Phoenix and the Wolf: Tales of the Were (Lick of Fire Book 2) by Bianca D'Arc

Author:Bianca D'Arc [D'Arc, Bianca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: paranormal romance
Publisher: Hawk Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-08-13T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Diana’s first impression of Stone’s home was that it was a lot of space for one man. The house was built in a ranch style, with a great deal of genuine southwestern flair. Adobe, dark wood, tile. Cool surfaces under the hot sun. A single floor that spread out in all directions from the front door.

He ushered her inside and led the way through the enormous front room toward the back of the house. They stopped momentarily in a large—almost commercial-looking—kitchen, where Stone paused to open the bag from the restaurant. He found a tray in one of his cupboards and set out the boxes on it. There was also a bottle of wine in the bag, which Diana had not realized. Stone fetched two crystal glasses from another cabinet and asked if she didn’t mind bringing the tray as he led them into another room with floor-to-ceiling windows that was both cool and inviting.

The entire house was kept much cooler than the outside temperature. Comfortable for a human and, she supposed, a werewolf, as well. There was a small table and two chairs in one corner of the room. They were at the rear of the house, overlooking what had to be miles and miles of open land.

“Is all this land yours?” she asked as she set the tray on the table and just looked out on the inviting vista for a moment.

“It’s the Pack’s,” he reminded her. “I’m just the caretaker. I hold it as protector for the rest of my Pack.”

“That’s kind of a beautiful system,” she said. “As long as the Alpha is a good guy.”

He smiled as she sat in one of the comfy-looking chairs at the table. “A bad Alpha is soon replaced. Although, I will admit, sometimes it takes a while before that happens. Still, any dominant can challenge an Alpha. It’s a mark of respect if an Alpha goes unchallenged for a length of time. It means his people are happy with him, and the Pack is stable. Alpha challenges happen a lot more often in unstable situations, and it can take a while to sort itself out.”

“That sounds rough,” she commented, trying to imagine what might constitute an unstable situation within the confines of the werewolf Pack.

“It can be. But that’s also why we have a higher authority. Any Tribe, Pack or Clan can seek help from the Lords of the Were. They can step in and sort things out if things get really bad.”

“I remember my grandmother mentioning Lords of some kind a long time ago, but she didn’t have a lot of information.” She smiled as he poured wine for them both then set about opening the containers holding two different kinds of cake.

“Keeping our secret is really important. Sure, other magical folk know we exist and we know they exist, but we don’t go around talking about it to non-magic people. We all know the shitstorm that would rain down on us if humans knew we were living next door.

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