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concerned about, he would ease up on her just enough for her to obtain a little bit of freedom from time to time.

Chapter 6
    Maybe there was something she could do to help him out in this situation. Hmm… definitely something to think about. The wheels started turning… When they finally reached the cabin, Sonya shifted back into her human form, swinging her hips tantalizingly as she walked in the front door. Just another way in which she loved to tease Clay. She could feel his eyes lingering on her, but he did not let a single growl escape. It was definitely a Yukonia thing. Or at least a she-cat thing! She grabbed her clothes which hung on the wall just inside, then threw Clay his sweat pants back over her shoulder as she passed down the hallway. She could hear him give a frustrated sigh as he caught the clothes and she headed to the kitchen.
    “Aw come on Clay. It wasn’t that bad, you only had to wait half an hour this time! And you didn’t even have to climb up after me either!” She looked over her shoulder at the young man who now stared at her with an eyebrow arched and damp towel in hand, wiping dirt from his face and hands. “Come on, I will make those deer steaks you brought back from last night’s kill,” she said matter of factly.
    “I’m going to take a shower.” He grunted at her, trying to look anywhere but at her. “I’ll be back out when the food is ready. Don’t forget… ”
    “I know, I know. To let you know if I hear, see, think or smell anything suspicious.” Sonya finished the sentence for him. “I know, I know. Get going, will you? You stink! And don’t use all the hot water either – I want a shower tonight too!”
    Sonya pulled the steaks and a few other mixed vegetables from the fridge and laid them about on the counter as she dug through various pots and pans in search of her favorite cast iron skillet. She fried the venison steaks in her cast iron skillet with some potatoes and onions, added a little mustard, some salt and pepper and a few mushrooms too while she pondered Clay’s current romantic problem. The trouble was he needed to get out of pack territory and meet a few new women who weren’t intimidated by his status in the clan. Sonya actually knew of a few nice female weres who lived in the nearby town. Maybe he should meet a few of them. Might be just what he needs to cheer his grouchy old self up.
    However, after the kidnapping incident of five months ago, and all the conflict between the Strongheart and the Dark Fang clans, she had been forbidden from returning to town by Ben, the pack Alpha. As it was, the town was just outside of Strongheart pack territory, and it was considered simply too dangerous for her to go down there without several wolves in attendance. And Lynda had expressly forbid her from going to town too. An unmated Yukonia were would be a prize many would like to claim. And no way Ben would ever allow that to happen! Plus she didn’t want to repeat the drama with Jon again. That guy is crazy, no two ways about it, she thought to herself.
    If she tried to go down there with just Clay, she would get both of them in a lot of trouble from both Ben and Lynda and she knew it. Much more trouble than it was worth. Plus, Clay was terribly strong, she knew that, but there was no way one were could stand up by himself to a pack and come out unharmed. And she didn’t want to see him get hurt. Sonya sighed to herself as she turned the steaks over in their pan and stirred the vegetables about.
    But,” she smirked to herself as she stirred the onions. “If they were to come here,” her devilish smirk was enough to make her look sinister in the steam rising from the pan. Sonya sighed as she turned the steaks in their pan once again. By the time Clay was drawn to the kitchen by the heavenly scent of her cooking, she had managed to work herself into a deep sexy pout. She was very familiar with how to get what she wanted.
    “What’s wrong?” he asked as she