Owen    Last night at the rodeo, I wanted nothing more than to kill Danny when I found him with Cat. How dare he scare her and touch her like that? I was so happy that I got to them before he did something stupid. I had this feeling that he was about to try and claim her for himself just to keep her away from me. That would have killed me to go through. When another wolf claims what’s yours, it severs the mate bond and leaves you without your true mate. It’s similar to rejection and feels just as horrible or so I’ve been told. I wasn’t going to allow him the satisfaction of doing that.      I could smell him all over her when I hugged her and it enraged me to my very core. I wanted nothing more than to replace his scent with my own. Cover her mouth and face with kisses that lingered for

Cat    In the coming days, I had the guys handle most of my chores so I could focus on the horses. I babied Maximus and I’m sure the old guy was getting tired of me. He was starting to show signs of improvement but some of his wounds would reopen and bleed if he laid down then got back up. He didn’t move around too much, letting me know he was sore.    When I wasn’t with Maximus, I tried to train Dexter. He was smart and willing to learn new things, he just didn’t want anyone on his back. He made it obvious by how he acted with a saddle on. He would still buck and run while making horrible sounds.    “Do you just want to be a pack mule? Because you’re stubborn like one,” I told him while watching him run around i

Cat    I crawled into bed and slept for several hours after I watched the guys go to the guest house to go to bed. I knew the wolves wouldn't be back and I wouldn't get any answers tonight, but at least I got information by spying and got to watch my man shift. My man… I liked that thought.    When it was time to get up and start making breakfast, I got dressed in my work blue jeans and a gray t-shirt, then went to the kitchen. I started the coffee pot and started cooking. Amber came stumbling into the kitchen as soon as the coffee was made and headed straight for it. She made her cup in silence, then sat at the table drinking it. I looked out the back door window and saw that no one was headed this way yet. I needed to have a quick conversation with just her. &

Cat    I woke up the next morning at my usual time before the sun came up and right before my alarm would go off. I looked beside me and saw Owen sleeping there next to me on his back. One of his hands was behind his head and the other was on his chest. I smiled seeing him there and I was happy to know that I would wake up like this each morning.    I slowly got up from the bed and turned my alarm off before it sounded. I realized that I was still naked from last night. I went and pulled my clothes on before going to the kitchen to start the coffee and breakfast. As I got breakfast going, Owen walked into the kitchen and came up behind me. He pressed his body against mine and wrapped his arms around me as I cooked eggs in a skillet. I felt his lips kiss my neck as I melted into him. His lips traveled to the spot where h

Cat   When we were done eating, we cleaned up the kitchen before Hank called it a night and went to his house on the property.     “I’m going to head home for a little while and check in with some of the others,” Preston said.    “Alright. We might head over to see Easton, Amber and the pups,” Owen said.    Him calling the kids pups made me smile. Then again, that’s what they were, because they had wolves and we already know that. They could sense their wolves and others like them but they couldn’t speak with their wolves yet.    Preston just nodded his head and walked out of the h