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She’d loved how he hadn’t made a big deal of her not staying with him then. Even though they hadn’t discussed it, she was certain he knew just why she conveniently couldn’t sleep over at his place on full-moon days.
For now, she was glad she was naked. This way, she wouldn’t disturb Nate with taking her clothes off. Even so, she tried to move away from him, but in a sleepy state, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer.
She scoffed. She couldn’t pull away from him, and she couldn’t stop the shift. The full moon was definitely in play.
Then she felt the shift take over—her muscles stretching, heat filling her body like a comforting warm blanket, and then in the blink of an eye, she was one furry wolf. At least her back was to Nate so she wasn’t digging all her paws into him.
“Hmm, my wolf lover,” Nate said softly and hugged her.
She growled low.
He chuckled and just snuggled with her like he didn’t mind that she’d shifted one bit. She relaxed. Okay, maybe he was fine being with her as a wolf in bed when she couldn’t control her shifting.
“If you want me to shift, I will, but I love holding you like this,” he said, as if he could read her mind.
She leaned her head down and licked his arm wrapped around her chest, telling him she was finewith this arrangement, since he was. It was nice, the closeness, his body tight against hers even if she was a bit furry. She was glad he was snuggling with her like this. She felt well loved, and she closed her eyes and fell asleep, dreaming of running as a wolf with her mate.
But when she woke in the middle of the night, she discovered he was a wolf too, his head resting on her neck in a possessively loving way. She loved him for doing everything to make her feel secure and perfectly comfortable with being who she was. She felt her body warming and muscles stretching. She was turning, and instantly she was in her human form.
Then she rested her arm over his chest, her face nuzzled below his chin, hugging him, human to wolf, and she enjoyed it just as much as when he had been in his human form and was hugging her when she was a wolf. Yeah, he was definitely the right one for her.
Late the next morning, Nate and Kayla were having waffles for breakfast, and she was thinking about the guy who had come for the keys at the lodge and then escaped the FBI agents.
As if her thoughts had triggered the call, Nicole called Nate.
“Hey, what’s up?” Nate asked. “Putting on speaker.”
“I just wanted to let you know that everyone’s still watching for the guy who came for the keys at the lodge. The picture of him has been circulated to everyone in our area just in case he comes back.”
“We thought he wouldn’t return. Not when he’s got the keys that he’d come for,” Nate said.
“Two different wolves have said they saw him in your area. Since he broke out of custody and he seemed to be tied in with the dead armed bank robber, Darien said he didn’t want anyone to try to apprehend him. Just to report any possible sightings.”
“Okay, thanks, we just got up and haven’t really checked our messages,” Nate said.
“I figured that might be the situation. I didn’t want to disturb the two of you, but I just wanted to warn you in case this guy heads out that way because you’d found Manning’s body. The jewelry from the Green Valley store and the others hasn’t been recovered yet. It doesn’t mean any of the heisted jewelry is out there. But just in case, you should keep a look out while you’re running around in the woods as wolves and on hikes and such. The insurance companies are offering high-dollar rewards for each of the robberies, and you’ll get the reward for them if you find any of it. Also, Everest and his buddies all lawyered up, so Peter isn’t getting anything out of them. And that guy Gerald had the tires for Randy’s truck, but the police can’t charge him with anything because he hadn’t done anything criminal and he wouldn’t admit to his friends doing anything wrong.”
“Thanks, Nicole. That’s great news—on thereward—not that the other jewelry hasn’t been recovered yet or that Everest and his friends have lawyered up, but I expected it. How are the other cases coming along?”
“I’m good. I haven’t needed anyone’s help. Still no success at finding Phil though.”
“I’ll help you with it when I get back.”
“Thanks. Otherwise, have fun and enjoy yourselves.”
“We will,” Kayla said.
“We are,” Nate said. “Call us if you hear anything further.”
“I will.”
Then they ended the call.
“I was just thinking about that guy with the keys. I wondered what could have happened to him.”
“I figured he would be long gone by now,” Nate said, then took another sip of his coffee.
“Unless he learned the safe deposit boxes didn’t hold anything in them. Or at least not what he was looking for. And so he’s in this area, trying to learn what he can.”
