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hall, glad to see
that he hadn’t kept Jacki and Tom waiting too long. They were
admiring the front foyer which, while not exactly grand in the
traditional sense, was large, welcoming and homey. Geir liked the
feel of the place and he could tell from their expressions that the
selkie siblings did too.
    “This place is beautiful,” Jacki said,
confirming Geir’s hunch.
    “It’s big,” Geir agreed. “A tiger couple
built it and lived here, raising their many cubs, which makes it
ideal for our purposes at the moment. There are several bedrooms on
the first floor. Let me show you the options.” Geir led the way
down the hall, moving slowly in consideration of Tom’s
injuries.
    “I’ve moved in to the room at the far end of
the hall for the time being,” Geir told them as they walked along.
“The upstairs still needs a little work. The house was in very good
repair, but I decided to do a little upgrading while everything was
empty and easy to work around.”
    They stopped at the first door and Geir
reached around to open it. “This is typical of the rooms on this
floor, and most have their own attached bath.” He went inside and
opened the inner door that led to the gleaming white bathroom, so
they could see it.
    “We’ve got a winner,” Tom said in a voice
filled with relief. “If nobody minds, I’ll just park myself here
for now. You guys go on ahead. I’ll just rest for a bit.”
    Jacki was at Tom’s side, helping him to the
freshly made bed. She drew back the covers as her brother kicked
off his shoes and sat wearily on the side of the bed. She helped
him settle, and tucked him in with obvious love and care. Geir felt
a pang in the region of his heart even as his spine tingled with
alarm. Something was very wrong with Tom. Geir very much feared
they were going to lose him.
    Geir didn’t care to think what that would do
to Jacki. It would be awful for her. Geir didn’t want to see her in
any kind of pain—especially not the pain of losing a brother. Geir
had been there, done that, and wouldn’t wish that on anyone.
Especially not a woman as special as Jacki Kinkaid.
    Tom insisted he would be fine and that he
just wanted to rest for a bit. Eventually, Jacki was convinced to
go find her own room. She joined Geir and Beau in the hallway.
There was no question but that she would take the room right next
to her brother’s. It also just happened to be the room next to
Geir’s.
    Beau settled on the room across the hall
from Jacki’s and dropped his gear before rejoining them. Jacki had
asked to see where the kitchen was. She also wanted a tour of the
rest of the house. Beau joined them.
    Geir enjoyed showing his guests
around—particularly Jacki, of course—but he found rather
surprisingly, that he enjoyed Beau’s observations about each new
defensive position and chamber in the building. The house had been
built with defense in mind and Geir was pleased that Beau caught on
to that fact rather easily. It wouldn’t be obvious to most, but
Beau seemed to see beyond the walls and into the function of the
design.
    After the tour, Jacki and Beau each headed
to their rooms to unpack and get comfortable. Eventually, they all
ended up back in the kitchen and Geir realized it was almost lunch
time. Jacki offered to make tea while Geir got to work on the meal
he had planned once he’d heard he was going to have guests. It was
kind of sad how much thought he had put into this meal and all the
other preparations he’d made for their arrival. Geir didn’t like
being solitary, though that had been his path more often than not.
With Jacki here, he had a chance to discover if maybe—just maybe—he
would no longer have to walk his path alone.
    If she turned out to be his mate, as he very
much suspected she was, he would count himself the luckiest bastard
to ever roam the earth. But he had to get close enough to her
first, to find out if what he suspected was true. He had to kiss
her, but it wasn’t in Geir’s