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Up to Atlanta, for a conference once. I hate to fly, so I don’t.”
    She fought the urge to groan. She had to travel to Idaho several times a year on pack business. She’d be damned if she’d drive all that way every time, yet the thought of forcing him to fly with her if he wasn’t comfortable doing it didn’t set well with her, either.
    Leaving him behind wasn’t an option. Not this soon after claiming him.
    Badger interrupted. “Well, kiddies, I hate to break in and all, but I’m hitting the grocery store in the morning. I promise I won’t wake ye when I go. Again I ask ye, what do ye want me to buy, Ken, or ye’ll get nothing but cream of mushroom soup for a week.”
    Ken smiled. “I don’t like anything spicy. As long as it’s not meat or spicy, I’m cool with that.”
    Dewi noticed he’d given up his objections to staying. “Please tell me you like pizza.”
    He smiled. “Love pizza. I have several kick-ass recipes.”
    “Ah, he cooks.” Badger laughed. “I think I like him.”
    “You already like him,” she sniped.
    “Yeah, but that don’t mean I won’t bust his bollocks every chance I get.” He leaned against the opposite counter, his meaty arms so thick he could barely cross them over his chest, but he managed the pose. “That’s my little girl there, Ken,” he said, his tone turning low in warning, sounding growly, borderline snarly. “Ye break her heart, I’ll break yer neck.”
    “You’re her father?”
    She laughed. “No, he thinks he is, though.” Her tone and expression bore nothing but blatant affection for the older man. “He’s sort of my uncle. Pack family relations can get pretty complicated.”
    “I’m the man who can make yer life hell or heaven,” Badger warned. Then he smiled. “But I have a feeling yer gonna come running to me for help quite a lot. At least, in the beginning.” He yawned. “Listen, it’s late, and way past me bedtime.” He wagged a finger at her. “Don’t be putting him in the hospital. Took ye damn long enough to find one.”
    She rolled her eyes at him. “Go to bed, Badger.”
    “So what is your real name?” Ken asked him.
    He grinned. “Badger’s me name. Badger Williams.”
    “Your parents named you Badger?”
    He laughed and pushed his bulk away from the counter. “No more than yers named ye Ken.”

    * * * *

    Once alone with Dewi, Ken stared at her. “So what happens now?”
    She gently reached for his glasses and put them on the counter. Then she leaned in and kissed him, her arms wrapping around him, enveloping him in a sultry heat. Not just from contact with her body, but radiating from her.
    He pulled her to him and she crawled into his lap as they kissed. All the while his cock screamed for more action.
    Carefully constrained, he sensed her holding back even though he didn’t know how or why he knew. Probably out of fear she’d hurt him. His hands stroked her back as he kissed her slowly and sweetly.
    She nuzzled her head against his shoulder as her hands played with his shirt collar. “I really am sorry,” she softly said. “I never thought I’d find a mate. I damn sure never thought I’d stumble across you while on a job.”
    “Speaking of jobs, I do have one.”
    “You can quit.”
    “What if I don’t want to quit?”
    She sat back and looked at him. “Why would you want to work?”
    Meeting her gaze, he realized she was serious. “I need to earn a living. I have bills to pay. Besides, you don’t even know you’re going to want me around in a week.” He’d settle for that, at least, even though he knew it’d break his heart when she came to her senses and sent him packing.
    He didn’t understand why he felt like that, why he was in love with her. He decided not to think about the wolf stuff right then. But why would a beautiful woman like her be any different than any other woman in my life?
    “I told you, money isn’t an issue.” Her fingers tangled in his hair and she pulled his mouth onto