Free Lee: Emerson Wolves—Paranormal Erotic Wolf Shifter Romance by Kathi S. Barton

times when I got to make the side dish for the night’s meal. It was the most fun I had working there, next to the appetizers. I have some amazing ideas if you want to use them.” He told her he would like to, very much so.
    The office and study were next. He told Hannah that she could come in here, but if there were papers on the desk, she wasn’t to touch them without someone telling her she could. Hannah looked at Kimber as she spoke to Lee.
    “My mommy says that too. She has all these recipes that she’s making up and works on them at home, with Fern and me as her testers. Sometimes she makes them just for me to try. I get to rave them.” He told her rate. “No, rave them. I don’t have to eat like those people do in the restaurant. I can just taste what I want and rave about them.”
    They all laughed, and Kimber was caught off guard at how easily it had come to her. When Lee wrapped his arm around her waist, she knew he was being careful of her back when he didn’t jerk her around. It was hurting her badly now, her back was, and she was tired too.
    As they started up the stairs, several trucks pulled into the driveway. Lee went to the door and told her that his family was here already. When she went to look at them, Kimber had a moment of panic. There must have been seventy people there.
    “They’re pack too. Hunter said he was going to bring a few with him. But if he’s expecting us to feed all these guys steaks, then he’s nuts.” Another few trucks pulled in and women started to pour from those as well. “Okay, maybe we don’t have to feed them all. The women have arrived to help out. This is going to go fast.”
    “Hi.” Kimber nodded at the woman who was carrying a large bowl of what looked like potato salad. “I’m Jack. I don’t cook, but I was told to take this to the kitchen. Can you point me in the right direction?”
    Kimber nodded and they made their way back to the area. Even as she entered the large room, she noticed that someone had come in the back door by way of the yard, and there were enough people in the kitchen to run a well-oiled restaurant. As they began pulling on aprons, Jack asked her where the playroom was.
    “I don’t…I have no idea where he’s going to put one. Or if he will.” Jack only nodded and told her for now they’d used the study. Kimber took her there. In no time there were playpens set up, toys all over the floor, and a dozen or so young girls organizing the ten or so kids that seemed to pop out of nowhere, her daughter among them.
    “She’ll be just fine. This is mine and Luke’s son, Kelly. He’s six, just a little younger than Hannah.” The little boy shook her hand, then darted off to play with the kids. Kimber looked at Jack. “You’re very overwhelmed right now, aren’t you?”
    “Yes.” Jack smiled and asked her if she could give her some advice before the others got there. “There are more of you?”
    “Yes. We’re mates to Lee’s other brothers. There’s Addie, who you should not touch unless you want her to know everything there is to know about you, including things you might not want her to know. Don’t tell Sloan your ideas unless you want her to make them a reality. And Dawn…well, don’t piss her off. She doesn’t have a temper or anything, but you might not get some of her jelly when she makes it. And that would just suck.”
    “And you? What should I avoid about you?”
    Jack seemed to consider it, and then smiled at her. Kimber thought that this woman would be the scariest of all the women she’d just been warned about.
    “Me? I’m as sweet as they come. Really, you have nothing to worry about.” Yes, Kimber thought, she was scarier than anyone.
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    “Where is she? My grandniece, where is she right now?” Kimberly’s butler only stared straight ahead, not even making eye contact when he told her he did not know. That was the way she liked things, normally, but she was mad and he’d better have some answers