Dawson Fur Hire (Bears Fur Hire Book 5) by T. S. Joyce

Author:T. S. Joyce [Joyce, T. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wicked Willow Press
Published: 2016-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Dalton cut the engine and pulled on his sweater. Kate glanced around the muddy woods with their patchwork of snow mounds clinging onto life. The sunlight filtered through the spruce branches and birch limbs, patterning the forest floor with yellow speckles.

“Where are we?”

“I want to show you something,” Dalton murmured, his lips curved into a lingering smile from the important trio of words they’d just shared with each other.

He pushed open his truck door and jogged around the front, then helped her out onto the muddy road.

“I didn’t wear the right shoes,” she said, frowning down at her work tennis shoes.

“I’ve got you.” Dalton bent slightly and folded her into his arms with little effort. After kicking the door closed, he strode with her up one of the well-worn muddy divots in the road.

“Why aren’t we driving? The road looks passable.”

“Because I don’t want you to see this place for the first time through my truck window. I want you smelling the air. I want you feeling the breeze, and I have a question I want to ask while we stand on this land, not in my truck. This place should be felt, not just seen.”

Utterly confused, she nodded and wrapped her arms around his neck. “Okay.”

With long, smooth strides, Dalton crested a hill and halted, then set her down gently. Kate dragged her gaze from his striking face, stoic now with an edge of worry, to a clearing. In the center was a rustic cabin. It was small, but beautifully crafted with log walls, natural wood details, a sizeable front porch, and a large window on the side. A stone chimney crept up the front, right beside the porch, and smoke puffed steadily from the flue. Snowcapped mountains set a scenic background to the home, and behind was a smaller cabin, not much bigger than a large storage shed.

Kate inhaled the crisp, clean air, and let it off in a long, reverent sigh. “Oh, Dalton. Is this your den?”

“No,” he murmured, turning her shoulders slowly until she was squared up to him. “But it could be ours.”

“What?” she asked, glancing at the beautiful homestead and back.

“My alpha bought this place before he met his mate. She owns the deed to the next property over, and Link moved in with her when they got married, but he didn’t let this place go. I called him last night and asked if he would accept offers, and do you know what he said?”

“Tell me.”

Dalton swallowed hard, his eyes filling with some emotion she didn’t understand. “He said he’s been waiting for me and Chance to come home. He’s been saving this place for one of us to make an offer.”

“Oh my gosh,” she whispered.

Dalton slid his grasp from her arms to her hands and squeezed. “I live in a temporary room up at Silver Summit, and I’ve never looked into settling outside of the time I work. Not until I met you. I want to build a life with you, Kate. I’m selfish.

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