Page 17 of Remy & the Wildcat

“Fate’s pretty freaking amazing,” Thyme said. She glanced at Remy and her eyes flashed red and his wolf wanted to roll over so she could scratch his belly.

“So I’ve got some towns for you to check out,” Jason said, handing a piece of paper to them. Remy took it and showed it to Thyme. “One is in Tennessee, the others are all in Kentucky. These are towns that are okay with having a shifter group come in to live. The Tennessee town has a problem with deer overpopulation and could use the help with keeping things in control. Most of the others are just shifter-friendly and wouldn’t mind it. My advice would be to scout the towns on the down-low and then if you like one or more of them, meet with the town leaders and gauge their real interest. On paper they say they’re open to shifters, but once faced with it, who knows?”

“We’ll do that, thanks,” Remy said.

“Why did you have a list of towns like this?” Thyme asked.

“Well, Cades and I were out and about last year and we drove through the town of Timber and stopped for lunch. The mayor happened to be there and we chatted, and I was thinking about Bram and Gideon both being alphas potentially, and I wasn’t sure whether either of them would want to take over, and then I was thinking about you and Lennox, and your sisters. You just never know how things will shake out in the future. Plus, if something changed in Allen and we needed to leave, I wanted to have a contingency plan. So Cades and I compiled a list and here it is. Wherever you end up settling, know that the Tressel Pack will consider you friends and will be available for help if you should ever need it.”

“Thanks so much,” Remy said.

They stayed for a little while longer, talking to the alphas about what it was like to lead a shifter group, and then they excused themselves to get on the road.

“Thanks for everything,” Remy said.

Thyme and Cades embraced. “Best of luck to you,” Cades said.

“Thank you,” Thyme said.

As Remy and Thyme left and got into his truck, he said, “What do you think?”

“You’re right, they’re great and I didn’t need to be nervous. You can tell that Jason’s powerful. It’s an interesting dynamic that he and Cades have, like they’re not on equal footing.”

“Yeah, I was thinking about that too. I like how the wildcats do it, though. I like that you and I will be equals in the eyes of the pride and equal with each other. I think wolves just like to have one true leader, and everyone falls in line under that male.”

“It’s always a male? There’s no packs with just an alpha female?”

“Not that I’ve ever heard of.”

He backed out of the drive and headed to his parents’ home, where she helped him pack up his clothes and toiletries from the RV and park it behind their garage until he could sell it. He left the keys to the RV and his motorcycle with his parents, then he and Thyme got into his truck and headed down to Marin. She wanted to introduce him to the elders, her best friend and her family, and her stepmom and half-brother, although she didn’t seem too crazy about that.

He’d dated here and there, but never seriously. He’d known when he was younger that there weren’t any females in the pack that were his truemate. Everyone thought Jason and Cades’s daughter Lyric was going to be his mate, but while he cared for her, there hadn’t been anything between them but friendship.

“I can’t wait to go hunting with you for the next full moon,” Thyme said.

“Oh yeah?” he asked. “Think you can keep up with me? You’re pretty small, I don’t know if I can run that slow.”

“Hey!” she said indignantly. “I’m not small, I’m petite, and I can kick your butt at hunting, I guarantee it.”

He laughed and put his arm around her, drawing her against him and kissing the top of her head. “Fine, you’re petite, but we’ll just have to wait and see how hunting goes on the full moon.”

“Bring it on.”

He winked at her and she giggled.

“Oh, I like you,” he said with a chuckle.

“I like you too.”

Thyme sat in the front seat of Remy’s truck and stared at the phone, waiting for Dana to respond to her text. They were on the way to Marin after stopping at two towns and checking them out. Neither were a good fit for them, but they had a few more to check out.

But first things first, she and Remy needed to meet with the elders, plus Brilla. She didn’t really want to meet with Brilla, but she was her stepmom and family, even though she didn’t really treat Thyme as if they were family.

Then after all the pleasantries, she and Remy could go to her place. Because she was feeling…something.

Hot.

Turned on like she’d never been before.

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