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with anything,
Kajakti was brought back to the present as Jaren stood, and said, “I can’t sit
here and watch this.”
    Much to his surprise, she walked over to Durlach and stopped
him from cutting the vegetables he’d taken out of the fridge. Kajakti stood,
then headed over to his mate.
    “Here, like this,” Jaren said and took the knife from
Durlach. She then proceeded to cut the red pepper on the cutting board into
tiny, even pieces. “See how I’m doing it? Your way would have eventually ended
up with you cutting yourself. Do you want the rest of the vegetables cut like
this?” At Durlach’s nod, Jaren diced the rest of the vegetables as she’d done
the pepper.
    Durlach shook his head. “You make it look easy, but I know
it isn’t.”
    Jaren grinned. “I should. I work as a chef for a living.”
    Kajakti bit back a laugh as Durlach stared at Jaren as if
she’d said she was the newest movie star.
    “You’re a chef?” Durlach asked with awe. At Jaren’s nod, he
added, “You have to teach me how to cook. Cassidy has been trying but it hasn’t
worked out so well.”
    “Sure, I’d love to while I’m here.”
    Jaren had no idea how long that would end up being. Durlach
did, and he looked as if someone had given him the thing he wanted most.
Kajakti had a feeling his wolf brother would try to get Jaren into the kitchen
to teach him how to cook whenever he could manage it.
    “Can we start now?” Durlach asked. “I was going to make an
omelet, but mine never turn out properly.”
    Kajakti could attest to that. Running and burned eggs with
ketchup thrown in did not make an appetizing omelet.
    “Okay,” Jaren said with a nod. “Why not?” She looked at the
ingredients Durlach had taken out of the fridge. “You can get rid of the
ketchup. We definitely won’t need that. You can also get another frying pan
out. You’re going to copy everything I do.”
    Kajakti grabbed a cup of coffee and sipped on it as he
watched his mate work at the stove. Everything she did was efficient, and she
turned out to be a pretty good teacher. For once, Durlach actually made
something that didn’t look like throw up on a plate.
    Soon the kitchen was filled with the delicious smell of
cooking food. Kajakti’s stomach growled in anticipation of tasting Jaren’s
omelet. He wasn’t surprised when the other occupants of the house came into the
room. With their sensitive werewolf sense of smell, it wouldn’t have taken much
to have them checking out the wonderful aroma coming from the stove. He watched
the looks of shock cross his pack’s faces as each one realized Durlach was
cooking alongside Jaren.
    Eryn was the first to speak. “God, that smells fantastic.”
    Kajakti nodded. “I know.” He looked at the others. “It turns
out Jaren is a trained chef. She said she’d teach Durlach how to cook.”
    Ketah pulled Jaren away from the stove and wrapped her in a
bear hug as he said, “Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have no idea how
truly rotten Durlach’s cooking is, and he refuses to give up on it. All our
noses, and stomachs, thank you.”
    Jaren chuckled and patted Ketah’s back. “You’re welcome.”
    Haven pulled at her mate’s shoulder. “Let the poor girl go
so she can finish what she’s doing.”
    Ketah released Jaren and put his arm around Haven and tucked
her against his side. “Sorry. I got a little carried away there.” He looked at
Kajakti and said in Tlingit, “Your mate is a great addition to our pack.”
    Kajakti smiled, feeling the same way about Jaren. He watched
her turn back to the stove and help Durlach with something on his omelet. His
wolf brother’s eyes shone as he nodded, following every move Jaren made with
his gaze. He’d have to watch Durlach or he’d be monopolizing so much of Jaren’s
time Kajakti would have to fight to be alone with his mate.

Chapter Four
     
    Tanner stood a short distance away as his maker, Andre,
launched himself at the newest lone wolf who wanted