Page 64 of Wolf Bound

“The town of Greystoke has national forests, lakes, rivers, lots of places to run as wolves and raise a family. I mean, it’s a nice place to live,” he said.

She smiled.

He’d gotten a little ahead of himself on that one. “And you’re still only about two hours from your family in Loveland.”

“True. I’ve been giving it a lot of thought. At first, I had moved to Houston because I believed it was important to be closer to the headquarters, but we do conference calls when we need to, I’m usually somewhere else on missions, and I just really don’t need to live in that area.”

“Well, Bella and Devlyn, and the rest of our pack would love it if you joined us. Me especially.”

“My parents will be ecstatic also. They loved that I found a job that I really enjoy, but returning to Colorado and only being a couple of hours away from home? Yeah, they would be all for it.”

“You let me know when you want to get packed up and move.”

“I am renting a furnished apartment, making sure I was okay with the arrangements before I did anything that was more permanent in Houston. I only really need to give notice and pack my personal items and find a place to move to in Greystoke. I spend a lot of time with the jaguars in the organization, like Demetria and Everett, but there’s something to be said about being with your own wolf kind, running as a wolf with a pack, howling for joy.”

“I agree. As to where you’ll stay—I hope you continue to live at my place.”

“I’ll take you up on it.”

“I have to say seeing the jaguars running was amazing though.”

“They’re great for situations where we have a mix of shifters we need to apprehend. Fighting jaguars is a deadly proposition for us wolves. When you do the training, they could have you fighting jaguars, just to get a feel for it. They’ll be careful not to injure you, but you’ll realize just how powerful they are. We’re more in a reserve role when we are tasked to take down a jaguar.”

“I had never considered that.”

“We’ve never had to fight snow leopards or bears, so I don’t know how we would come out on top with either. Tigers, though I’ve never heard of any shifters who are, could be a deadly advisory also.” Then Kira frowned. “Demetria is pulling off the highway to get gas.” She drove in behind Demetria and Everett at the pumps and she and Fisher got out.

Demetria said, “We realized we needed some gas. And we’re going to have a bathroom break and get some snacks. We should be meeting up with the special agents from Houston in another hour.”

“Does Royce need to use the restroom?” Fisher asked, getting gas for Kira’s car.

“He said no, but if you don’t mind taking him, we would appreciate it,” Demetria said.

Everett was pumping the gas. “I’ll go with you and make sure he doesn’t give us any trouble.”

“Yes,” Kira said. “Everyone needs to make a pitstop when we’re on a trip, at least try, my dad always said.”

Then they saw Tanner and the others pull into another pump and Shawn started filling the car with gas.

“I’ll be right out,” Kira said, and headed into the service station.

Demetria joined her.

“So how are things going between you and Kira?” Everett asked Fisher.

“She’s joining our pack.”

“Alright!” Shawn said.

Fisher smiled at his cousin. He had every intention of being the one for Kira, not his cousin.

“Wow, she didn’t tell us she was going to make that move. But we understand. She has felt homesick about not being able to visit her parents from time to time since she has been living so far away. And she misses being with wolves,” Everett said.

“We’ll make her feel right at home,” Shawn said.

“Me especially,” Fisher said, just in case his cousin didn’t get that he was seeing the she-wolf, exclusively.

“So does that mean she’ll spend Thanksgiving with the rest of the family?” Shawn asked.

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