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The female wolf entered behind him and directed him to an opening on the right. “We had an office set up in here along with a long conference table and a bathroom.” She smiled. “Ryan said the wolves would often get irritable because of the close quarters in your room.”
He smiled. “We managed.” But he recalled the numerous arguments and unresolved conflicts because of the lack of space.
She gestured the opposite direction. “Your bedroom is at the far end, with an en suite bathroom. We also set up a library for your astronomy books and telescope. Please let us know if you need any modifications. Also, if you would prefer to appropriate any of the rooms in the compound for your use, you know the wolves will happily give them up for you. We…” She swallowed hard. “Alpha, we would die for you. We…that is…I can’t thank you enough. It was your intervention that saved me.”
He glanced at her, surprised. “When was this?” He had no recollection of it.
Her laugh wa
s watery as she sniffed. “You’ve helped so many of us so many times I’m not surprised you don’t remember. But it was almost six years ago, not long after your wife passed. I was new to the pack and Kryder was after me. I’d heard the rumors. You arrived just as he was shoving me into his rooms. You pulled me out and told me to find Ryan. Alpha Grant, you almost died that night because of the beating he gave you.”
He remembered now. He went to her and took her hand in his. “I would do it again.”
Her smiled broadened though her eyes filled with new tears. “I know you would. These rooms were the least I, that is we, could do. There were a dozen of us that worked on the rooms over the years. We prayed as well that you would survive and that somehow, you’d be able to defeat Kryder. Tonight, you did. Again, this is the least we could do for you.”
“Please tell your team thank you for this. I won’t forget it.”
She nodded briskly then slapped her thighs. “There’s champagne in the fridge. Help yourself.” She went to the door and extended her hand to an intercom on the wall. “This leads directly to the kitchens. If you need anything, you have only to press the button.”
She didn’t wait for him to respond. She disappeared through the door then closed it firmly behind her. Instinctively, he crossed to the same door and slid the deadbolt in place. Though Kryder was gone, it would be a long time before the pack would truly be safe.
When he turned around, he saw that Natalie had crossed to the towering pile of boulders. She touched the nearest one and ran her hand over the rough surface. “Why do I love this as much as I do?”
He joined her. “It’s fierce. Raw. What your wolf craves. Definitely, what mine does. This feels like a forest, something I long for and not just the pines in the center of Savage.”
“This space is amazing. But what I’d really like to see is the bedroom.”
He slid his arm around her waist. “I’ve been thinking of little else for the past hour.”
“Me, too. I just want to be with you.” She turned to face him and reached up to kiss him.
He snaked his arms around her so fast, she gasped. Then he gave her the kiss he’d been thinking about ever since he saw her alone in the gallery at the sandpit.
She parted her lips and he plunged his tongue inside. After the battle with Kryder, she was what he wanted, what he needed.
He picked her up and slung an arm below her knees. Cradling her, he carried to the bedroom. But he paused on the threshold, shocked all over again. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“It’s beautiful, Grant, and rugged.”
“It’s my burrow bedroom. Ryan had it duplicated. He must have had the security team fetch all the furs as well.”
“I want to feel it.” He took her to the edge of the bed then let her drop to her knees on the thick pile of furs.
Even the rock face beyond the bed looked similar. He would have to thank Ryan for this. Ryan would have known he couldn’t return to his burrow once he became alpha. Not only would his burrow be one of Kryder’s targets, but he would need to be with his pack as well.
He looked beyond the bed and smiled. Ryan had thought of everything. “They built me a running track.”
Natalie, who had been reclining and sweeping her fingers through the soft furs, rolled over to look at the opposite side of the bed. “Is that what those openings are for? On either side? I wondered.”
He felt a powerful need to shift again, even though he’d taken a few turns around the bonfire in full-fur.
He caught Natalie’s gaze, “Would you mind if I went for a run first?”
She grinned. “Only if my wolf can join you.”
He leaned down and grabbed her ankles. He then pulled her close to kiss her. “Do you want ride my back?”
“Not this time. But I might watch.”
