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Authors: Carina Wilder
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don’t you come with us to the pack’s cabin? You’d be welcome to use it and there’s nowhere on earth that’s safer.”
“Okay. If you don’t think they’d mind,” said Zoe, hesitant at the thought of meeting a wolf pack. Two shifters had seemed overwhelming just a few minutes earlier.
Kyla read her mind. “They won’t all be there, don’t worry. Probably only a few. And they don’t bite. Usually.”
Seven
Zoe accompanied Kyla and Maddox to the wolf shifters’ cabin. The pack, which had once been so secretive about their home base’s location, now welcomed almost all shifters into their midst. The cabin was widely regarded as the town’s epicenter despite its location in the woods, in particular since so many shifters had begun to occupy their own concealed dens in the surrounding acreage.
The only pack members who were home when the three arrived were Tristan, the alpha, and his mate Nikki, who was pregnant with their first child. Tristan, like Maddox and Colson, was a big man with the bright blue eyes that all wolf shifters had. Nikki was softer; a woman of curves with large, almond-shaped eyes. There was a calm about her that Zoe liked immediately.
“Welcome, Zoe,” said Nikki, shaking her hand.
“Thanks,” said Zo e, who felt overwhelmed by the hospitality of the wolves. “Quite a place you have here.”
“ It’s home. And you can see that we’re adding to the pack,” Nikki said, rubbing her belly. She was a big girl anyhow, but the prominent bump made her even more so. She was lovely, Zoe thought, and looked genuinely happy.
“I can see that, yes. Congratulations. Oh, and thanks for letting me use your shower. I haven’t really sorted out the logistics of living in a forest.”
Nikki laughed. “Yeah, it’s a challenge, I’m sure. But you’re welcome here anytime. Just come by. We’ve got a big bathroom just for you mad forest dwellers.”
“Are there a lot of us?”
“No , not at any given time. But often when shifters move to town they start off like you; hiding out in the woods. It’s easy and let’s face it: the price is right.”
“Yeah, the rent can’t be beat.”
“Tell me, do you know anyone in town?”
“I don’t, not really. Well, t here’s a bear shifter…a spirit bear called Colson who drove me here.”
“ Do tell,” said Nikki, sitting down on the couch and signalling to Zoe to do the same.
“Oh, there’s nothing to tell. He’s working as a mechanic. Apparently he’s good with his hands.”
“I’ll bet he is.” Nikki raised an eyebrow.
Zoe thought Kyla was the only psychic around , but suddenly she got the impression that Nikki sensed a sexual attraction between Zoe and Colson.
“He’s not my boyfriend or mate or any of that. Just a friend. Sort of.”
“The funny thing around here,” said Nikki, is that friends have a way of becoming more than that.” With that, she looked over at Tristan, who was chatting with Kyla and Maddox.
“Well, Colson doesn’t have to worry about me hitting on him.”
“I suspect that you need to worry about you hitting on him, though. I’ve seed your Colson, when I was in town having the car’s oil changed the other day. He’s not an unattractive man.”
“No, he’s not. I’ll admit that,” said Zoe, a slight smile infiltrating her lips.
“So,” interrupted Tristan before the conversation could go any further, “if there’s anything you need, Zoe, come to us, day or night. Don’t hesitate. Especially if you’re ever in any sort of trouble.”
Zoe wondered if Kyla had said anything, but she suspected that it was simply the alpha’s nature to look out for shifters in general.
“Thank you, Tristan, I appreciate it. And I will.”
With that, Zoe followed Kyla to the guest bathroom. After showering gratefully under a stream of hot water which seemed to wash her residual anxieties away, she said good-bye and headed back out into the woods.
Kyla liked Tristan and Nikki, and
“Okay. If you don’t think they’d mind,” said Zoe, hesitant at the thought of meeting a wolf pack. Two shifters had seemed overwhelming just a few minutes earlier.
Kyla read her mind. “They won’t all be there, don’t worry. Probably only a few. And they don’t bite. Usually.”
Seven
Zoe accompanied Kyla and Maddox to the wolf shifters’ cabin. The pack, which had once been so secretive about their home base’s location, now welcomed almost all shifters into their midst. The cabin was widely regarded as the town’s epicenter despite its location in the woods, in particular since so many shifters had begun to occupy their own concealed dens in the surrounding acreage.
The only pack members who were home when the three arrived were Tristan, the alpha, and his mate Nikki, who was pregnant with their first child. Tristan, like Maddox and Colson, was a big man with the bright blue eyes that all wolf shifters had. Nikki was softer; a woman of curves with large, almond-shaped eyes. There was a calm about her that Zoe liked immediately.
“Welcome, Zoe,” said Nikki, shaking her hand.
“Thanks,” said Zo e, who felt overwhelmed by the hospitality of the wolves. “Quite a place you have here.”
“ It’s home. And you can see that we’re adding to the pack,” Nikki said, rubbing her belly. She was a big girl anyhow, but the prominent bump made her even more so. She was lovely, Zoe thought, and looked genuinely happy.
“I can see that, yes. Congratulations. Oh, and thanks for letting me use your shower. I haven’t really sorted out the logistics of living in a forest.”
Nikki laughed. “Yeah, it’s a challenge, I’m sure. But you’re welcome here anytime. Just come by. We’ve got a big bathroom just for you mad forest dwellers.”
“Are there a lot of us?”
“No , not at any given time. But often when shifters move to town they start off like you; hiding out in the woods. It’s easy and let’s face it: the price is right.”
“Yeah, the rent can’t be beat.”
“Tell me, do you know anyone in town?”
“I don’t, not really. Well, t here’s a bear shifter…a spirit bear called Colson who drove me here.”
“ Do tell,” said Nikki, sitting down on the couch and signalling to Zoe to do the same.
“Oh, there’s nothing to tell. He’s working as a mechanic. Apparently he’s good with his hands.”
“I’ll bet he is.” Nikki raised an eyebrow.
Zoe thought Kyla was the only psychic around , but suddenly she got the impression that Nikki sensed a sexual attraction between Zoe and Colson.
“He’s not my boyfriend or mate or any of that. Just a friend. Sort of.”
“The funny thing around here,” said Nikki, is that friends have a way of becoming more than that.” With that, she looked over at Tristan, who was chatting with Kyla and Maddox.
“Well, Colson doesn’t have to worry about me hitting on him.”
“I suspect that you need to worry about you hitting on him, though. I’ve seed your Colson, when I was in town having the car’s oil changed the other day. He’s not an unattractive man.”
“No, he’s not. I’ll admit that,” said Zoe, a slight smile infiltrating her lips.
“So,” interrupted Tristan before the conversation could go any further, “if there’s anything you need, Zoe, come to us, day or night. Don’t hesitate. Especially if you’re ever in any sort of trouble.”
Zoe wondered if Kyla had said anything, but she suspected that it was simply the alpha’s nature to look out for shifters in general.
“Thank you, Tristan, I appreciate it. And I will.”
With that, Zoe followed Kyla to the guest bathroom. After showering gratefully under a stream of hot water which seemed to wash her residual anxieties away, she said good-bye and headed back out into the woods.
Kyla liked Tristan and Nikki, and
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