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infuriating smile. “Had me worried there for a second. Now, which way are we going to do it this time? Am I going to carry you, or are you going to walk? Either way’s good with me.”
“I. will. Walk.” She strode angrily towards the door, and the two of them followed right on her heels, steering her towards a pickup truck.
Chapter Six
It was 8 a.m., but the common area was already bustling with activity. In different parts of the yard, shifters were drying herbs, chopping firewood, or socializing and eating breakfast at picnic tables.
Katrina sat at the picnic table where Caroline and the others were gathered, and let out a huge yawn as Caroline set a cup of coffee down in front of her. She’d slept badly again last night. Different shifters kept bringing meals to her room; it was never Maddox. This irritated her on a very deep level, although she wasn’t sure why.
Michael had again been assigned to guard duty, and he sat nearby, chatting up his girlfriend, a shifter named Roberta. All of the women who’d been at the table the day before were back, with their craft supplies laid out.
Caroline had brought out Katrina a notebook so she could jot down some ideas for the bridal feast.
“Thanks for the coffee. What’s on the agenda for today?” Katrina was incredibly grateful to have this wedding coming up.
“We were hoping you could share your recipe for those mini sausage snacks you made for Riverville’s 150 th anniversary celebration,” Caroline said. “I actually had some. They were amazing.”
“Loved them,” Peony added.
“We won’t be having them for the wedding reception, though,” Myrtle said. “Much too casual and lowbrow. Now for my reception, which was done in excellent taste – well, excuse me, I was talking ,” she said, as Peony got up and stormed off.
Caroline rushed after Peony, but Peony waved her off and kept walking.
Katrina got up and jogged over to Caroline. “Let me try. Sometimes people will talk to a friend more than they will a family member,” she said. Caroline shrugged helplessly.
She caught up to Peony, who was walking fast and blinking back tears. Michael trailed behind Katrina, watching her closely.
“I’m pretty sure I’m calling the wedding off,” Peony said, wiping her nose with her hand. “I’m sorry I wasted everyone’s time with all of this planning.”
“I know your mother in law’s a bitch, but once the wedding is over, you can just avoid her, can’t you?” Katrina asked. “Unless you feel like he’s not the right one for you.”
“That’s just it. He’s perfect for me in every way, except for this thing with his mother. And she announced that she’s building a house right next to ours so she can come over every day and cook and clean because I obviously never got any training in those departments, and there’s no reason think that I’ll suddenly learn how just because I’m married. So, great, she’s insulting my parents and me at the same time. And she said that when I have cubs she’ll need to be there to help raise them right. Alexander was sitting right there and he didn’t say a word.”
“Oh, hellz no,” Katrina swore. “You’re right. You need to find him and take a stand, post haste. She can not live next to you, and unless she starts treating you with respect and stops insulting you all the time, there’s no reason she should set paw in your house.”
“Am I being unreasonable? I keep trying and trying to be nice to her no matter what she says.”
“You are perfectly reasonable,” Katrina said firmly. “Go find him. This can’t wait.”
Back at the picnic table, Caroline and the helmet haired woman were shouting at
“I. will. Walk.” She strode angrily towards the door, and the two of them followed right on her heels, steering her towards a pickup truck.
Chapter Six
It was 8 a.m., but the common area was already bustling with activity. In different parts of the yard, shifters were drying herbs, chopping firewood, or socializing and eating breakfast at picnic tables.
Katrina sat at the picnic table where Caroline and the others were gathered, and let out a huge yawn as Caroline set a cup of coffee down in front of her. She’d slept badly again last night. Different shifters kept bringing meals to her room; it was never Maddox. This irritated her on a very deep level, although she wasn’t sure why.
Michael had again been assigned to guard duty, and he sat nearby, chatting up his girlfriend, a shifter named Roberta. All of the women who’d been at the table the day before were back, with their craft supplies laid out.
Caroline had brought out Katrina a notebook so she could jot down some ideas for the bridal feast.
“Thanks for the coffee. What’s on the agenda for today?” Katrina was incredibly grateful to have this wedding coming up.
“We were hoping you could share your recipe for those mini sausage snacks you made for Riverville’s 150 th anniversary celebration,” Caroline said. “I actually had some. They were amazing.”
“Loved them,” Peony added.
“We won’t be having them for the wedding reception, though,” Myrtle said. “Much too casual and lowbrow. Now for my reception, which was done in excellent taste – well, excuse me, I was talking ,” she said, as Peony got up and stormed off.
Caroline rushed after Peony, but Peony waved her off and kept walking.
Katrina got up and jogged over to Caroline. “Let me try. Sometimes people will talk to a friend more than they will a family member,” she said. Caroline shrugged helplessly.
She caught up to Peony, who was walking fast and blinking back tears. Michael trailed behind Katrina, watching her closely.
“I’m pretty sure I’m calling the wedding off,” Peony said, wiping her nose with her hand. “I’m sorry I wasted everyone’s time with all of this planning.”
“I know your mother in law’s a bitch, but once the wedding is over, you can just avoid her, can’t you?” Katrina asked. “Unless you feel like he’s not the right one for you.”
“That’s just it. He’s perfect for me in every way, except for this thing with his mother. And she announced that she’s building a house right next to ours so she can come over every day and cook and clean because I obviously never got any training in those departments, and there’s no reason think that I’ll suddenly learn how just because I’m married. So, great, she’s insulting my parents and me at the same time. And she said that when I have cubs she’ll need to be there to help raise them right. Alexander was sitting right there and he didn’t say a word.”
“Oh, hellz no,” Katrina swore. “You’re right. You need to find him and take a stand, post haste. She can not live next to you, and unless she starts treating you with respect and stops insulting you all the time, there’s no reason she should set paw in your house.”
“Am I being unreasonable? I keep trying and trying to be nice to her no matter what she says.”
“You are perfectly reasonable,” Katrina said firmly. “Go find him. This can’t wait.”
Back at the picnic table, Caroline and the helmet haired woman were shouting at
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