Heat (Firefighters of Montana Book 4) by Karen Foley

Author:Karen Foley [Foley, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781944925482
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2016-06-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“You did a good job back there,” Tyler said, as she drove the kennel truck through the pass and back toward St. Mary. “I’m sorry about Nina.”

Callie nodded and her hands tightened on the steering wheel. “Thank you. She was very old, and the wildfire was just too much for her.” She glanced at him. “Most people think wolves are tough, but they can actually become stressed very easily.”

“Will Kobo be okay?”

Callie thought of the mournful sounds the wolf had made while watching over Nina’s body. Few people understood the strong bonds that wolves developed, or how they mourned the passing of a pack member.

“I hope so. We found a wolf sanctuary in Wyoming, willing to take the wolves in. So once he settles in and gets evaluated, he has a good chance of being placed with another female.”

Callie had called Randy as soon as she’d loaded the six wolves into the kennel truck, and he’d volunteered to make the long, eight hundred-mile drive to Cheyenne. He would leave as soon they arrived in St. Mary, in order to reduce the time the wolves would have to spend in the truck. Once they reached Cheyenne, the animals would receive a complete checkup, and be placed with their pack mates in new enclosures. Their new home would be permanent; they wouldn’t return to Montana.

Callie hadn’t been kidding when she’d told Tyler it had been a rough week. Between her father’s health, losing the ranch, and trying to find new homes for the wolves, she felt more stressed than she could ever recall. She still hadn’t told her father that all of the wolves had been placed in new homes, or that there was no chance he could reopen the sanctuary. She wasn’t sure he would forgive her.

She thought again of the spontaneous hug Tyler had given her. The gesture had been so unexpected that for a moment, she’d been too shocked to react. Then she’d become acutely conscious of how good his arms felt around her, of his scent, and his strength. Part of her wanted to press closer to him, and never leave. She wanted to lean on him; let him take care of her. Of everything.

What had he said?

I’m here for you.

Realistically, she knew that wasn’t true, since he’d likely return to Glacier Creek within the next day or so, and she wouldn’t be here for any longer than absolutely necessary. But she appreciated his kindness, and told herself it was perfectly normal for her to be attracted to him—he was a rugged, good-looking man, capable of kind acts. In fact, he was pretty perfect. She’d tried to find some fault in him, but so far hadn’t come up with anything. The fact he would be leaving St. Mary soon was probably a good thing, since she suspected he was the kind of guy a girl could easily fall for.

For all she knew, he was already taken—it seemed as if all the good guys were. Callie found the thought depressing, and cast a furtive glance at his hands.

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