Chapter One
EIGHTEEN MONTHS LATER
The sound of someone knocking on his door was so unexpected and foreign that Wyatt dropped the teakettle he’d been filling into the sink with a loud clatter. He quickly turned off the water, cursing under his breath, and moved to the front door. On the way, he grabbed a handgun from the open g*n safe. Since it was just him at the cabin, he didn’t bother to lock it anymore. There was a mountain lion that liked to hang around, and he’d had to fire a warning shot more than once to discourage it from getting closer.
His bear could have dissuaded the mountain lion from hanging around, but Wyatt had successfully locked the beast deep inside. He could barely transform anymore even if he wanted to, and it made his life easier, though he was still in an emotionl
