem tinha energia para me cobrir com o edredom antes de adormecer.
Parecia que apenas segundos haviam se passado antes de Mady abrir a porta do meu quarto, me dizendo para levantar.
"Já são quase nove e quarenta e cinco," ela disse. "Precisamos sair em quinze minutos."
Sentei-me rapidamente, meu cabelo caindo no rosto.
"Merda." Gemendo, vi os raios de sol da manhã entrando pela janela. Joguei minhas pernas para fora da cama e me levantei. Ela desapareceu pelo corredor enquanto eu rapidamente me dirigia ao meu armário e puxava minha bolsa de viagem da prateleira de cima, ainda meio sonolenta.
Puxei roupas dos cabides de qualquer jeito e as enfiei na bolsa, antes de pegar um punhado de roupas íntimas da gaveta e também colocá-las na bolsa.
Mal tive tempo de escovar o cabelo, prendê-lo em um rabo de cavalo e trocar o pijama antes de Mady gritar que era hora de ir.
"Só um segundo!" gritei de volta, calçando meus sapatos.
Peguei meu celular da cama, suspirando ao perceber que tinha esquecido de carregá-lo durante a noite. Joguei-o na bolsa junto com o carregador, meu caderno de desenhos e um estojo de lápis.
Dando uma última olhada ao redor do quarto para garantir que não tinha esquecido nada, me ocorreu que não tinha lavado os lençóis naquela manhã como planejado.
Dei de ombros antes de correr pelo corredor.
"Sua camisa está do avesso," Mady me disse enquanto me via caminhar em direção à porta da frente.
Olhei para baixo e vi que ela estava certa, então puxei meus braços pelas mangas para virá-la do lado certo.
"Você colocou uma escova de dentes na mala?" ela perguntou.
"Sim, mãe."
"Pasta de dente?"
Parei de repente e Mady riu enquanto me seguia para fora da nossa casa compartilhada.
"Eu coloquei," ela me disse, trancando a porta da frente atrás de nós.
Suspirei, agradecida por pelo menos uma de nós ter se tornado uma adulta responsável.
Era uma rápida viagem de cinco minutos da nossa casa até o bairro onde nossos pais moravam. Os pais de Mady moravam do outro lado da rua dos meus, como sempre foi durante nossas vidas.
Ainda me lembrava vividamente de ser repreendida por ambas as mães porque nunca olhava para os dois lados antes de atravessar a rua quando ia brincar. Também me lembrava das vezes no ensino médio em que nós duas nos encontrávamos sob a cobertura da noite para fugir para a casa dos nossos amigos.
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