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“Very little. Nathaniel said to tell you that if you need to use the black SUV in the driveway, you can. But he would prefer you rested.”
“Mm-hm. And he thought it would go better for him if you communicated that little preference to me, huh?”
Tobias grinned. “That’s right.”
“Thanks for these. I better go.”
Kyla had her own cabin and she’d sent me directions, so I moseyed toward it. She was lounging on her porch swing when I arrived, a cup of coffee in her hand. Virtus was sprawled out on the porch next to her. He opened one eye and greeted me with a nod of his head. I leaned over and scratched his ear, handing the box to Kyla.
“Tobias thought you might be hungry.”
“I love that man.”
“I’ll fight you for his affections.”
She grinned at me and tapped her breakfast sandwich to mine.
I stroked the griffin’s silky ear some more. “Sorry, Virtus, I didn’t know you were here.”
He opened his other eye, and the fact that he’d already eaten appeared in my mind. Communicating with him could be strange.
“You look comfy,” Kyla said.
Taking a seat on the swing, I took a giant bite, careful not to drip on my pants.
“How did he get his hands on these so quickly?” I asked.
Kyla shrugged. “Wolves are tactile. We like soft fabrics and things that feel good against our skin. I wouldn’t be surprised if he had an entire closet of stuff for you, but he’s holding back ’cause he knows you’d freak out.”
Butterflies rampaged through my stomach. Sometimes, I still struggled to believe Nathaniel wasmine. He was running his pack, we were throwing all our resources at finding HFE, and he’d still taken the time to make sure I was comfortable today.
“I don’t like the thought of him holding back.”
She shrugged one shoulder. “It’s smart to keep men like Nathaniel on their toes.”
That summed up Kyla’s usual theory when it came to men. God help the man she eventually chose to be hers. At least he’d never be bored.
We chomped on our sandwiches.
“How have I never seen your place before?” I asked Kyla when I was done.
She glanced at me. “I don’t spend a ton of time at home anymore. Plus, I insisted on taking one of these cabins as far away from everyone as I could get. For obvious reasons, Nathaniel needed to be convinced that I could move home again after the whole almost going feral thing. I’d only moved back in a few days before he hired you to look into the kids.” Kyla slid off the swing, stepped around Virtus, and gestured for me to follow her inside.
I gaped. Kyla’s front door opened straight into her living room. One whole wall held built-in bookshelves, with so many books on them, she’d been forced to place books on top of the careful stacks.
“Wow, you really like books, huh?”
“Yeah. I don’t get as much time to read these days either. More coffee?”
“Please.”
The gray sofa in front of the bookshelves looked worn-in and comfortable. Across from the sofa, a single armchair sat near the TV console, which had more books stacked on top of it.
I wandered over to Kyla’s shelves, pulling a few books at random, scanning the backs.
“Romance?”
Kyla sniffed as she walked back in, carrying two cups. She placed them on the coffee table and curled up on the sofa.
