Olivia's Mate by Maddy Barone

Author:Maddy Barone [Barone, Maddy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-26T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

At ten minutes before eight o’clock, Olivia finished her work in the Eatery. She rushed upstairs to the room she shared with Victoria to wash her face and comb her hair. The Plane Women’s House was an old apartment building. Most of the apartments were two or three bedrooms, occupied by a mated pair and their children. At her parents’ request, Hawk and Renee stood as her surrogate parents during her stay here. They put both of their adult sons into one bedroom and offered her the newly vacated bedroom. She had the room to herself until last October, when Victoria arrived from the Clan to stay in Kearney for the winter. Hawk In Flight had assumed responsibility for both of them.

By the way he treated Kit, it was obvious to Olivia that Uncle Hawk was taking his position far too seriously. She hoped he wouldn’t round up every man in the pack to guard her while Kit visited.

She had just finished combing her hair when Victoria poked her head into their bedroom. Her older cousin watched with a knowing eye. Olivia wished she could tell her to go away, but this was Victoria’s room, too. She lifted an eyebrow at her cousin.

Victoria laughed. “Getting all dolled up for your date?”

“Don’t start, Vic,” Olivia warned.

The laugh gentled to a smile. “Okay, sorry. I like him.”

Olivia’s eyebrows pulled together in an expression of dubious inquiry.

“No, really,” Victoria insisted. “I like your cat. He has guts. And he must think a lot of you. He came all this way to find you, and he stood up to Uncle Hawk, but not arrogantly. His little speech was precious.”

“Precious? He’s not a puppy.”

“No. Miaow.” Victoria curled her fingers into claws and slashed at the air. “He’s a yummy little kitty.”

Instead of replying—and what she would have said, she wasn’t sure—Olivia pushed past her cousin into the hall to the living room. As she went by, Victoria murmured, “Prepare for the gauntlet.”

As soon as Olivia entered the living room she understood Victoria’s comment. Uncle Hawk stood before the apartment’s front door. His elder son, Sharp Tooth, was on his right, and his younger son, He Charges, was on his left. All three men stood in identical stances of spread legs and arms folded over their chests. She sighed and walked to the door, only pausing when Hawk placed his hand on the door to keep her from opening it.

“We won’t stop this man from seeing you,” he said in his low, slow voice. “But you will be careful.”

“Of course I will,” she said with patience. They were only doing what all the men of the Clan did, and at least they weren’t forcing her to stay in her room while they sent Kit away. And only the three of them standing guard over her wasn’t too bad. “I promise.”

He opened the door and led the way out. Charges and Sharp followed behind her. At the foot of the stairs stood Uncle Des, the Alpha of the House, with his two sons behind him.

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