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Authors: R.E. Butler
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in a big boarding house with the pride and have a suite to myself.”
She didn’t need to look at Jericho to know that he would approve of whatever she wanted. The two of them hadn’t made love the night before, and she wasn’t entirely sure what the reason was, but now that she’d found Alek, the thought of spending even one night without him, as well as Jericho, was like a dart in her chest.
“We’d love to come home with you, Alek.” She squeezed his shoulder, and he stared at her with big blue eyes. Her bear rumbled in approval.
She hadn’t really thought of any place as home since she’d had to move away to go to college and to keep her non-shifting secret from getting out. But Alek made her feel at home already, and she couldn’t wait to get to know him better. In every way.
Chapter 8
After packing a bag for herself and Jericho with borrowed clothes, she kissed her aunt and uncle goodbye and left with Alek and Jericho in the camper. She sat at the kitchen table while Alek and Jericho sat in the front and talked about Ashland. It sounded like any other small town she’d ever been in, with a few businesses, a school, and a small police force. The drive didn’t take long, and when the camper turned into a hidden driveway, she leaned forward and watched out the windshield as a huge house came into view.
“How long have you and your family lived here?” she asked as Jericho parked off to the side so he didn’t block anyone’s vehicles.
Alek unbuckled his seatbelt and moved to open the side door so she could get out. She took his hand and stepped down onto the gravel driveway. Jericho came out last, holding their bags.
“About two years,” Alek said, and then explained that along with his family, who had rooms on the second floor, seven other mountain lions had joined them and had bedrooms on the third floor.
“This house originally belonged to a family that was hit by the Depression. The husband went east to look for work, and the wife opened the house up to renters and slowly remodeled it to add more bathrooms and split up larger rooms into multiple smaller ones.”
His family had beaten them home and was already inside. She’d been totally smitten with his adorable young cousins. Only one woman lived in the house now, Samantha, who was mated to Alek’s uncles, Grant and Aaron. His brothers and their mate lived in a converted apple barn on a farm in town that belonged to his Uncle Rhett and his mate, Lisa. Rhett and Lisa hadn’t come to the dinner, but he promised to take her to meet them soon.
As they entered the grand foyer of the house, she could hear the chatter from deeper within the house and assumed it came from the kitchen. Alek paused after he shut the door and said, “How about we save introductions for tomorrow? If we go in the kitchen now, it will be after midnight before we get a chance to talk privately.”
She and Jericho agreed, and they followed Alek up the wooden stairs. Her heart was pounding by the time they reached the second floor and stopped in front of the second door on the left. Nerves made her tremble as excitement coursed through her while her bear pranced around in her mind, truly happy for having found both mates.
The large bedroom had a king-size oak sleigh bed, with matching dresser, nightstands, and an armoire that was open to reveal a flat screen television. The floor was carpeted with thick, midnight blue plush. When Alek flipped the light switch, a ceiling fan began to turn lazily, and the light fixture illuminated the room. The door locked behind them, and he walked to the closet, pushing one of the sliding doors open.
“Tomorrow I’ll clear out drawers for you both in the dresser and make room in the closet.” He toed off his shoes and pushed them inside the closet, and she and Jericho followed suit. Jericho put their bag on the dresser and pulled out the small bag of
She didn’t need to look at Jericho to know that he would approve of whatever she wanted. The two of them hadn’t made love the night before, and she wasn’t entirely sure what the reason was, but now that she’d found Alek, the thought of spending even one night without him, as well as Jericho, was like a dart in her chest.
“We’d love to come home with you, Alek.” She squeezed his shoulder, and he stared at her with big blue eyes. Her bear rumbled in approval.
She hadn’t really thought of any place as home since she’d had to move away to go to college and to keep her non-shifting secret from getting out. But Alek made her feel at home already, and she couldn’t wait to get to know him better. In every way.
Chapter 8
After packing a bag for herself and Jericho with borrowed clothes, she kissed her aunt and uncle goodbye and left with Alek and Jericho in the camper. She sat at the kitchen table while Alek and Jericho sat in the front and talked about Ashland. It sounded like any other small town she’d ever been in, with a few businesses, a school, and a small police force. The drive didn’t take long, and when the camper turned into a hidden driveway, she leaned forward and watched out the windshield as a huge house came into view.
“How long have you and your family lived here?” she asked as Jericho parked off to the side so he didn’t block anyone’s vehicles.
Alek unbuckled his seatbelt and moved to open the side door so she could get out. She took his hand and stepped down onto the gravel driveway. Jericho came out last, holding their bags.
“About two years,” Alek said, and then explained that along with his family, who had rooms on the second floor, seven other mountain lions had joined them and had bedrooms on the third floor.
“This house originally belonged to a family that was hit by the Depression. The husband went east to look for work, and the wife opened the house up to renters and slowly remodeled it to add more bathrooms and split up larger rooms into multiple smaller ones.”
His family had beaten them home and was already inside. She’d been totally smitten with his adorable young cousins. Only one woman lived in the house now, Samantha, who was mated to Alek’s uncles, Grant and Aaron. His brothers and their mate lived in a converted apple barn on a farm in town that belonged to his Uncle Rhett and his mate, Lisa. Rhett and Lisa hadn’t come to the dinner, but he promised to take her to meet them soon.
As they entered the grand foyer of the house, she could hear the chatter from deeper within the house and assumed it came from the kitchen. Alek paused after he shut the door and said, “How about we save introductions for tomorrow? If we go in the kitchen now, it will be after midnight before we get a chance to talk privately.”
She and Jericho agreed, and they followed Alek up the wooden stairs. Her heart was pounding by the time they reached the second floor and stopped in front of the second door on the left. Nerves made her tremble as excitement coursed through her while her bear pranced around in her mind, truly happy for having found both mates.
The large bedroom had a king-size oak sleigh bed, with matching dresser, nightstands, and an armoire that was open to reveal a flat screen television. The floor was carpeted with thick, midnight blue plush. When Alek flipped the light switch, a ceiling fan began to turn lazily, and the light fixture illuminated the room. The door locked behind them, and he walked to the closet, pushing one of the sliding doors open.
“Tomorrow I’ll clear out drawers for you both in the dresser and make room in the closet.” He toed off his shoes and pushed them inside the closet, and she and Jericho followed suit. Jericho put their bag on the dresser and pulled out the small bag of
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