Sawtooth Peaks Box Set: Wolf Shifter Paranormal Romance by Keira Blackwood

Author:Keira Blackwood [Blackwood, Keira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

Hailey

My body stayed warm under the down comforter, but icy air lingered around me. I woke alone in my bed to a cold room without a fire. The room was more frigid than usual. It was the first time that I had woken here without embers burning in the hearth. Sunlight filled the room, radiating from high above the treetops. I worried that I had slept in too late, and needed to rush to work. With the early day yesterday, I didn’t want to take advantage of Eric’s kindness. Climbing out of my warm, blanket cocoon, I checked the clock, and realized I still had an hour before I needed to be at Rosebuds and Greenery. Despite the cold, if Zaria hadn’t been staying in the living room I would have gone straight down to the kitchen to find Cole. But, I didn’t feel comfortable walking around in just a t-shirt and panties with my mother-in-law in the house. I picked dark blue jeans, a white, ribbed tank, an oversized, forest green sweater that reminded me of Cole’s office, and some knee-high, brown boots. After a little bit of mascara and lipgloss, I ran my fingers through my hair to unknot it and pulled it back into a high ponytail. Warmer and covered up, I went downstairs to find my mate.

A fire roared in the empty great room, and I was tempted to curl up in front of it to let the heat sink through me. The bedding we had set out for Zaria was neatly folded in the corner of the open room. Preparing to deal with her, I took a deep breath and headed to the kitchen. Cole stood alone by the fridge filling two glasses with orange juice. He was dressed for the day in dark-washed jeans and a white t-shirt, a favorite of his recently. His hair was a sexy mess, laying over his golden eyes.

“Good morning,” I said.

“Hey,” Cole replied, gifting me a full smile. If we had been alone, I would think he was ready to head back up to the bedroom.

“Where’s your mother?” I asked.

“Out in the woods for a run,” he answered.

“Alone?” I asked. As much as I didn’t care for Zaria, I didn’t want her to get herself killed.

“Witt’s keeping an eye on her. He’s proven himself quite capable.” he answered, setting down the glasses and moving toward me.

“No suit again?” I asked, catching his contagious smile.

“I’m done with trying to be what the pack wants, what my mother wants. I’ll continue running the bar with Lance, and I’ll see this crap with Dashiell through, but I’m not alpha. I’m mated to a beautiful woman, and I know exactly what I want,” he continued.

“Oh yeah?” I asked.

Cole was on me in the blink of an eye, his arms around my back, kissing my neck. “Mmmm,” I said. “That’s nice, but I think we need to get ready for work.”

He kissed a trail up my neck and gently parted my lips with his.

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