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“I didn’t want to borrow a bra and panties, knowing this is where we’d be headed when we returned to the cabin. Taking off our clothes. Sliding naked under the covers. Snuggling together.”
He yanked off his shorts and boxer briefs. “Yeah, for sure.”
Then they were both under the covers cuddling each other—just like they’d been before they’d been so rudely awakened and fled for their lives. “I love you, Kayla.”
“Hmm,” she said. “Love you too.”
The next thing he knew, it was midmorning, pouring rain, thunderstorms right overhead. He couldn’t believe they had slept through some of it, but they’d been exhausted.
“Hmm,” Kayla said when they woke, running her hand over Nate’s bare stomach. “We slept in a bit. I never can sleep in no matter how late I go to bed. Unless I’m sick.”
“I must be a good influence.”
She laughed. “Are you ready for breakfast?”
“Yeah, I sure am. All that exercise we had gave me an appetite.”
“Me too. Do ham, hash browns, and eggs sound good?”
“Yeah, they sure do. I’ll prepare the potatoes if you want to make the eggs.”
“I got the easy part of the deal.” Then she pulled on her underwear and he did the same, and they left the bedroom to make breakfast.
He began peeling the potatoes. “I guess you slept all right.”
“Yeah, I was bushed. I’m sure I dreamed about something, but no telling what.”
“I was dreaming about chasing and playing with you as a wolf before we were so rudely awakened by the guys breaking into the cabin.” He washed off the peeled potatoes and then started shredding them.
“Aww.” She started the eggs and ham.
“Yeah, it was a really great dream. Like you, I was so tired that I have no idea if I dreamed the next time we went to sleep or not.” He began putting the shredded potatoes in a pan and cooking them, adding some lemon and pepper seasoning.
“Well, hopefully we’ll have a good night tonight and you can dream about us having fun again.” She served up the eggs and ham.
“I want to do it for real, but only if the weather lets up. It’s supposed to stop raining in a couple of hours.” He dished out the hash browns.
She was enjoying the rain and staying here with Nate for a while after all the wild excitement yesterday, but she didn’t want him to know how she felt—not when he wanted to enjoy running all over and doing things with her. He was an Army Ranger after all. He wouldn’t want to sit around the cabin all day. Though if she couldn’t control her shifting, he probably would prefer to stay with her here.
“We can play some card games or board gamesuntil then. And go swimming after the rain stops?” she suggested.
“Yeah, that sounds good. We can take another hike too. Maybe like we planned before but then woke up so late. We can run tonight as wolves too.”
“Yeah, sure.” She had to remind herself she was going to have trouble with the shifting soon. The storm had arrived earlier than they had expected. But at least they weren’t having any hail. With Nate’s van sitting out, they sure didn’t want hail to damage it.
Nate poured himself some coffee while Kayla made her tea, and then they sat down to eat. “You know if you just want to stay at the cabin for the day, we can do that.”
She sighed. “Well, you know I could have problems with shifting tonight, so we might have to stay in then. It wouldn’t do for me to shift during the day if we’re out and about.”
“Yeah, sure. Anything you want to do.”
Chapter 21
Because of the rain, Nate and Kayla had never gone swimming or hiking or running as wolves. They ended up just playing board games the whole day, except for taking a break to make love to each other and taking a much-deserved nap.
After making love to Nate that night, Kayla had been sleeping soundly with him before she began getting the urge to shift. Now she was awake again and she’d been fighting the need to shift for a while. Before long, she figured she would be a wolf curled up next to him. Not wanting him to know it, she hoped she could avoid waking him. Who wanted to go to sleep with their loved one and then have a wolf wake them up in the middle of the night?
She thought she’d slip out of bed and sleep on the floor if she could do so without waking him. Though she knew Nate wouldn’t be bothered by it. Gabrielle and Nicole didn’t mind that Kayla’s brothers had the same shifting issues. It was just something that bothered Kayla. Up until now, she’d avoided staying overnight with Nate during the full moon when she knew she’d have trouble with the urge to shift.
