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starts tomorrow.”
“It sure will,” Chase said. “Just remember, Katlyn is hands off.”
“Oh? Does that also include the two of you?”
“Yes, it does,” Katlyn said. “I don’t mix business and pleasure.”
“Sometimes, business can be pleasure,” Nate hinted right before he walked away.
Katlyn had to get ahold of herself and she had plenty of questions now. “Is he—”
“We’ll talk back at the ranch. It’s not safe to talk here,” Brendan said.
* * *
A few hours later, Brendan, Chase and Katlyn were in a one-room cabin near the barn sitting at a table. She had to divert her eyes from the king-sized bed in the corner that she knew would fit them all nicely.
“So about Nate— is he a shifter?”
Brendan poured them each a shot of whiskey. “Yes, he’s a wearwolf.”
Katlyn had to down her shot, and once she no longer felt like hacking her guts out, she asked, “So the children that I’ll be teaching don’t just live at this ranch?”
“No, you’re teaching the children of the local shifters of the area. Shadow Creek is a safe house area. Silver Creek are werewolves and Shady Creek are werebears.”
“Don’t werewolves only shift on a full moon?”
“That’s a myth. They can actually shift at will, and really only do so when they hunt, as we do.”
“So what do you hunt? Obviously not livestock.”
“Nope, that would be a death warrant for all of us.”
“And your neighbor, Jonathan?”
“He’s quite human, I’m afraid. It’s hard to be so close to humans. They threaten our existence. If word got out about us here in Wyoming, life as we all knew it would end.”
“But where does that leave me?”
“You have as much to lose as we do,” Brendan said. “I really had no idea that the Shifter Patrol would go on a rampage like that and kill everyone at that club.”
“What about the owner, Martha?”
“Not so sure. She might have escaped in time.”
“She originally didn’t want to let me in. There is something about her that unsettles me. She was disciplining a young woman for being late for work. She had her on a leash!”
“The Wilted Petal was a sex club, not church. Plenty of deviant things happen there, but not to worry. That’s all behind you now. Chase and I might enjoy the company of a woman, but it’s always a mutual thing. We don’t force anyone to do anything, Katlyn.”
“Are there anymore questions?” Chase asked as he leaned over the table and squeezed Katlyn’s hand in his.
Katlyn scooted the chair back and it fell backward and she fell to the floor with a thud. Brendan and Chase raced to help her back up and that’s when the whole world spun for her. She half knelt, half rose to her feet with her ass practically in Brendan’s face and her face way too close to Chase’s crotch.
They took ahold of both of Katlyn’s arms and helped her completely to her feet. They were close, too close for rational thought, but Katlyn was too buzzed from first the beer and now the whiskey for good decision-making. She trembled as she gazed into Brendan’s eyes. “I-I’m sorry. I-I can’t do this.”
“Do what?” he asked. “I don’t recall asking you to do anything tonight.” He cupped her face in his hands then. “I’d never take advantage of you like that, certainly not when you’re drunk. When and if you decide you’re ready for the three of us to get together, I want it to be right for all of us, not just one of us.”
His hand slipped away and Chase reiterated what Brendan had said, adding, “I want you, but not like this. You need time to absorb what we’ve told you tonight and tomorrow you’ll be meeting the children for the first time.”
“I better go. I’d hate to be late. I’m not even sure what time school is yet.”
“It’s at nine, but you might want to get there a little early. It’s only a meet and greet day with dismissal at noon. Paige should have discussed that with you,” Brendan said.
“I wish she had.
“It sure will,” Chase said. “Just remember, Katlyn is hands off.”
“Oh? Does that also include the two of you?”
“Yes, it does,” Katlyn said. “I don’t mix business and pleasure.”
“Sometimes, business can be pleasure,” Nate hinted right before he walked away.
Katlyn had to get ahold of herself and she had plenty of questions now. “Is he—”
“We’ll talk back at the ranch. It’s not safe to talk here,” Brendan said.
* * *
A few hours later, Brendan, Chase and Katlyn were in a one-room cabin near the barn sitting at a table. She had to divert her eyes from the king-sized bed in the corner that she knew would fit them all nicely.
“So about Nate— is he a shifter?”
Brendan poured them each a shot of whiskey. “Yes, he’s a wearwolf.”
Katlyn had to down her shot, and once she no longer felt like hacking her guts out, she asked, “So the children that I’ll be teaching don’t just live at this ranch?”
“No, you’re teaching the children of the local shifters of the area. Shadow Creek is a safe house area. Silver Creek are werewolves and Shady Creek are werebears.”
“Don’t werewolves only shift on a full moon?”
“That’s a myth. They can actually shift at will, and really only do so when they hunt, as we do.”
“So what do you hunt? Obviously not livestock.”
“Nope, that would be a death warrant for all of us.”
“And your neighbor, Jonathan?”
“He’s quite human, I’m afraid. It’s hard to be so close to humans. They threaten our existence. If word got out about us here in Wyoming, life as we all knew it would end.”
“But where does that leave me?”
“You have as much to lose as we do,” Brendan said. “I really had no idea that the Shifter Patrol would go on a rampage like that and kill everyone at that club.”
“What about the owner, Martha?”
“Not so sure. She might have escaped in time.”
“She originally didn’t want to let me in. There is something about her that unsettles me. She was disciplining a young woman for being late for work. She had her on a leash!”
“The Wilted Petal was a sex club, not church. Plenty of deviant things happen there, but not to worry. That’s all behind you now. Chase and I might enjoy the company of a woman, but it’s always a mutual thing. We don’t force anyone to do anything, Katlyn.”
“Are there anymore questions?” Chase asked as he leaned over the table and squeezed Katlyn’s hand in his.
Katlyn scooted the chair back and it fell backward and she fell to the floor with a thud. Brendan and Chase raced to help her back up and that’s when the whole world spun for her. She half knelt, half rose to her feet with her ass practically in Brendan’s face and her face way too close to Chase’s crotch.
They took ahold of both of Katlyn’s arms and helped her completely to her feet. They were close, too close for rational thought, but Katlyn was too buzzed from first the beer and now the whiskey for good decision-making. She trembled as she gazed into Brendan’s eyes. “I-I’m sorry. I-I can’t do this.”
“Do what?” he asked. “I don’t recall asking you to do anything tonight.” He cupped her face in his hands then. “I’d never take advantage of you like that, certainly not when you’re drunk. When and if you decide you’re ready for the three of us to get together, I want it to be right for all of us, not just one of us.”
His hand slipped away and Chase reiterated what Brendan had said, adding, “I want you, but not like this. You need time to absorb what we’ve told you tonight and tomorrow you’ll be meeting the children for the first time.”
“I better go. I’d hate to be late. I’m not even sure what time school is yet.”
“It’s at nine, but you might want to get there a little early. It’s only a meet and greet day with dismissal at noon. Paige should have discussed that with you,” Brendan said.
“I wish she had.
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