Twelve
Landry Thayer
They had walked through the whole house. He had taken her to the kitchen, the dining room, the basement, the arboretum. He had shown her the library, and now they were making their way to his room finally. “Mom’s having your room set up,” Landry said.
“My room?” Ellery said.
“Normally, once mates claim each other, they find it very difficult to be away from each other.”
Elle blushed. “I’m not----”
“I know, you won’t be ready anytime soon. But mom wants to have things ready just in case. I also thought…. well, maybe it’s a bad idea…”
“What?”
“I thought it might be best for you to live here while the claiming was taking place. The ranch is so far, and if there is a snowstorm or something, we could go weeks without seeing each other. I don’t know if I wou
