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His jaw tightened as he stood up and bent down to pick me up. My muscles ached in protest at the sudden movement.
Honestly, I was too tired and sore to argue so I lay my head against his chest. With me firmly in his arms, he strode out of the gym and toward the house.
It wasn’t long before he entered his bedroom and laid me gently on the bed. The softness was so inviting that I was determined never to move again.
Yep, I’ll just stay here, all sore and sweaty.
Cade disappeared into the bathroom and I heard him turn the water on. Five minutes later the sound of water stopped and he walked into the bedroom.
“I’ve run you a bath so you can soak,” he instructed as he stood beside the bed. I looked up at him like he was crazy if he thought I was going to move anywhere.
“Come on, you will feel better,” he encouraged.
“Fine,” I relented, knowing he wasn’t going to back down and he did have a point. A nice warm soak in a bath would ease some of the aching in my muscles.
He helped me into the bathroom.
“Shout if you need anything,” he told me before he turned and left me alone in his bathroom.
Slowly, I stripped down and eased my body into the bath with a sigh. It felt so good as the warmth from the water began to make me better.
That night, Cade was over-protective and kept checking on me when I went to lie down after my bath. He brought me my food to the room so I didn’t have to try and get to the kitchen.
Gary popped in a little later that evening to check on me.
“I heard you took a beating today,” he said with a teasing smile as he sat down on the bed.
“Yeah, werewolf training is a lot harder,” I told him. It was true. The training that Gary and I had been doing was a walk in the park compared to what Hank had put me through.
“But you’re still going to do more training tomorrow,” he said. He knew me so well.
“Of course,” I added with a weak smile.
“I know you’re determined, but I think I’ve finally met someone with more determination than you,” he revealed.
“Who?” I asked, arching an eyebrow.
“Cade,” he answered. “I don’t think he is going to allow you continue with the training.”
“What makes you say that?” I asked.
“That’s what I heard him say to Hank before he hit him.”
My jaw dropped open in surprise.
“Cade hit him?”
Gary nodded his head at me.
“Why?” I asked, not able to understand how Cade thought Hank was at fault.
“He said he should have known better.”
“I’ll talk to him,” I said. I’d overdone it today but that hadn’t been Hank’s fault, it had been mine.
“You find out anything yet?” I asked while fiddling with the edge of the blanket where a thread had come loose.
“No, not yet, but I’m still looking,” he assured me. I don’t know if it was the look or the tone of his voice, but something made me lean forward to hug him.
