Chapter 47

**Winter**



I think over everything Jade said to me as I look at the picture of my parents in front of our old home. I was not raised to be vicious. My pack was gifted by the Goddess. We are not bad.

I need answers. I need to find Byron. He will have the answers I need. I get up to go look for him. As I am leaving my office though I receive a mind link from Cole.

“Can you meet me in our room please.”

I guess my discussion with Byron will have to wait.

I walk into our room to find Cole slouched in a chair, busy with something on his phone.

“Umm... Hey. You wanted me to come up to the room.”

He looks up from his phone. “Oh yeah, I wanted to take you out to dinner. Just the two of us. We could go out to dinner then do something after. Does that sound like fun?”

I smile and nod my head. He gets up and crosses the room. I feel his large muscular arms warp around me and pull me into a searing kiss. It has me getting wet between my legs. He nudges his face over to the side of my head.

He whispers in my ear “I want you. As heavenly as your arousal is to me; I suggest you get ready to go, or I will not let you leave that bed.” He kisses my cheek and I head off to the bathroom to get ready. I shower and get dressed.

I step out of the bathroom all ready to go. Cole looks at me and smiles wildly. I can tell he likes my outfit. Then he looks at my bare feet and his expression drops. He seems flustered.

“Winter, Hun I am going to insist you wear shoes. I know what you are about to say, but before you do let me just say I know how you feel about them. We are going into the city, however. Since we are going to be in the human world so you will need them.”

Well at least he knows I do not like wearing them. I never really have but I guess I will have to. I head into the closet and put on the first pare I find. As I walk back out every step feels funny. I am glad now that Gale got me some when we went to the mall, but it just seems so weird wearing them. I feel all wobbly and just not like myself. I was not made for shoes. Who knew these things were going to be so much harder to walk in than my sneakers?



**Cole**



We are driving to the restaurant and Winter is looking sexy as hell. She is wearing a long sleeved tight black dress that stops at mid-thigh. It hugs her in all the right places. Underneath she is wearing shear leggings and I can see her milky skin showing through the material.

I have never seen her wear shoes other than her sneakers when she is venturing out into the human world. So, seeing her in healed ankle boots is really doing something for me. She is gutsy to say the least; wearing heels out when she is not used to them.

We arrive at the restaurant, and I drive up to the valet. Then I walk around to open the door for my mate and guide her inside. She is stunning. I feel so lucky to be the man on her arm. We get seated and the waiter arrives.

“We will have a bottle of Chateau Corton Grancey please.”

The waiter walks away to retrieve our wine.

“So, what are you in the mood for Hun?”

I look up to find her beautiful face looking at the menu. I know by now she won't respond. Whenever Winter reads, she does not respond until she is done with what she is reading.

The waiter returns with the wine, we place our order, and he takes the menus. Then she takes a sip of the wine.

“Mmmmhhhh it tastes like velvet... Yummy.... You know I have never been to a place like this.”

I smile. I am glad she is having a good time.

“Winter I am so glad you are enjoying this. How are your plans coming for the females back home?”

“It is going well. I kind of have an idea to make the she-wolfs...”

I cut her off. “Winter sorry to cut you off but listen okay.” I switch to mind link. “We can talk about the pack and stuff out loud, but we should avoid using words that suggest we are talking about werewolves. We don’t know who could be listening. You know, hunters.” I know she understands that it is important to be discrete in the human world. She just has not had much opportunity to practice guarding her words in front of humans. “Just say home instead of pack and women instead of she wolfs stuff like that.”

She nods and we continue talk aloud about her plans for the females. She is going to be sending out an email and mind link about a kind of a get to know you meeting with the other females; at which she will see how they feel about her plans. I think it is a solid way to go.

We have just finished dessert and are waiting for the bill when I ask, “Do you want to go to a movie, or something else?”

She smiles as she replies, “Can we go out dancing?”

I can tell by her face she really wants to go out and dance.

“I guess we can do that.”

I sometimes forget she is young and when I was her age, I would have wanted to do the same thing. We pay and head out to get the car. Once there we drive to a club that is popular in the city.

I have to park in a parking garage. It is a small walk over to the club. As we approach the club, I can see there is a long line. I ignore that though and walk right up to the door. They let us in right away. Sometimes it is good to be who I am. I mean sure the bouncers are human, but I am known in the human world for my business, so I never really have any problems getting into places like this.