internet and yes they know it.” Garret finished with a smile at Mariah.
Mariah headed back inside. Both guys reached into the back, stopped and looked at each other. “Lucca my friend, it’s her.” Garret smiled for the first time since finding out there was a scientist coming and would be living in their cabin. “I absolutely agree, I had trouble even breathing in the house. She’s not exactly warm and friendly, how are we going to get her to realize it. She belongs to us and we only have a year to convince her!” Lucca finished. “If it takes us an entire year, we don’t deserve her!” Let’s get this stuff in to her.
Chapter Six
“Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God.” Mariah cried to herself as she walked into the cabin with her first couple bags. “They are, wow, just wow,. Talk about tall, dark, and hamdsome. That doesn’t even touch it.” Mariah talked to herself a lot. It usually helped her work things out in her mind. But finishing high school and going to the university, she had never once encountered anyone that invoked this reaction, and there are two of them, “O. Oh no you’re not Mariah Marie, I need to talk to Maranda, I may be in trouble. You can handle this. You are a professional here. You are here for your descertation. You can do this. Just unload the car, get things put away and see if you can manage to get the computers up and running for your reports. Just do it!”
Right as Mariah headed back out the front door, both guys were coming in with armloads of tech equipment. “I can get this all set up for you, if you want. I was the tech guy for our camp”. “Camp?” Mariah inquired.
“We are with a small group of men up here that pooled our resources and invested it in the land here.” Garret replied. “Our land runs right along side the government land where they are planning on relocating your wolves. This is the closest housing they could get for you. Lucca added “we’ll be happy to help you in any way we can, and computers is what I am good at.”
“Wow, that explains a lot.” Mariah tried to mumble under her breath, not knowing they could hear every whisper she made. “You know, that would be great. I’m not all that good with computers and the company sent two for different reports, besides having my own.”
“No problem”,Garret chimed in. “You have a receiver on your roof here, and Dean Harper that has the Lodge, has a booster. Sometimes if the weather is really bad, the cell service can be a little sketchy, but it usually works most of the time.”
“Thanks for the info. I researched this area before I decided to take this job, but some information just isn’t available.” Mariah replied. Thinking to herself “Like do all the guys up here look like these two? How many more are there? Are any of them single? What the hell is the matter with me? I don’t even like men. They scare the hell out of me. I’m already loosing it and my wolf pack isn’t even here yet!
“Oh, did you say something?” Lucca said “I didn’t catch it?” Heading back out the door he had stopped to look at Mariah. “No, nothing, just humming a tune.” Mariah said. Lucca and Garret both smiled enjoying the moment. Mental message to Lucca from Garret, “Wait until we get our hands on Dean, he has a lot to answer for!”
The guys set up equipment, rearranged Mariah’s furniture to her liking, and offered to fix supper for her. The small talk had been enjoyable and she found out more about the area and the town of Cedar Creek that was the closest town. Though small it did have a few stores for supplies and groceries. But she was anxious to call Maranda and unload on her. That’s what twin sisters were for, and she had plenty to unload! The guys were very polite, helpful, and very gallant. They wouldn’t let her carry or lift, or anything involving reaching, they would do for her. Guess I need to add step ladder to my list, she thought with a giggle after they left.
Chapter Seven
Maranda answered before the phone finished its first ring. “Tell me, tell, tell, tell me! Mariah laughed at her twin and answered “What is it you want me to tell you Maranda?” Mariah teased. “I finally arrived at my destination. The cabin is awesome, I love it already! Or maybe you want to hear about the two absolutely gorgeous hunks of male flesh that helped unload my car, set up my computer equipment, moved my furniture around for me, and then offered to fix me supper? Maranda wasn’t laughing. “No Mariah! I’m talking about the emotional surge I felt earlier this afternoon that nearly knocked me off my feet, and I am not falling for the gorgeous hunk bit, I know better!” Maranda finished.
“Maranda, I was serious. The emotions must have come from when I first saw them approaching my SUV. Wow, they are hot!” Mariah answered. Maranda tried again, “Since when did you even notice males, if they are hot or not, no there has to be something else, fess up Mariah, now! Did your wolf pack come in, is that it?”
Mariah sighed and tried to explain, “I know it’s unusual for me but for the first time I’m away from home, Maranda, they don’t know. No one here does. It’s a new start for me. My history is a complete secret. They are not going to look at me with pity, or make fun of me, because they don’t know! Surely you, of all people, understand. I can be a different person here, with more confidence and belief in myself since I was 17. Changing my attitude was one of the reasons I took this job. I don’t want to be withdrawn and alone my whole life. I thought you and Skeeter, and Sparky would be happy for me. Maybe I should have talked over some of the thoughts I had on the matter before accepting this job.”
“No, no, no Mariah. I just didn’t think to look at it like that. I still kinda feel sorry for myself because you left me here. I never thought you would ever leave me. Of course it’s wonderful. I haven’t heard you this excited in forever. I love it, I love it for you, I love you being free and excited about life and what it holds. You know I’m the selfish one, I just didn’t think, I guess, and I freaked out a little. Now I guess I’m a bit jealous! Really gorgeous huh? Do they have brothers?
Both girls laughed and eased back into their twinness. It was nothing for them to talk for hours, but it was usually Maranda doing the talking unless Mariah had found a new wolf pack online to study, Normal warmed them both up and information flowed, questions were asked and answered and neither could quit smiling.
Meanwhile, “Dean!” Both guys shouted at the same time, “Where are you hiding?” Dean came out of kitchen smiling at Garret and Lucca, knowing what they were shouting about.
“Strange, you didn’t tell us, in fact avoiding telling us, that the scientist staying in our cabin was a female. A gorgeous female, young, with all the right curves in all the right places, Brown haired, brown eyed, sexy female.” Garret finished but couldn’t stop smiling regardless of trying.
“Well, I knew it was a female, the company that leased the cabin told me that, but I didn’t know any more than that until I looked her up online. She is pretty nice to look at.” Dean supplied.
Both Garret and Lucca growled. Dean looked at them frowning “Oh come on guys, already?” “Yes”, they both replied in unison. “Ours, got it!”
“Well you guys keep telling me at meetings that we need females on our mountain, so I thought this would be a start.” Dean said. “I didn’t know you guys would take possession her first day here, by the way did everything go okay?” Dean finished with a gentle smile.
“Yes” Lucca was the first to answer. Unloaded all her equipment and got it set up, moved her furniture where she wanted it. But she wants at least two more locks on her front door and she wants to order interior steel shutters for all the windows Turn the place into a fortress.” Dean frowned. So, Garret added. “First time away from home and all. Never been alone before, so she wants the security up
