Page 38 of The Wolf Guard's Mate

“Good thing I have the rest of the winter to figure it out.”

My smile widened.

He was joking again.

I leaned back against his chest, and his grip on me tightened. He inhaled deeply against my hair. “I’ve been obsessed with you since you came to town. Clay said all the enforcers have been whispering about it.”

“Maybe that’s why Jake didn’t make a move,” I mused.

“Jake didn’t make a move because I threatened his balls over text,” Hunter admitted grudgingly.

“What?” I tried to turn to face him. “I want to read the message.”

Hunter pulled his phone from his pocket.

“I won’t look at your code,” I promised, figuring he’d be as protective about it as he had been in the Jeep on the way there.

“It’s fine. If I can read your messages, it’s only fair that you can read mine too.” He didn’t sound thrilled about it, but I doubted anyone would. Especially anyone as private as Hunter was.

Nova was right about that, as much as I didn’t want to admit it.

I repeated his code silently a few times as I scrolled through Hunter’s messages, reading a couple of them as I went.

Almost every one I read was a message from him to a random guy, and they all had some sort of threat in them even

Hunter

Olive is off limits.

Hunter

Stay away from Olive.

Hunter

I will tear off your fucking balls if you touch Olive.

The last one was what he’d sent to Jake.

“I guess it’s tamer than threatening to rip off his head and leave it on the nightstand while you screw me,” I remarked. “You could’ve been worse.”

Hunter laughed.

I scrolled through some more of his messages. Honestly, they were pretty boring.

When I gave his phone back, he set it on the wood next to us.

“Alright, we’re planning on living in my house when we get back to Crimson River, as long as you like it when you see it?” he confirmed.

“Yes.”

“And I’ll start scheduling adventures.”

“Definite yes.”

“What else?” he asked.

“You were very passionate about cooking for me a few days ago. Want to tell me why?” I checked.

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