Chapter 26: Mate's Appeal

Arlin drove to his brother’s cabin first. If he knew Nathan at all, and he did, there would be a pile of unfinished projects in the shed behind the cabin. Once he had scrounged around enough, gathering plywood, nails, and a hammer, Arlin set about gathering up whatever cleaning supplies he could find. In a box tucked into the back of the shed, he also found some old drapes he thought would work for now to replace the shredded ones he saw earlier at Eve’s cabin. They probably weren’t what she would pick—not his mate—but they would do for now in order to get rid of the reminder of what that creep did to her cabin. While he wished she would have told him the story with Kyle and the threat the man posed, he refused to allow Eve to return home and find her cabin still a mess. She deserved better than that, and he would damn well make sure she got it. He would get the story later. For now, he just wanted to take care of his mate-to-be.