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moment when he should have tried to help rescue Michelle. He wanted to make sure that she was alright, but then he planned to go back home. There was no way that he stood a chance with her after a screw up like this. If he was honest with himself, he’d known from the get go that a sheep didn’t stand a chance in a fight against bears and wolves.
Parker’s Uncle Isaac waited expectantly on the dock, and he wondered if someone had called for the doctor or if the man had just sensed that he was needed. Parker allowed the other shifters to drag her out of his arms and lay her flat on the wooden planks so that Isaac could administer CPR.
If he were a wolf he would have howled out his anguish, but instead he just ground his teeth together as he watched the proceedings in wide eyed torment. He’d never expected to find love, and now because he was the world’s biggest idiot he was going to the lose the one person that meant more to him than life itself.
Michelle painfully vomited up a good gallon of lake water. After she’d finished heaving she just lay there weakly, too tired to move or speak.
“Take her back to the house and get her into dry clothes,” Isaac ordered. Parker started to lunge desperately for her, but Isaac stopped him cold. “Not you Parker.”
A couple of other shifters rushed to comply and Parker decided that he didn’t care what animal he was and he let out a mournful moan that sounded an awful lot like a howl.
***
Michelle lay weakly on the living room sofa. The women had quickly taken over and ordered the men out of the room, so thankfully it was Mia and Gigi who had stripped her down and bundled her up in a baggy pair of sweats and a t-shirt. She’d never seen the clothes before, but they smelled like Parker, which she found oddly comforting.
The women sat with her while she recovered, and when she complained hoarsely that her throat felt raw, Gigi gently coaxed a warm cup of tea with honey and lemon down her to sooth her throat. At some point she must have dozed off. She was surrounded by the faint buzzing of voices, and a louder agitated sounding voice in the distance. When she came to the next morning her female guards had been swapped out by Sophia and her Aunt Kira.
“She’s awake!” Sophia bubbled excitedly when she noticed that Michelle’s eyes were open.
Before she’d even had ten seconds to acclimate herself to the notion of being once again among the land of the living the sound of footsteps thundered in from the hallway. Parker pushed his way past the women’s feeble protests that he shouldn’t be there and dropped to the ground beside the couch. He pulled her gently into his arms, as though she were fragile porcelain and he was afraid he might break her.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you couldn’t swim. I just wanted to stop the phone call,” he murmured over and over again.
His eyes were bloodshot and swollen and she could tell that he probably hadn’t slept a wink the night before. For a brief moment she almost pitied him, but then she remembered who had tipped the boat in the first place.
“What the hell were you even doing in the lake? Get your hands off me… you… you… BASTARD! Not all of us had fucking picture perfect childhoods where we learned how to do things like fucking swim!” Unfortunately she’d yelled every last word, and had virtually guaranteed that everyone in the house had heard her passionate words.
“Language!” Mia chastised her as she bustled into the room. “I’m afraid that your potty mouth is going to cost you, dear.”
“Well good luck with that, because I don’t have any money,” Michelle retorted rudely.
“Oh I did away with the swear jar years ago,” Mia said breezily. “I’ve moved onto something far more satisfying than money… RESTITUTION.”
***
And that was how Michelle found herself being wheedled and pushed outside by the seemingly sweet Mia. “I need all these weeds pulled,” she said pointing
Parker’s Uncle Isaac waited expectantly on the dock, and he wondered if someone had called for the doctor or if the man had just sensed that he was needed. Parker allowed the other shifters to drag her out of his arms and lay her flat on the wooden planks so that Isaac could administer CPR.
If he were a wolf he would have howled out his anguish, but instead he just ground his teeth together as he watched the proceedings in wide eyed torment. He’d never expected to find love, and now because he was the world’s biggest idiot he was going to the lose the one person that meant more to him than life itself.
Michelle painfully vomited up a good gallon of lake water. After she’d finished heaving she just lay there weakly, too tired to move or speak.
“Take her back to the house and get her into dry clothes,” Isaac ordered. Parker started to lunge desperately for her, but Isaac stopped him cold. “Not you Parker.”
A couple of other shifters rushed to comply and Parker decided that he didn’t care what animal he was and he let out a mournful moan that sounded an awful lot like a howl.
***
Michelle lay weakly on the living room sofa. The women had quickly taken over and ordered the men out of the room, so thankfully it was Mia and Gigi who had stripped her down and bundled her up in a baggy pair of sweats and a t-shirt. She’d never seen the clothes before, but they smelled like Parker, which she found oddly comforting.
The women sat with her while she recovered, and when she complained hoarsely that her throat felt raw, Gigi gently coaxed a warm cup of tea with honey and lemon down her to sooth her throat. At some point she must have dozed off. She was surrounded by the faint buzzing of voices, and a louder agitated sounding voice in the distance. When she came to the next morning her female guards had been swapped out by Sophia and her Aunt Kira.
“She’s awake!” Sophia bubbled excitedly when she noticed that Michelle’s eyes were open.
Before she’d even had ten seconds to acclimate herself to the notion of being once again among the land of the living the sound of footsteps thundered in from the hallway. Parker pushed his way past the women’s feeble protests that he shouldn’t be there and dropped to the ground beside the couch. He pulled her gently into his arms, as though she were fragile porcelain and he was afraid he might break her.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you couldn’t swim. I just wanted to stop the phone call,” he murmured over and over again.
His eyes were bloodshot and swollen and she could tell that he probably hadn’t slept a wink the night before. For a brief moment she almost pitied him, but then she remembered who had tipped the boat in the first place.
“What the hell were you even doing in the lake? Get your hands off me… you… you… BASTARD! Not all of us had fucking picture perfect childhoods where we learned how to do things like fucking swim!” Unfortunately she’d yelled every last word, and had virtually guaranteed that everyone in the house had heard her passionate words.
“Language!” Mia chastised her as she bustled into the room. “I’m afraid that your potty mouth is going to cost you, dear.”
“Well good luck with that, because I don’t have any money,” Michelle retorted rudely.
“Oh I did away with the swear jar years ago,” Mia said breezily. “I’ve moved onto something far more satisfying than money… RESTITUTION.”
***
And that was how Michelle found herself being wheedled and pushed outside by the seemingly sweet Mia. “I need all these weeds pulled,” she said pointing
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