My Estranged Lover (Middlemarch Shifters Book 5) by Shelley Munro

Author:Shelley Munro [Munro, Shelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance, rurual romance
Publisher: Munro Press
Published: 2016-05-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Caroline let herself out the front door and exhaled as the frigid morning air slapped her. Gloves. She’d need to find her gloves, scarf and warm hat. She closed the door with a click and marched to the end of their short driveway. The darkness was absolute as was the silence. She took a moment to switch on the torch, a comforting circle of light piercing the inky-black and illuminating her way.

The hair at the back of her neck prickled without warning, and she froze mid-step. She glanced over her shoulder, seeing nothing even though her night vision had kicked in and she could see faint outlines of neighboring houses and farm buildings.

“Silly,” she muttered. “There is nothing out here.”

She forced herself to move again, her steps noisy on the gravel underfoot. Heck, she’d told Marsh she’d be fine. Now she wished she’d accepted his offer. She increased her pace until she was running, certain someone lurked in the shadows, watching her progress to the main house. A thin coating of perspiration moistened her brow. She slowed to wipe her sweaty palms on her jeans.

“You have an overactive imagination,” she whispered, to keep herself from crossing the remaining distance at a sprint. She forced herself to halt and turned a slow circle, casting her senses out to gather information. Nothing. She wished for the bat ears and eagle sight of Marsh and their boys.

An uneasy laugh escaped, and she resumed walking, fiercely glad when her hand closed around the door handle of the outer entrance to the main house kitchen.

Once she flicked on the light, the familiar surroundings of the kitchen calmed her galloping nerves. Shaking her head at her silliness, Caroline peeled off her coat, hung it on a coat hook near the door, washed her hands and got to work. Three batches of blueberry muffins and two loaves of fruit bread later, she admitted that the extreme darkness and the new surroundings had messed with her head. Stupid city girl, she thought as she set the table for breakfast. You’d think the years of living in Middlemarch would prepare her for the high country of the Mackenzie.

The outer door opened, and two of the employees entered, masculine laughter filling the air. Several men followed and the dining area of the large kitchen was soon awash with cheerful, hungry men.

“Something smells good,” one of the men said. He winked at her, his gaze a brilliant green. “I worried when someone said Maria wasn’t cooking. Dinner last night was tasty, and I can’t wait to see what you’ve made us today.”

“I can smell bacon,” an older man said as he whisked off his knitted beanie and hung it on the back of a wooden chair.

“Sausages. Eggs,” a tall and thin man, not long out of his teenage years added.

“Start with cereal,” Caroline ordered. “I’ll have something hot for you in ten minutes.”

Breakfast passed in a rush and flurry. She fed ten men and sent them on their way with packed lunches since Cam had told her the previous night the men would be out the entire day.

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