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All Chapters of Knotting the Hunter: Chapter 331 - Chapter 340

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Chapter 9 – Down the Hall

CodyPick who I’d like to live with. Like it’s the finale of a dating show and I’m the one holding the last rose.‘The bear,’ my wolf says instantly. ‘Give him the rose.’We’re not giving anybody a rose.There’s no denying that I knew the answer the second Dax said it, and I’m currently doing my best to try and talk myself out of it.Dax is watching me with his arms crossed, and Noah’s watching me from inside them. Mato’s at the counter, exactly where he was when he told Dax it was my money.Does he finally see me as an adult, fully capable of making my own choices, or was he just trying to placate me and avoid an argument? I’d give just about anything for him to finally see me as more than the broken kid they saved.I’d love to tell Dax where he can stick his choice, but he’s right. If I give up my room in town, I’m paying one rent instead of two.For the first time in forever, I might get to the end of the month without checking my bank balance every five minutes.I won’t miss that

Chapter 10 – Shoebox

MatoI’m going to know he’s there every second.He’s been on the Reserve since last night, and his thread hasn’t been out of my head once. His heartbeat’s been in my ears all morning. My entire house isn’t much bigger than this kitchen.He says it like he’s doing me a favor. Like the nicest thing he can do for me is live in my house for as short a time as possible and then disappear again.I’m not breathing. When I make myself start again, I notice my claws are out, all of them, on both hands, and I can’t remember the last time that happened without me asking for it.‘He wants to hide from us in our own house?’ my wolf says.I spent months teaching Cody how to keep his claws in, and I can’t manage mine for one sentence. He’s moving in today, and I’m in real trouble.I tuck my hands under my arms and pull the claws back in. Dax still has his face in Noah’s hair, so nobody saw except Cody, who’s looking straight at my hands with a complicated expression on his face.What does he think t

Chapter 11 – Run for the Hills

CodyMato’s phone dings on the counter. He taps it with his thumb without putting down the spatula, and a second later mine buzzes on the table.Your Interac e-Transfer to Mato was declined.I send it again. Ding, tap, buzz. The third time, I type RENT AND FOOD in the message. Ding, tap, buzz.“You can’t keep declining it,” I tell him.“I can. It’s one button. Barely takes any effort.”Who turns down free money? Tanner once fished a two-dollar coin out of the toilet and called it a good day.“It’s for my room and board,” I say.“I know what it is. I’m pretty proficient at reading.” He puts a plate of eggs in front of me. “Part of the reason you’re staying here is to help you save money. I’m not having you replace one payment with another.”“You’re not having me do anything. I’m offering.”“And I’m declining. That’s how offers work.”If I pay rent, I’m a housemate, and I don’t have to feel like a charity case. If I don’t, I’m a favor Dax called in.“I’m not living in your house for fre

Chapter 12 – The Only Door

CodyMato’s phone goes off halfway through a movie about a haunted ski lodge, and I’m sitting up before it’s finished the first ring.For a few nights straight, every driver in Tamarack has managed not to have an accident, which is great news for them and pretty terrible for me.I could just ask for his room, but I’m not telling a man to go and sit in his tow truck in the snow so I can jerk off in his bed. I do have some manners.In the meantime, I’ve been buying him coffee, because it’s the only rent he’ll take. There’s so much of it now that it’s up on top of the fridge with the books.I can hear the guy on the other end without trying, talking way too fast about his pickup and a dirt road out by the lake that had a canyon hidden under the snow judging by the way he’s carrying on. Mato listens for about a second and says, “I’m on my way.”“They race up and down that road like idiots,” he tells me, already up and reaching for his boots by the door. “Keeps me in work though.”“Did he

Chapter 13 – Call-Out Cancelled

MatoMy bedroom window is lit up white, brighter than any lamp I own, and I’ve already killed the engine when I remember what that light means.The guy called back when I was nearly at the lake. His buddies are going to drag his truck home behind one of theirs instead, which will save him my fee right up until they find out what that does to a transmission.I turned around meaning to park at the bottom of the road and wait out the hour Cody asked for. Somehow, I drove right past the spot and all the way up to my front door, the way I always do.I spent the entire drive back thinking about him, and still forgot I’d promised to be gone.For a second, I just sit with my hand on the key and my face hot, like he’s caught me going through his things.There isn’t a sound coming out of my house.‘He heard us,’ my wolf says.There’s no way he didn’t. Any wolf could hear a rig this size turning in off the road, and Cody’s ears work just fine. He’s probably lying in my bed right now, holding his

Chapter 14 – I Didn’t Leave

CodyThe little typing dots would be nice. Anything at all, so I’d know he’s out there trying to figure out what to say.That text was supposed to be a way out for both of us. All he has to do is write back “Pretty loud,” and we can pretend tonight never happened until we die of old age. I’d happily go along with it.Except Mato has never told me a lie, not even the polite kind, and apparently he isn’t about to start for my sake.No reply shows up, and honestly, that’s an answer all by itself.His sheets are clean now. The old ones are in the washer, the ring light’s back in the box, and I even flipped the general back over, so at least one of us can look Mato in the eye tomorrow.The box is in the closet with my bags. No way was I carrying it past that tow truck to put it back in Shania.Now I’m on the couch with the blanket up to my nose, faking sleep, which is a pretty stupid plan when the guy I’m hiding from will hear my heartbeat the second he walks in. Mine’s going like the bass

Chapter 15 – Asking Properly

MatoThere’s a wolf sitting outside our gate like somebody sent him an invitation.He’s on the county side of the bars, right in the middle of the road, with my headlights full on him. Brindled, bigger than Cody and nowhere near my size. When the rig stops, he doesn’t get up or even blink.I roll my window down, and the wind brings his scent straight into the cab. It belongs to an Alpha I’ve never met, and he's got the air of someone who's realised he's shown up uninvited and is too stubborn to leave.There’s only one stranger like that I know of around here. Cody met him in that park of his and swears he’s harmless. His name’s Rafe, and this has to be him.‘Run him off,’ my wolf says. ‘Or we could kill him.’We’re not killing anyone at the front gate.‘Then we’ll kill him at the back fence. I’ll walk him around.’The remote’s in my cup holder and I leave it there. Nobody comes through that gate without Dax’s say-so. If I let this one in, I’m speaking for the whole pack, and that’s Da

Chapter 16 – Dinner

CodyThe rig comes up the drive, and there’s a second engine right behind it. It’s low and smooth, and it’s definitely not a truck.Two doors slam, and two sets of footsteps crunch across the yard toward the house.Holy shit. Mato brought somebody home.That’s what the offer to crash at Finn’s was really about. It wasn’t him being nice, it was a heads-up, and I’m supposed to return the favor.The man hasn’t had a date over since I moved in, and the same day he mentions it, he shows up with one.Where am I even supposed to go? Shania, I guess. I’ll sit out there with the heater running and pretend I can’t hear what’s happening in his bed.I’d probably have to leave the Reserve to get out of earshot. Even then, I’m not sure there’s anywhere far enough away to escape the squeaking of his bed.‘Go and bite whoever that is,’ my wolf says. ‘Somewhere soft and sensitive.’We’re not biting Mato’s date. Biting people is how they end up at Kelly’s table every week for the rest of their lives.T

Chapter 17 – Snowbank

Mato“So, funny story,” Rafe says. “I put my car in a snowbank.”The number on my screen isn’t one I know. It’s after eleven, and in my experience, nobody who calls me at this hour is ever about to make me laugh.Cody was in that car.“Cody’s fine,” Rafe says, before I can get the question out. “He’s laughing at me.”Behind him, a little way off from the phone, Cody’s laughing so hard he’s wheezing.I have to sit down on the arm of the couch, and it takes a second before my hand’s steady enough to keep hold of the phone.“Where are you?”“County road, about halfway between town and your gate. There’s a corner out here that’s a lot tighter than it looks.”“How did you get this number?”“Cody wouldn’t call you, so I got it off his phone.” He sounds thrilled with himself. “Figured you’d want to come and get him yourself.”That’s twice tonight he’s let me know he can see right through me, and it hasn’t gotten any more fun.Cody didn’t want to be the one to call me. He’s on a date, and the

Chapter 18 – Nine Years

CodySomebody took my boots off last night, and it definitely wasn’t Rafe. He’d have had my pants off too and left a note on my chest telling me I was welcome.They’re lined up by the front door. The last thing I remember is sitting down on Mato’s couch for one second to take them off myself. Now it’s morning, I’m still in my coat, and my boots made it over there without me.There’s nobody else in this house, so it was Mato. He got them off without waking me up, like I’m a toddler who passed out in his car seat after a birthday party and had to be carried inside. I can’t decide whether that’s humiliating or sweet, and I’m pretty sure it’s both.I also stink of Rafe. It’s soaked into my coat, and I’d bet money he’s still on my mouth.Which means Mato smelled it the whole way home. I sat right up against him in the cab with my face not very far from his nose, so there’s no way he missed it. He didn’t say a single word about it, not in the truck and not when we got back here.Neither did

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