On the opposite side of the mountain, Joe hauled her up. He called out to her, “Climb.”She objected.Her temple was the target of his gunshot. You can’t be saved by Darien in this situation. They wouldn’t get there in time to remove a bullet if I shot it in your gorgeous head. So go up. It is your only chance.She fought to ascend, clenching her teeth, her wet garments sticking to her like ice Saran Wrap, her hands numb from the chilly water.He said, “Go up straight.”She looked up but was unable to see the direction he was planning to lead her. They were not able to climb mountains all day. Unless… She gave him another look. He was dozing off to her right while she was doing so.“Go!”Unless a cave was located above. She resumed her ascent. Maybe the place he had taken Larissa in secret? For shooting Doc and Ritka, Lelandi planned to kill the cretin and eat her meal.Men shouted on the ridge coming from the town’s direction. She was under attack by Darien and his troops. Joe’s expr

I was so worried that the rockslide might kill you, your brothers, or some of the rest of your people.Darien pinned her against him while warming her body, stroking her arms, and kissing her on the lips and cheeks. “Everyone is OK. Everything is fine. A gash that had gone through to her eyebrow on the left side of her temple was swelled, crimson, and the blood was already drying along its seam. Darien remarked, wiping away her damaged hair, “That son of a bitch.”She remained silent, perhaps in astonishment. Despite the fact that the chilly cave was starting to wear on him, he tried to warm her by holding her close to his body. And that’s when he saw the glass in her hair. Lelandi, did Joe throw a glass at you?She appeared as though she may become ill. He uses his pistol. She stopped and fixed her gaze below. Before that, I was in an accident, I said.You damaged the SUV, right?Her eyes were blurry from recent crying as she nodded. He exhaled and gave her another strong embrace. “W

Darn it, Lelandi, I won’t let you put yourself in such risky circumstances while you’re looking for your sister’s murderer.She squeezed and released his buttocks while running her nails down his back. He let out a gruff groan and immediately gave in. “Well, OK. When you want to look into something or someone, just let me know and I’ll make sure you’re protected.She grinned secretly and grew to adore him even more.He grinned lustily as the moist tip of his erection protruded against her mound.His gaze grew more intense when she first started to rub against him, and he reached up to touch her breasts. “Darien, you may work as a masseur for hire.”He continued, his voice rough, “Just one body I’d be interested in massaging. “How much longer are you going to abuse me?”He plunged his fingers deep before she had a chance to speak, pressing his fingers between her legs, parting her folds. His damp hands caressed her sensitive skin.While his tongue danced around her nipples, coaxing the

Then dessert once more.A few brown sugar crystals gleamed on his chest as he rolled off of her. He assisted her off the table and wiped the flour off her back after she licked them up. She muttered, “We’re a mess,” her face flushed from effort.He grinned wolfishly at her. “You received the brunt of it.” She moaned as he removed the flour from her hair. “At least the cinnamon granules are gone from the hue of your hair.” She looked at him angrily. “The next time, I win.You may have cinnamon, sugar, and flour all over you. He helped her dress while grinning. “I’m in.”He touched her belly. I know Carol thinks we’re going to have triplets.“Conjecture.”“Right. She won’t, though, say what sex they are.Lelandi was happy that Carol believed she was pregnant, but she still had trouble believing Carol could actually know such a thing. She shook more flour and sugar out of her hair.He gave her a forehead kiss. “I invited your parents, brother, and uncle to the feast. Ural was dragged alo

Lelandi recognized Sheridan as the stalker as soon as she saw him dressed in his wolf coat. It’s a shame the pickup did not run him off the road.The majority of people loped outside into the winter landscape in their wolf forms, where the snow’s upper layer was crisp and enormous snowflakes were drifting earthward. Lelandi reasoned that Sheridan wouldn’t slide through the snow like a moose or elk might, slowing him down, despite his greater size, since wolves had an edge over larger animals on deeply crusted snow. Although she had some optimism.Carol didn’t shapeshift since she wasn’t prepared to watch another bloody conflict with the wolf pack. She might have been scared of becoming wolf or of being attacked by another wolf again. Carol sat by his side as Lelandi’s father, who remained in his wheelchair, observed out the sunroom window. She was aware that he had lost the ability to shapeshift since the accident, that he struggled with sadness, and that he frequently wished he had p