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Teddy paused to glance her ith surprise Probably because she&039;d barked the word in her surprise, she thought and gri her throat, she asked eneau, a friend She arranged for e I want to call and find out who I should report the power proble her a little oddly But then he shook his head and turned to walk out into the mudroom to don his boots He pulled the door closed behind hi her lip

She had a cell phone It was in her pocket and had been since waking and yet she hadn&039;t once thought of using itnot even to check on her blood delivery Thattold her just how overset she&039;d been since finding she couldn&039;t read Teddy

Muttering under her breath, she pulled out the phone, but then paused and si his boots and she heard hiive the soup a quick stir beforeTeddy by the door of his pickup, fiddling with the lock, she quickly pulled up contacts on her phone and found her aunt&039;s listing Marguerite answered on the second ring, her voice cheerful and happy as she said, "Hello Tricia, dear, how is your vacation going?"

"I can&039;t read Teddy," Katricia blurted, not bothering with niceties

"Oh, how lovely!" Marguerite didn&039;t sound at all surprised "I hoped the two of you would meet Isn&039;t he a handsome man?"

"Yes," Katricia breathed Teddy Brunsas the ht be biased, since she couldn&039;t read his Still, he was a handsoentleer and I proeous after he&039;s turned He-"

"Does he know about us?" Katricia interrupted, zeroing in on as most important to her If he knew about them, she could just tell him she couldn&039;t read him and then jump his bones and find out for sure whether he was her life mate or not

"Yes, he does, dear He&039;s the police chief in Port Henry, a nice little tohere your uncle Victor now lives with his Elvi Many people know about us there You can let him knohat you are He won&039;t be horrified"

"How much does he know exactly?" Katricia asked "I uerite hesitated briefly, and Katricia was sure she was about to say no, but instead, her aunt said, "Wellyes, he does know about that, dear However, it ood idea if you don&039;t blurt out that you can&039;t read hiet to know you a little better"

"What?" Katricia asked with alaruerite chuckled softly "I know it&039;s te to just tell hiht away, but-"

"Is he?" Katricia interrupted eagerly

"Is he what? Your life ht you said you couldn&039;t read him?"

"Well, I can&039;t, but sometimes mortals can&039;t be read because-"

"Teddy is very readable," Marguerite interrupted soothingly "In fact, you&039;re the first immortal I have heard of who can&039;t read hi to be able to read him and they&039;re still quite new to this business"

"Oh," Katricia breathed and bit her lip "But then why shouldn&039;t I tell hiently "It ht be a little et to know you a little better first,in his truck and heading back to Port Henry in a panic"

"He can&039;t," Katricia assured her and then quickly explained about the tree blocking the road and the power outage

"Oh dear," Marguerite breathed when she finished "I&039;ll call Lucian and have him send some men to clear the road and-"

"Oh, no, don&039;t do that," Katricia said at once "If the road&039;s cleared he e and sharing Decker&039;s food with him If you clear the road-"

"There won&039;t be any need for you to both be at his cottage," Marguerite finished for her with understanding and then paused briefly before asking, "So you have heat and food?"

"Yes"

"I suppose there&039;s no real urgency to clear the road and get the power back on, then," Marguerite es and you need things fixed quickly"

"I will"

"I&039;ll call Bastien about the blood delivery though," Marguerite went on "They can bring it in by snowe for a snowht for the two of you to use That way you can still share the cottage but also get out to get provisions if you need theet cabin fever"

"That would be nice," Katricia said, a s behind her on a snowmobile, his arroceries or dinner Or even herself on the back, holding on to him as he drove them back In her experience,to shareespecially if itto ride with her arms around him and her chest pressed to his back and-

Dear God, I&039;ht with a shake of the head "Are you sure I can&039;t just tell hiht," Marguerite agreed uncertainly "I just think it&039;s better to err on the side of caution This life-esting you er to hi to Teddy out by the truck

"I&039;ll suggest Bastien have the blood courier bring food, too," Marguerite said suddenly "And ether, Katricia Are you okay for blood if it doesn&039;t show until toood," Katricia assured her "I can go two or three days without if I have to Twenty-four hours is nothing"

"All right then, leave it to "