The Wolf's Call (Two-Natured London) by Shore Susanna

Author:Shore, Susanna [Shore, Susanna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Crimson House Books
Published: 2013-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Rafe and Charly left Jamie to his negotiations with vampires, and Bob to sleep on a rug by the fireplace. Not even an alpha wolf-shifter fazed Bob for long. They headed to the breakfast room at the back of the house near the kitchen, a cheery room decorated in yellow that enjoyed daylight most of the day, that feature still as important as it had been when the house was built, even with modern electricity. Most of the space was taken up by a long oaken table that seated twenty, the maximum number of clan members that could be in residence at one time. In contrast, the huge dining room in the west wing had room for the entire clan to sit down together, and then some. Floor to ceiling windows offered a beautiful view over the park and, opposite them, a long side-table was laden with platters of food. Since there would be a feast that evening, lunch was served cold, but Rafe was hungry and food was food.

Lunch was never formal in the house. There were already three men at the table enjoying their meal, and the rest would drop in before long. Food was a serious matter to them and they wouldn’t have paused for more than a nod at Rafe if they hadn’t noticed Charly by his side. One by one, they ceased eating, put down their utensils, and straightened their spines in curious bewilderment. They then remembered that they actually had manners and got up, their chairs scraping against the wooden floor. All their wolves peeked out too, sniffing the air with interest.

Rafe grinned at them. “At ease, boys. This is Charlotte Thornton, the solicitor I hired for the Betchworth case.” Then he turned to Charly. “These are some of the unmarried males living in the house. Soldiers, mostly.”

She lifted her expressive black brows. “Soldiers?”

Rafe shrugged. “Shifters aren’t exactly universally liked. We’ve had to adopt practices that keep our cubs safe.”

She nodded at him in understanding before turning to smile at the blokes. It was a polite smile, but suddenly he got an overwhelming urge to step between her and the men so that they couldn’t gawp at her. She was his.

Matt, the oldest of the men present, noticed his tension. If Rafe’s possessive behaviour amused him, considering Rafe had never shown such tendencies before, he didn’t let it show. He just nodded at Charly, keeping his body language neutral and his wolf deferent so as not to agitate Rafe; his ability to read situations was one of the reasons he was high up in the clan hierarchy. Rafe was actually glad that Matt understood him so well, for the new situation he found himself in was unsettling him and he didn’t need additional provocation.

Matt seemed to realise too, that Rafe did not intend to introduce the blokes to her. “How do you do, Miss Thornton. I’m Matthew Collins, but you can call me Matt. These two are Jonathan and Kenneth.” The two younger

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