Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 209

Chapter 209: Grace: Commando

One tiny jar of applesauce can make an enormous mess.

It’s bathed half the living room, the ceiling, a toddler, and a dog. The cat, miraculously, escaped. Jer and Sara were lucky enough to be on the far side of the room.

One awkward water-conserving shower later is when I realize no one’s kept up with the laundry.

Bun has no clean clothes. Zero. Zilch. She’s now running around naked with a diapered bottom, Ron’s missing, and I’m out of underwear.

"Where’s Ron?"

"Outside," Jer says, fiddling with the TV remote. Now that we’re hooked up to electricity, the RV has full wi-fi access via something-or-another and they’re browsing the TV, arguing on the merits of turtles with access to samurai swords versus kids bitten by radioactive spiders and acquiring superhuman prowess.

"Why is he outside?" I ask sharply, even though it feels a little weird to be upset with a kid barely younger than me. How am I supposed to discipline him? Bend him over my knee and spank him? Yeah, right.

But still, he shouldn’t be outside—

"He’s talking to Caine," Sara continues, snatching the remote from Jer.

"Hey! Give it back!"

"No way."

I peer through the window to check and sure enough, Ron’s sitting on the camper steps. Caine’s in front of him, arms crossed and a stern expression on his face. Is he berating the teenager?

Seems like it.

My first instinct is to bolt outside. Whatever’s happening between them, Ron shouldn’t be facing Caine alone. He might be tall and overly responsible, but he’s still just a kid.

Then an air conditioning-propulsed breeze hits my legs, and I remember my current predicament. No underwear, which is not exactly prime intervention attire.

It’s amazing how much confidence a pair of panties can bring your way. Try walking around in public without them.

If it doesn’t feel any different, kudos to you, but me? I feel naked.

"Jer, Sara, keep an eye on Bun for a second," I call over my shoulder, not waiting for their response.

"We’re busy!" Jer protests, still wrestling with Sara over the remote.

"She’s eating paper," Sara adds casually, not even looking at the toddler.

I whip around to see Bun happily shredding what appears to be tissues, as evidenced by the bright green Kleenex box beside her.

Damn.

"Come on, guys. Watch her. Just—don’t let her choke, okay? Two minutes."

they chorus

into Lyre’s bedroom, shutting the door behind me, desperate to find my last bit

whine from the bathroom interrupts

mutter. Sadie. I’d completely forgotten

the applesauce off her tail. The bathroom now reeks of wet dog and artificial apples, which

I call through the door. "As soon as

it. I may not be a professional dog trainer, but this whine definitely says something like Can you hurry up? I’m dying in

to use applesauce as a projectile weapon. Give me a bit and I’ll take you outside to

for underwear. My last clean pair is apparently victim

reached crisis levels, and I had no

the Year.

probably going to end up in the Guinness

of lace, silk, and what appears to be something made entirely of straps, and none of it is mine. I close that

dye, but we are absolutely not panty-sharing close. There are boundaries, and that’s definitely one

shut with a groan. The few drawers I’ve stolen as my own are nearing levels of apocalyptic—in other

to

which are a size too small and give me serious muffin top syndrome, tug at the crotch area a few times, wishing the spandex percentage

to confront an alpha werewolf while wearing zero underwear. There’s probably a metaphor for my life somewhere in that. And

smell the absence of panties. I sure as hell

would make

the bathroom door. Sadie looks up at me with betrayed eyes, her golden fur still damp thanks to the wrestling match her mini-shower had turned into, but she’s still perky and

outside and confront a

Her tail droops.

* * *

"Ouch!"

through the doorway like a golden torpedo, slamming the door wide enough

of his head where the door must have connected. His dark eyes narrow

"Sorry..."

completely oblivious to the chaos she’s caused, bounds down the camper steps and side-steps Caine warily before bounding into the grass to

has issues," Ron mutters, dropping his

if she technically belonged to a pair

be discovered by some hapless camper in the future. Granted, they keep saying Doris and her husband

life is weird

watches our exchange. His face gives nothing away, but I know him well enough now to read the

rocket science—the frown on his face gives it

my throat, I point at the unconscious Lycan several feet away and bring up the most pressing issue at hand. "Can

his gaze locks onto mine with laser focus, his expression hardening. "Why was Raphael

not ready

hiding anything—I’m not, I swear—but

Well, let’s be honest.

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