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"Don’t apologize I wanted everything you gave "

"Good" He crossed the floor and gathered her in his ar outside the cabin He kissed herlots "

She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him just as soundly back "I’ll count the seconds," she said cheerfully, but she worried about hi out there alone

He smiled and kissed her nose, then strode out of the bedroo roo, she pulled on some fluffy pink socks and followed after him

He peered out the security peephole on the door, then walked over to the here they’d heard the banging He opened the inside shutters The outside shutters were open and swinging in the wind "Yeah, just like before The latch has co around in a kitchen drawer and pulled out a small hammer

The floorboards creaked in a couple of places as Elizabeth crossed into the living roohter "Can I help you with anything?"

"No, I’ve got it You don’t need to be out in the cold" He unlocked the door and pulled it open, letting in a blast of Arctic air She shivered Tom shoved aside some of the snow piled up on the porch and closed the door

She watched as he banged at the latch, then secured the outside shutters She crossed the living room, closed the shutters on the inside, and started a new fire at the hearth

By the ti how long it would take hiather some wood The wind howled and the cabin creaked a little, but otherwise the place remained eerily quiet

A scary o outside That she should wait for Toht of the woo inside, but creeps into the house to check it out Or walks down the stairs into the scary, dark basement when she hears an unfa in the closet and yanks open the door Or jerks the shower curtains aside to see if soht because… she hears a noise

The proble an alpha wolf, even if she was part-coyote--and truthfully that made her even ate

Her boots were ruined Except for a pair of Lelandi’s war else to wear on her feet Was there a spare coat, gloves? Hat? Nope Even better than human clothes? Her wolf coat

Elizabeth unlocked the wolf door and hurried to strip and shift She didn’t hesitate to push through the wolf door into the blustery cold Her double coat of fur proved the best protection she had against the elements The soft downy fur closest to her skin kept her warht the snowflakes Her wolf pads protected her feet as she juh the drifts of powdered snow She was in her eleht She circled the cabin, found his trail, and followed it

A flash of so her eye