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"In a si old places renovated but that still featured the original architecture of the period It gave the town character

"You bet And they’re keeping the same name"

"That’s nice" As spooky as it looked, she wondered about the hotel’s history "Is it haunted?"

"A little"

"Oh What if ghost busters want to cothe place?"

He shook his head and guided her along the wooden ay "We’ll keep ht not"

"Only wolf pack hosts, it’s their word against the owners and staff ork there"

"Wow," Elizabeth said "I like the way your wolf toorks"

He smiled at her comment "We only hire wolf shifters for key jobs The hu our town"

As they walked along the boardwalk, the boards creaked like they suffered fro their arrival loud and clear Tom opened the tavern door for Elizabeth Her eyes adjusted to the lower lights inside A froht over dark oak tables and an antique bar Antiquethe wall behind the barfans were suspended but stationary The tavern was comfortably cool already

The wooden floor s in a kitchenlike it sht her here

Five , until they saw her and Tom walk into the tavern They all smiled at her, then raised their brows at Toh ed

"Miss, Tom," they all responded

She smiled a little and said, "Hi" She sounded horribly shy when she wasn’t like that at all

Their s to learn who she was, especially since she ith Toray wolves frequented the place, but only a hint of human scents wafted in the air

"Restricted membership?" she asked Tom

"Yeah, wolves only, but to hu our Victorian Day festival, we open it up to nonshifters We hold the festival in the fall"

"That sounds like fun" Her attention swung to a bearded lass behind the old bar, the polished orn in places where thirsty patrons had rested their arht Huge

He slass he’d dried on the counter His shoulder-length black hair and thick beard ed naturalist

"That’s Sauided Elizabeth to a table in the far corner where they could see the rest of the room, but their backs were protected He pulled a chair out for her and, once she was seated, scooted it under the table for her She’d never been treated with such civility She rather liked the attention, she had to ad jeans with sparkles on the back pockets and a peach turtleneck shirt High-heeled brown leather boots reached h, and she had the most beautiful curly sable hair piled on top of her head