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"Enough" It was a quiet co the bathroom, he pulled on underwear, jeans, a black T-shirt, socks, and boots
The den was quiet when he stepped out, not unexpected at five in thedesperately to ask her to let hiht to push for those skin privileges, so he took hih a number of financial reports Jem had forwarded
His fellow lieutenant kept an eye on Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, was the one Sebastian in San Diego called first if he had a problem Cooper, by contrast, looked outward to the border with Arizona, Joshua Tree, and the arid Mojave falling under his raphic closeness - relatively speaking - ether in person every so often, but they didan aptitude for and training in finance, they were in charge of the pack’s invest with a small, dedicated team to ensure SnowDancer stayed healthy on that level Nor, a cole of a different kind, but today it felt like wading through quicksand Still, he got it done, then began to plow steadily through the other paperwork that had built up on his desk
All the while, the rain continued to fall beyond the , and no et the charred black of his parents’ bodies
GRACE returned to work on sector 4B the nextwhere it was revealed the previous night’s store to the solar panels Specifically designed to blend into the environive away the den’s location, the panels provided theto hydro-station power till the replace to the ecologically sound systey of the water as it thundered down the mountains "Shouldn’t cause any issues, but keep an eye out for power surges anyway"
As she worked, Grace couldn’t help but replay the previous night in her mind Every now and then, she’d push back the sleeve of her coverall and sneak a look at the bracelet Cooper had given her Which led her to recall the callused skin of his palainst her neck, the wild, dark taste of his the lieutenant could coax her to do
Her nipples rubbed against the supple fabric of her bra
Glancing guiltily around, she saw she re her attention back to work
When lunch came and went - a lunch she had with her creithout word froan to plu a courtship Perhaps Cooper had rethought things in light of her wolf’s response by the blackberries, decided he didn’t need the hassle of dealing with a timid submissive when he could have an enthusiastic dominant playmate anytime he wanted?
"Or maybe," she muttered, annoyed with herself, "he’s a lieutenant in charge of a den and got caught up in work" Putting down her tools, she closed the cover on the colanced at her watch Three forty-five Since she ell ahead of schedule after working like a fiend on the off-chance that Cooper would turn up for a visit, she decided it was ti Vivienne, she hesitated Neither side of her nature was co aa deep breath, she stowed her tools in her office, then went looking for Cooper He wasn’t in his office, but Bethany saw her co down the s to hunt down Coop, he’s out with the crew handling a slip caused by last night’s rain"
"I hadn’t heard" It hadn’t been mentioned in the daily den e-bulletin
"Was anyone hurt?"
Bethany shook her head "But it’s on an evacuation route, so it needs to be cleared, the land stabilized At least the rain’s stopped for now"
"I’ve been inside all day," Grace said, hoping Cooper’s aunt would accept her words at face value "I can take coffee out to the crew, stretchsmile
"There’s four of theineers Todd, I think" Not bothering to change out of her coveralls given the area was likely a e co thermos of coffee, as well as a smaller one of tea, then added some plas cups The cook had just baked several trays of blueberry muffins, so she appropriated a bunch of those as well, plus so it all in an insulated carrier
It only took her tenthe directions Bethany had provided Cooper was standing with his back to her when she arrived, his T-shirt stuck to his skin, boots caked withon a teed trees could regain their hold on the soil, or new trees could be planted As she watched, Cooper thrust his shovel downand turned to look at her, eyes of near black intense with emotion so raw, it stabbed at her heart
"Tellintensity of the silent connection