Free The Wolf's Mate Book 7: Lindy & The Wulfen by R. E. Butler Page B

stayed in her wolf form, she might have remained lame for the rest of her life.  I pulled the leg straight to align the bones and the pain forced her to shift back into her human form.  That shift sped up her natural healing, and her bone is now completely healed and her leg is fine.”
    Relief flooded him.
    “Thank you for coming so quickly.”
    All three men nodded.  Viscount said, “She’ll probably sleep for a few hours.  She will most likely be starving when she wakes up, so make sure she eats and drinks plenty.  If she has any lingering pain, give me a call, and I’ll drop off some medicinal herbs to help, but she should be fine.”
    He watched his friends walk out and close the door, and he slumped against the sofa, his head resting on Lindy’s bare shoulder.
    “Hades, Lindy,” he took a few deep breaths and the scent of her calmed him, “let’s not tempt fate again.”
    He pressed his lips to her cheek and got up, going into the bedroom.  He pulled the covers back on the bed and willed several candles to light.  Returning to the front room, he lifted her gently into his arms and carried her to the bed, laying her down and tossing the blanket from the sofa on the floor.  He pressed the back of his hand against her forehead and decided she was a little on the warm side, so he only pulled a thin blanket over her before pressing a kiss to her cheek and going out to the front room to clean up the mess.
    He marveled at the events of the evening.  It had happened so quickly.  He’d known that he would go through the portal somewhere in the vicinity of his mate, but he’d never imagined that his first interaction with her would be so stressful.  He didn’t think he’d ever been quite so worried for one person’s well-being in his whole life.
    After the wood floor was free of blood and he’d washed the blanket and towel and hung them to dry in the backyard, he went into the kitchen and opened his cooling unit.  From inside the rectangular, metal-lined box, he pulled out packages of meat and set them on the marble counter, along with vegetables and fruit for juicing.  He’d never cooked for anyone but himself before, but pride flared through him as he lit the thick ring of oil underneath the metal burner on his cooker and placed a pan on top to heat.  After coating the pan with wials oil, he placed two thick blue-furred boar steaks in the pan and listened to them sizzle.  He turned his attention to the fruit and sliced apart the green-fleshed yumonmi , twisting each half on the wooden juicer that drained into a small stone jug.  When he’d juiced enough for several glasses, he set the jug in the cooling box to chill and flipped the steaks.  He chopped vegetables, and after removing the steaks from the pan, he tossed the vegetables into the hot pan and cooked them until they were tender.
    He plated the steaks and vegetables and set them on a tray inside the oven to keep warm.  He put out the flame under the burner and washed his hands.  He knew he needed to make a few calls, so while she was still asleep and since the sun was now up, he placed the calls.  First, he opened a portal to call his father to share the news of his mate and the strange circumstances of their meeting.
    “She’s well now, though?” his father asked, his brow furrowing with concern.
    “She’s still unconscious, but yes, her leg is healed.”
    His father said, “Your mother will be back from the spa in six days.  I would suggest that you head to the Mortal Realm before she returns.  I will speak to her and let her know what’s happened to you, and hopefully by the time you are ready to return here for your mating ceremony, she will realize how fortunate it is that you found your mate so quickly.”
    Crimson sighed.  “Do you think she’ll accept a she-wolf as my mate?”
    His father’s brow arched.  “Does it matter?”
    “Of course not.  But I don’t want Lindy to feel as if she doesn’t belong with me