WinterI was just about to knock when Fagua swung the door wide open. Her breasts hung slightly over her bikini. She must have put on a little weight in the time she’d been here. Husk was obsessed with her figure, then again, he was obsessed about everything about her.“She’s too skinny, rude, selfish, and intolerable. There’s no way she's our mate.”Which meant that she must be our mate, and he knew it. This situation was new for all of us, not just him. Sky was coping with shifting, I was holding everyone together, especially with Husk’s temper. Now, it was time for us to bond as a unit to complete our family and that meant Fagua was part of the equation. “Ready?” She perked up.“Sure. I didn’t think you wanted to get in the hot tub yet.”She laughed. “I’ve been stuck in this room for four days. I can’t think of anything better than being out in the fresh air.”Her positive attitude awed and surprised me.She closed the door and followed me. Several times she bumped into me and mum

WinterIt was really weird, but when I knocked on her bedroom door, she said coming, and I couldn’t help but wonder if she was touching herself in the shower. No. I didn’t want to think that way, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to control myself. My love for cooking kept all my sexual thoughts at bay. Sky and Husk will be back late this evening, and I wanted to spend as much time getting to know Fagua before they returned. The tension with them around was too much.I went back into the kitchen and lightly heated up the steaks, then debated what to do about the Cuban rice I made. My phone chimed, but I ignored it, needing to get everything ready for Fagua. I knew the eggs would be cold, but then I could keep them at the same temperature in the oven. I rushed to do that, then felt satisfied she could take as long as she needed, as I decided to check the message.You have the place to yourself. Sky and I are out for the night. HI glanced at the work emails. I had so many damn ones unopen

Husk“Doc, how’s Sky doing?” I asked as soon as he came out of the room, and I knew it was bad news from the way his shoulders slumped slightly and the tension around his brown eyes.Doc was a lot smaller, and at first when we met him, we didn’t think he was a wolf. It was unusual for someone so short, and small in frame, to be a wolf. Now we knew many of our kind. He shook his head. “He’s so fucking weak, I’ve never seen him like this. How are you feeling?”I wanted to lie and tell him I was feeling okay. But, he scanned me with his eyes narrowing as if he knew the answer to his own question. I’d eaten seven times today, and each time food hit my mouth and down my throat, it made me feel a little bit stronger for a few minutes. Just a few, and then I would feel the need to eat again. “Not great. But not as bad as Sky. Has he fully shifted?”He shook his head.“I’ve never seen him like this, only half of his body has shifted and the other half, well thank fuck it was still in human

HuskI couldn’t wait around anymore, so I headed back home. Sky appeared a little stronger, not a lot, but enough where he could have a short conversation. As for the casino, it seemed to be running itself because when I went to the office, our assistant pointed out she hadn’t seen Winter for three days. He’d left instructions for everyone to carry on as usual, and there was a reason why he’d done it. He’d told Hayley if things couldn’t run without him, then there was no reason for him to hire anyone. It was an arrogant statement, even if there was some truth behind it. We didn’t hire staff to do our jobs. I didn’t expect him to not come in at all. Had he been so blinded by Fagua he’d lost all his senses? I stormed into the elevator and went to our suite. All the furniture was turned over with several chairs broken apart and lying in a heap. Both Lourdes and Maria pushed the sofa back. “What happened here?” I yelled.“We don’t know. We just came to clean and saw the place like this.

FaguaI had a suitcase crammed full of clothes I’d never possessed in my life, and all I could think about was how to get out of this town. Everything that had happened in the space of two weeks had made me feel degraded. I got out of the elevator and kept walking, and walking, not knowing what direction I was going in, or even what I was doing, but walking seemed to solve my problems. Downtown was confusing, and I felt like I’d been walking in circles. A big clock chimed, confirming I’d been walking for over two hours. I’d never walked so far in my life. It was as if my anxiety was going into overtime, and the more I walked, the more it relaxed me until I was hungry. I stumbled across a diner, which was pretty quiet, and I strolled inside, dragging my case with me. I was a healer. This must be why Pa didn’t want me to leave town. He wanted me to stay and heal the wolves. So many damn thoughts ran through my mind. Like Winter and why he and his brothers had lured me here in the firs