Tooth and Claw (Kootenai Pack Book 1) by Lynn Katzenmeyer

Author:Lynn Katzenmeyer [Katzenmeyer, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00

47

Present Day

I woke to the sound of dishes clattering in the kitchen. I sat up in my childhood bedroom. The walls were covered with drawings I’d done in high school. They were not half bad, at least in the dim morning light. Early high school I’d drawn aspirational wolves, but the longer it took to show up, the darker my drawings became. I focused on drawing pack members in the form I’d known them, human. They weren’t flattering works of art.

Mom was cooking breakfast, or at least attempting to. I hadn’t seen her awake on her own in the mornings since before dad died.

“You were out late,” she told me. Her hair was tousled, and her forehead was dabbled with sweat. She was focused on the fry pan in front of her and the egg cooking in it. I could already see she’d forgotten to grease the pan. The egg would stick, and it’d be a pain in the ass to clean. But I didn’t say anything. It wouldn't be helpful.

“Went for a run,” I told her, sitting in the chair. My back was much better, the open wounds had healed, and it was only slightly bruised now, “Let my wolf heal my back.”

She nodded trying to get the egg out of the pan, but it was stuck. She’d have to break the yolk to get it off. It’d be scrambled no matter what now.

“See anyone while you were out?” she asked.

“I’m guessing you saw me, and Kendrick come back if you’re asking,” I said a bit sassier than I’d intended, “Yes, we ran together.”

She turned and beamed at me, “Oh I’m so happy for you two. You’ve both been alone far too long.”

“I don’t want to mate him, mom,” I reminded her. And she threw the frying pan into the sink.

“You are an ungrateful spiteful child,” she growled at me, “Your mate is there. He wants you and you keep rejecting him. What are you going to do when he stops trying?”

“Your mate loved and adored you,” I reminded her, “Mine watched me chew my own leg off. Your mate showered you with kisses and treated you like a princess. Mine sat by and let his father try to have me killed. Your mate would tear the fabric of time and space to see you again, my mate ignored my existence for fifteen years.”

“He’s here now,” she wasn’t listening to my words. No sane person would argue in favor of mating Kendrick if they knew the truth about us.

“He’s here now because he can’t be alpha unless he’s mated,” I snarled, “He doesn’t want me he wants to be Alpha. Stop telling me I’m wrong for not wanting to be with him.”

“You are wrong,” she was screaming. She kept repeating that I was wrong. She was on her knees now egg covered hands in her hair.

I crouched down and wrapped my arms around her, “I miss him everyday mom,” I whispered to her, “I miss dad every day. He was a wonderful mate to you, and you deserved to grow old together.

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