New Alpha – New Rules(19)

“In the attic of course. It’s big so sectioning off a room for you was easy. You’re at the opposite end from me.” He climbed out and hurried around to help her down. “We’ll leave your things in the back until they’re done upstairs.” He lifted her and put her safely down. Harper held onto his forearms. They were so warm and hard beneath her fingers.

“Thank you.” She said finally dropping her hands. She noticed a flicker of disappointment flash behind his eyes. She curled her finger toward him and he bent down close to her. Harper raised on her toes and kissed his cheek. “Really, thank you, for everything.” He seemed pleased then.

“Go find Cindy, I’m sure she can use your help with lunch, they’ll be starved. When they’re ready to paint, you can help them, but that won’t be until after lunch.” She nodded and hurried up the steps into the house. Wandering through cautiously, she found Cindy in the kitchen.





Chapter 7


“Oh Harper, are you busy? I have three dozen sandwiches to make and I hate slicing vegetables. They’re wolves so shouldn’t they just eat meat for goodness sakes?” Cyndi wiped her brow. She pushed a knife, tomatoes, and onions across the counter toward Harper. She looked like a bigger version of Lucy. She had the same blonde hair but shorter and the same dark chocolate eyes. She was tall and well-muscled like a typical she-wolf. Just once Harper would like to meet another she-wolf that was shorter than she was. Harper was average for a human not tall by their standards either. She wondered what went wrong in her genetic code that made her so short. Both of her parents towered over her and so did all of her cousins. She was the shortest female in her pack and Bronson’s too.

She sliced the onions expertly. The slices were all thin, and uniform. She tackled the tomatoes next slicing them the same. “Hey you’re good help in the kitchen. You can do all of my prep work.” Cindy grinned at her. “I’m shit with a knife.” Harper laughed. Strong arms surrounded her then caged her close to the counter.

“How’s it going in here? The boys are hungry.” Harper’s body came alive in that instant. The Alpha had her trapped and his voice against her ear turned her on like never before. “Is everything okay?” He murmured close making her shiver. He chuckled. “Your room is almost finished. They’ve hung the drywall and finished it but you won’t be able to paint until day after tomorrow. I forgot about the sanding and mudding. You can sleep there tonight though, they’ll fetch you a bed after lunch.”

Harper deflated. So, she wouldn’t sleep with him again. He didn’t want her to sleep with him? It was probably a huge inconvenience having to share his bed with a stranger even if he did like her. At least she thought he liked her. Maybe he liked all of his females. Cindy said that he put them on a pedestal. “Hey, I can hear the wheels spinning out of control.” He smoothed a hand over her hair. “What’s turning around in there?”

“Shit Ryder, you probably just confused her to bits. You claimed her publicly, slept with her last night and now you’re sending her to her room.” He growled lightly. Cindy cocked her head at him then dropped it and returned to spreading mayonnaise over the slices of bread she had laid out in front of her. Harper worried her bottom lip but said nothing. This she-wolf was psychic.

“That so?” Harper fidgeted. “I don’t want to force you into my bed. Your room gives you a choice. If you want to sleep with me by all means, do. I’ve staked my claim and I haven’t changed my mind. I want you. I don’t think you’re ready for a mating yet but if I’m wrong just say so and we can begin now.” His face was right next to hers and she felt him smile against her cheek. Her skin flushed and she was sure that she turned puce. “I love to watch your skin turn pink, it’s beautiful.” He didn’t move away and she didn’t move either.

Cindy kept spreading mayo and mustard glancing up nervously every so often. “Have I cleared up any questions you may have had Harper.” His voice caressed her name like no one’s before. It sounded so sexy on his lips and she wondered if he said it like that when they did mate would make her climax. She was close now and she had all of her clothes on. “I want to kiss you, do you object?” Cindy’s eyes widened and a corner of her lips lifted slightly when Harper glanced up at her. She shook her head. Ryder nuzzled her neck and kissed her throbbing pulse there. “Easy girl.” He said against her damp skin. An electric sizzle raced over her nerves and he kissed her cheek chastely then suddenly he was gone. She let out a pent up breath.