Force of the Dark Wolf (Force of Nature Series) by Kathi S. Barton Read Free Book Online Page A
Authors: Kathi S. Barton
nearly ten feet at its widest width. At the top it was about four feet and then got larger as it went to the floor. The trim around it was an old oak log. The wood had been cut in a way that the glass looked like it was there naturally. The next pane of glass was nearly fifteen feet in width . It was only a few feet smaller at the top and it too fit into a log of dark cherry. Phil could actually smell the wood now that he was in here. The last panel of glass was over thirty feet and overlapped the next wall, which was stone from the mountain the house rested against. The masonry work alone to put the wall together had cost Alexis a fortune , but she could well afford it.
“She likes the outdoors. She has a lot of it in here as well as outside.” Gordon was looking at the room from the window. “She said her bedroom had a view. The one time I was there , I don’t…she and I got distracted and I can’t remember what it looked like.”
“Yes. When the house was being renovated I was onsite. Her room, the master suite , is below us. Much more below us. She can not only see what’s behind you , but more. Most of the room ’ s view is of the waterfalls and the stream goes right past her windows. When she purchased this house she did it because of the way it sat. The builders told her that she’d never get what she had in the house , but she told them to…well , they built it to her specs , but made fun of her ideas while they did it. I think once the house was finished they were the ones eating crow.”
Gordon nodded. “She spends a lot of time in here. So do the children. She has a lot of wood worked into the room. Almost as if she was trying to keep the world that’s just out there at her fingertips. She…she’s going to be a beautiful wolf.”
Phil thought so too. Not only did he think she would be a more beautiful wolf than CJ , but he thought she’d be a bigger gift to the pack now forming. There was something about Alexis that made him think she wasn’t simply a woman with a great deal of brains. He’d bet anything she was a woman with a little magic too.
Gordon spoke and brought him from his musings. “She doesn’t trust me. Not at all , and I’m not sure what to do about that. She’s been hurt, hurt more than what the other wolf did to her the other day , hasn’t she? And more than…more than her sister’s death. What happened, do you know?”
He did , but he didn’t feel it was his story to tell. He also knew that the little girl , Darcy , was hiding behind more than her not speaking. The little girl was suffering in ways that no one could really see. He just hoped that someone reached her before it was too late.
“I can’t tell you that. That tale is going to have to come from her.” Phil saw her coming across the field. “Gordon, you know that she took this all very well , but I doubt that it will help you overly much in what you want from her. You should simply mate with her and then try to make her understand what you’re trying to do.”
Phil winced when he thought about the advice he was giving the wolf. His own mate, Gordon’s sister , was driving him crazy right now. And if he could just get her in a room for more than five minutes without her taking a strip of f his hid e he’d do the same thing and take her. She was his mate and damn it , he was tired of waiting on her. He frowned when he thought about where she was. He wasn’t thrilled about her not telling anyone where she was all the time either. He wasn’t even sure that Austin knew and he was her alpha.
Alexis came in the door just as her office door opened. Sis walked in , took one look around , and started for Gordon. No one said anything as she took his hand and led him to the couch. When she pointed to it he sat down and she crawled up into his lap. Phil wasn’t sure who was more shocked by the move, Alexis or Gordon. Phil decided they didn’t really need him anymore and slipped out of the room.
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Gordon
“She likes the outdoors. She has a lot of it in here as well as outside.” Gordon was looking at the room from the window. “She said her bedroom had a view. The one time I was there , I don’t…she and I got distracted and I can’t remember what it looked like.”
“Yes. When the house was being renovated I was onsite. Her room, the master suite , is below us. Much more below us. She can not only see what’s behind you , but more. Most of the room ’ s view is of the waterfalls and the stream goes right past her windows. When she purchased this house she did it because of the way it sat. The builders told her that she’d never get what she had in the house , but she told them to…well , they built it to her specs , but made fun of her ideas while they did it. I think once the house was finished they were the ones eating crow.”
Gordon nodded. “She spends a lot of time in here. So do the children. She has a lot of wood worked into the room. Almost as if she was trying to keep the world that’s just out there at her fingertips. She…she’s going to be a beautiful wolf.”
Phil thought so too. Not only did he think she would be a more beautiful wolf than CJ , but he thought she’d be a bigger gift to the pack now forming. There was something about Alexis that made him think she wasn’t simply a woman with a great deal of brains. He’d bet anything she was a woman with a little magic too.
Gordon spoke and brought him from his musings. “She doesn’t trust me. Not at all , and I’m not sure what to do about that. She’s been hurt, hurt more than what the other wolf did to her the other day , hasn’t she? And more than…more than her sister’s death. What happened, do you know?”
He did , but he didn’t feel it was his story to tell. He also knew that the little girl , Darcy , was hiding behind more than her not speaking. The little girl was suffering in ways that no one could really see. He just hoped that someone reached her before it was too late.
“I can’t tell you that. That tale is going to have to come from her.” Phil saw her coming across the field. “Gordon, you know that she took this all very well , but I doubt that it will help you overly much in what you want from her. You should simply mate with her and then try to make her understand what you’re trying to do.”
Phil winced when he thought about the advice he was giving the wolf. His own mate, Gordon’s sister , was driving him crazy right now. And if he could just get her in a room for more than five minutes without her taking a strip of f his hid e he’d do the same thing and take her. She was his mate and damn it , he was tired of waiting on her. He frowned when he thought about where she was. He wasn’t thrilled about her not telling anyone where she was all the time either. He wasn’t even sure that Austin knew and he was her alpha.
Alexis came in the door just as her office door opened. Sis walked in , took one look around , and started for Gordon. No one said anything as she took his hand and led him to the couch. When she pointed to it he sat down and she crawled up into his lap. Phil wasn’t sure who was more shocked by the move, Alexis or Gordon. Phil decided they didn’t really need him anymore and slipped out of the room.
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Gordon