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  ALPHA’S EMBRACE

  2

  MY BILLIONAIRE WOLF

  CALLIE HARTWOOD

  Copyright© 2015 by Callie Hartwood at RomLiaisons Books.

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  Table of Contents

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

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  Chapter 1

  Lyanne walked out of Vancouver International airport quickly without hesitating to glance behind her, she didn’t know where James had gone after they disembarked their plane.

  He hadn’t spoken again to Lyanne after his initial few menacing words of, “Hello pretty lady. I wanted to make sure you made it home safely without being at risk from wolves.” He’d fallen silent throughout the rest of the short flight home, but she could feel him staring at her in a menacing way. Lyanne didn’t know what to think.

  Why had he really followed her? Was Darian aware of James’ behavior?

  God, the wilderness folk were a strange lot, Lyanne thought to herself and then remembered Darian with fondness. The way he touched her, his gentle manner with the snow hare and arctic fox. He wasn’t as weird as his friends were, and he’d seemed particularly put out the day the trio had called at his remote cabin unexpectedly.

  She missed Darian already, Lyanne had grown used to his relaxed company and at last she could be herself in a man’s presence and not pretend to be anything she wasn’t. She longed to be held tenderly by his strong arms once more, to fall asleep with her head resting lovingly against the hard, warm muscles of his chest.

  Lyanne came back down to earth with an abrupt bump as she made it out of the airport and tried to catch a cab home, it was chaos, with tourists everywhere. She’d give anything to be back in Darian’s remote cabin now.

  She was looking forward to seeing Maggie though she’d missed her flat mate, and of course, Maggie knew nothing about Lyanne’s vacation, as she couldn’t contact her, so she was in for a shock. Their flat wasn’t far from the airport, and she was soon back in their cozy home. The first thing she saw staring at her from the little table by the front door was a photo of her and Nathan, Lyanne took one look and burst into tears she collapsed in a sobbing heap by the table.

  For all his faults Nathan didn’t deserve to be attacked by wolves, he should have been on the flight home with her, but if he had been then everything would have gone to plan and she would never have met Darian. Lyanne didn’t really believe in the whole fate and destiny thing but it almost felt as though something had pushed her and Darian together.

  Lyanne was still sat in a heap on the floor when the front door started to open, “Ly, you’re home, what’s happened?”

  Lyanne looked up at Maggie and started to splutter, “Na…Nath…wolves,” was all she managed before she couldn’t talk anymore due to her sobbing.

  “Deep breaths, come on let’s get you up first and on to a comfortable seat. I’ve been so worried I expected you home ages ago, they were going to start searching for you this week girl,” Maggie said as she put an arm around Lyanne. Between them, they managed to get her to her feet and into the flat’s small lounge where Maggie deposited her friend on the couch and went to make a hot drink.

  Minutes later Maggie handed Lyanne a steaming mug of coffee and sat down beside her, “Okay tell me everything, what happened to you?”

  Lyanne composed herself taking a long sip of coffee and said, “We had a snowmobile accident up in the mountains.”

  “Wait a minute, what were you doing in the mountains? I thought you guys were sticking to the actual ski resort.”

  “We were until Nathan got one of his idiotic ideas. He wanted to ski down the Staircase tree run Maggie, he hired a snowmobile and everything,” Lyanne was pleased she could talk about all of this with Maggie as she needed to tell someone, to her it all seemed like a dream now, so this conversation made it real.

  “Typical of Nathan, what happened?”

  “He went too fast and we hit a stupid fucking tree root Mags, the snowmobile went out of control. I was thrown clear but hurt and Nathan rolled with the snowmobile, I sat alone and scared. Nathan came out of the darkness but so did the wolves Mags.

  “Shit, Lyanne you must have been terrified,” Maggie said as she put a comforting arm around her friend.

  “It was the most frightening time of my life Mags, Nathan tried to make a run for it.”

  “He left you alone and tried to outrun wolves?”

  “I told him he was a fool, but we had no signal and no way of getting help.”

  Lyanne’s tears started to fall once again as she relived her ordeal.

  “So where’s Nathan?”

  “The fucking wolves got him Mags, I heard him screaming.”

  “Poor bastard Lyanne. How come they didn’t get you?”

  “I fainted and woke up in a cabin with a handsome stranger,” now that really did sound like a line from a fairytale to Lyanne.

  “No shit, really? So that’s where you’ve been?”

  “Pretty much yes. Darian looked after me.”

  “Darian, that’s his name?”

  “Mags, stop bloody interrupting will you else I’ll never finish,” Lyanne joked with her friend and felt so much better now she’d made it through the ‘Nathan’s demise’ chapter of her story.

  Maggie’s eyes were wide with amazement, “Oh shit, I’ve just thought we’re going to have to inform Nathan’s folks.”

  Lyanne hadn’t thought about that small detail, “Yes, yes I guess we are Mags. I only heard him scream I never saw him actually die.”

  “Lyanne the wolves wouldn’t have given up on the chance of a meal, you know that.”

  Her friend was right, she knew Nathan’s fate. Would the authorities search for his body to prove it though she wondered.

  “We need no notify the police Lyanne, as at the moment they think they’re starting a search for you both this week. I’ll contact them soon,” Maggie said quietly. Then she returned the conversation to the most interesting part for her, “So this Darian, what happened?”

  “Cold, Mags, cold. I’ve just told you that Nathan has probably been killed by wolves and you want to talk about Darian!”

  “Oh come on Ly, what happened to Nathan was fucking awful but he’s gone there’s nothing we can do about that now. So yes, I want to hear all about this Darian, the guy who looked after my friend.”

  Lyanne smiled and her face became animated as she said
, “He lives on his own, and helps the injured animals. He’s kind, gentle, sweet and loving and so, so handsome.”

  “Jeez he sounds perfect, why did you leave him behind?”

  Lyanne thought about Maggie’s question, “He won’t leave his home and I had to come back Mags. What about the vet surgery? Have they called?”

  “Your job’s safe don’t worry. Just call them and let them know you’re home.”

  Maggie had been a good friend to Lyanne, she’d kept her life going for her while she’d been away, she’d worried for her and even notified the authorities.

  “Are you going back then to Darian?”

  There it was the ultimate million-dollar question.

  “You know what Mags, yes I am as soon as I can. Life’s too short; he made me feel special, unique. I’d be stupid to ignore that,” her friend agreed, and later that night while she was lying in bed wide awake Lyanne knew she’d made the right decision.

  Chapter 2

  Once Lyanne had made the decision to return to Darian her days went by in a blur. She contacted the veterinary surgery who gave her as much ‘compassionate leave’ as she required due to her ordeal with Nathan.

  She’d decided this time to go by coach rather than fly to the Blackcomb Ski Resort in Whistler, with no idea in her head of what she was actually going to do when she arrived there. What was she supposed to do? Just hope that Darian sensed she was there, yeah right, of course, Lyanne felt foolish.

  Was she being completely irrational? She was returning on no more than a whim and an impulse to see Darian again. She had no way of contacting him, but she just felt deep in her heart this was the right thing to do, and after all, he’d said, “I will find you sweet Lyanne. I will know when you are here.”

  Lyanne almost wanted to test his theory, to see if he’d really know when she was there and if he’d be able to find her. She’d bought an open-ended ticket, as she didn’t know how long she’d be staying. Lyanne didn’t know how to find Darian’s place in the snowy wilderness, so if he didn’t find her there was no point in her staying at the resort, as she couldn’t even ski.

  Her mind wandered to James.

  She hadn’t seen or heard from him since he flew home to Vancouver with her, so she assumed he’d gone back. Was he reporting that she’d made it home to Darian? Did Darian even care now that she’d left his wilderness life?

  Lyanne’s journey out of Vancouver was all set for the next morning so she finished packing and then treated herself to a long soak in a hot bubble bath and an early night. Her night was filled with dreams about Darian, which were much better than the nightmares about wolves that she’d experienced when she was first back home. Many nights she’d woken up covered in sweat, with Maggie asking if she was okay.

  The next morning Lyanne was up early, Maggie was seeing her off at the coach station.

  “So I can’t contact you at all then?” Maggie asked her friend as they ate breakfast.

  “You can reach me at the actual resort Mags, but not if I find Darian, and I’m not sure I will, but if I do then there’s no service at his cabin,” she noticed her friend looked worried. “Hey, I’ll keep in touch as much as I can, but don’t worry I’m not going to wander off alone, I promise.”

  Maggie looked at her friend, “Make sure you don’t.”

  “Yes mom!” Lyanne laughed.

  They finished their breakfast and Maggie drove Lyanne to the coach station, it didn’t seem like five-minutes ago that Lyanne came home. It was a quick turnaround but she knew it was right. Maggie hugged her friend goodbye and Lyanne made her way to board her coach.

  The coach was quiet, which surprised Lyanne as it was still the height of the skiing season. She chatted to the ticket girl as she came around, “Excuse me, why’s it so quiet? Is this normal? Last time I flew out the plane was busy. Are the coaches just quieter than the planes?”

  The girl looked at Lyanne with a very agitated expression on her pretty face, “I probably shouldn’t tell you this miss as you’re traveling out there, but there have been recent reports of wolf sightings close to the Blackcomb Ski Resort. There was even a fatal attack on a young guy a little while back.”

  Lyanne knew she was referring to Nathan, but decided not to go into it with her. She just said thank you and the girl went about her job.

  Now Lyanne’s mind was racing. Was it the same pack of wolves she’d seen? The ones that attacked Nathan. Darian had promised her that they wouldn’t harm her, but how in all honesty could he know that. She hoped she’d made the right decision in returning, she’d come so close to being seriously hurt by wolves on her last visit. Talk about jumping straight back into the lion’s den or the wolf pack in this case!

  The duration of the journey went by with no major issues, except for a man who was feeling sick. Lyanne felt sympathy for the man. The start of his vacation was the coach trip and for most of it, he was busy throwing up into a bag.

  The coach took them straight to the Blackcomb Ski Resort and Lyanne checked into her hotel and started to make her way to her room. She went up in the hotel’s lift, Lyanne had never felt comfortable in lifts, but being a bigger girl, the stairs were always hard work for Lyanne. She should have taken them really for exercise purposes but with her bag to carry, the lift was the easy and lazy option.

  As she arrived at her floor the lift doors slid open and Lyanne walked to her room, she knew the hotel fairly well, as it was the same one her and Nathan had stayed in. She chose it again as it was reasonably priced with good food and comfortable modern rooms. It also offered panoramic views of the snow covered mountains and forests.

  Lyanne opened her door with the card key and pulled her wheeled suitcase through the doorway behind her. She was traveling light for Lyanne, but her suitcase still weighed an absolute ton. She sighed as she flopped down on the soft bed. It felt very strange to Lyanne, back in the same hotel, back in the same ski resort.

  She wasn’t even sure when she’d visited with Nathan if it was the right thing to do as she couldn’t ski very well, but now her doubts were even worse. She wasn’t used to traveling alone, and sitting in her single hotel room on her own made her suddenly feel very vulnerable and lonely.

  She decided to unpack her suitcase to take her mind off feeling alone, so she knelt down on the floor beside it as there was no way she was going to lift it up on to the bed!

  Lyanne hung the relevant clothes up in the roomy, made for one person, closet. She then folded all the other items and put them neatly away in the drawers. She kept her blue jeans and cream and red-checkered shirt on for dinner; she looked in the mirror and nearly fainted at her reflection. Her hair was a mess.

  “Right, better fix that then,” Lyanne chuckled to herself as she sorted through her shoulder bag for a hair clip. She found her favorite banana style clip and quickly put her long wavy red hair up out of the way in a high ponytail and secured it in place with the black clip. She rummaged around for her make-up bag and just put some light mascara and lipstick on, Lyanne wasn’t a massive fan of make-up and wore just enough to highlight her naturally pretty face.

  After one final look in the mirror, Lyanne decided she would pass as a human and made her way out of her room to go down for dinner. She looked along the hotel corridor as she left her room and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. Shuffling around the corner and heading for the stairs was Lisa. Lyanne would have recognized her anywhere. She was wearing her long ginger hair in a neat plait and she was shuffling along with her head down as she’d done when Lyanne saw her before.

  “Lisa, Lisa it’s me Lyanne,” she called out as she raced to the corner, but Lisa had already vanished and she just saw the stair door closing behind her. Lyanne hurried to the lift and was hoping to catch Lisa on her way out of the hotel. It seemed strange that she should be here on the day Lyanne arrived, coincidence maybe, but strange. The lift arrived at the ground floor and Lyanne got out, she rushed to the hotel’s main doors and saw Lisa walking down the dri
veway.

  “Lisa, wait up,” she shouted as she saw Lisa slow down. Lyanne rushed to catch up with her, Lisa didn’t stop. Lyanne managed to get alongside and touched her arm to turn Lisa around.

  “Don’t touch me!” Lisa yelled at Lyanne.

  “Jeez, calm down it’s me, Lyanne, you remember me don’t you?” Lyanne tried to diffuse the situation.

  “It’s because I remember you that I don’t want you touching me.”

  “Did I do something to piss you all off, James followed me home as if he was escorting me and now you’re mad with me,” Lyanne really didn’t understand what she was supposed to have done.