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right now was night and day.
    Cruz shook his head.
    “I’m sorry.” Lyn shifted on the counter.
    “No. Not you.” He turned and pulled a go bag from under the sink. A quick rummage inside and he pulled out one of his personal med kits.
    “What is that? How do you know where things are?” Lyn craned her neck to see around him. “Is every cabin stocked like this?”
    “No.” Setting the kit on the counter beside her, he opened it up and pulled out a few supplies.
    “Then how do you know where everything is?”
    “This was my cabin.”
    She paused. “Oh, um.”
    He waved a hand toward the rest of the cabin. “It was more secure, so I put you here and I moved out to the guest cabin closer to the edge of the property.”
    “But you had to move all your stuff?” She sounded uncomfortable.
    “Not really. I don’t keep much aside from essentials.” He realized he was starting to scowl, but it wasn’t because she was making him angry. Why was it that the woman could be attacked twice in less than twenty-four hours, hurt both times, and worried about him having to move his stuff? “It really is okay. I prefer to be farther away from the main house anyway. Too many guests on the property once the basic obedience classes get started.”
    “Okay.” She was chewing on her lower lip, still concerned.
    Saying more would only make her think on it harder so he decided to drop the topic. Nice to know she did care about putting others out of their way. He’d have done it regardless, all things considered. But it made it better to not be taken for granted.
    “We’re going to clean your wrist and get the blood flowing a little. Then I’ll get some antibiotic ointment on it.”
    She didn’t comment. Her dubious frown made him smile though.
    “Trust me, I know what I’m doing.”
    “You’re not going to tell me it’s not going to hurt, are you?” She narrowed her eyes.
    He shrugged. “It’s not gonna tickle exactly.”
    “Joyful.” She held out her wrist to him.
    It took less time to clean her wrist under cool running water in the sink than it had to patch up Atlas. Her skin was delicate, smooth and silken to touch. If her wrist was this soft, he couldn’t help but wonder about other, more tender places.
    Nope. Keep on task , he ordered himself. He patted the area dry and spread the antibiotic cream over the abrasion as gently as he could.
    “For such big hands, you’ve got a really light touch.” Her words were slurred a little. She must’ve been coming down off the adrenaline kick. Considering last night and today, she had to be exhausted.
    “Yeah?” He wrapped sterile gauze around her slender wrist, mostly to remind her not to bump it into things.
    “Your fingertips are calloused, a lil’ rough.”
    That didn’t sound like a compliment. “Sorry.”
    “No, I like it. It feels kinda good on my skin.”
    Her heart rate had picked up, fluttering at the pulse point under his touch.
    “Yeah?” The urge to slide has hands over more delicate areas increased and he couldn’t help running his thumb along the inside of her arm.
    Awareness grew in her gaze and she bit her lip as she nodded.
    He leaned toward her, focused on her plump lip caught under her teeth.
    “What else do you like?”
    She opened her mouth to answer but he didn’t plan to let her get a word out. Maybe later. He bent his head to capture her lips.
    And seventy-five pounds of fur jumped up on his side.
    “The hell?”
    Lyn gasped. “Atlas!”
    “ Af .” Mindful of the dog’s injury, Cruz gave Atlas a gentle shove.
    The dog dropped back to all fours, his tongue lolling. Looking from him to Lyn and back again, Atlas lay back down on his belly.
    Jealous. Damn dog was jealous.

Chapter Four
    R est. Relax. For how long?” Lyn sat on the couch in the main area of the cabin, tapping her fingers on the windowsill. It wasn’t as if she’d broken anything.
    David had left only a few minutes ago. And to his credit, he’d mentioned