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“There’s no rush. He’s a good dog, and whenever you’re ready to do it, he’ll be ready for you,” Grant said.

“On another topic, we need a phone hacker, if anyone in the pack can do it,” Robert said, bringing out Jude’s phone. “I don’t know if anyone can or not.”

She was relieved he had brought it up because she had been concerned about it.

Grant raised a brow in question. Colleen looked just as interested in learning what that was all about.

Maisie instantly worried they would think that hacking into the phone was an invasion of someone’s privacy and not a wolf’s way. Before she could explain the situation, Robert did.

“He is an ex-boyfriend of Maisie’s from Glasgow and lost his phone in her garden. He wasn’t a guest, and he didn’t go to see her, so we need to know what he was up to,” Robert said. “Hopefully he’s not stalking her, but we need to be sure about his intentions.”

“Ah, I see your point.” Grant took the phone from him andturned it on. “We’ll have to find someone who has a charger that fits this phone and get it charged up too before it dies. I’ll see who might be able to deal with it.”

“Thanks,” Robert said.

Maisie echoed his comment, so glad Grant would look into it for them.

Despite having an injured ankle, Maisie was having a grand time. All the guys eating in the great hall looked like they were getting ready to battle it out in a movie. She knew a movie had been filmed here before. If she and Anne had lived at the inn at the time and had known the MacQuarries werelupus garousalso, they might have been able to take part in the movie. If nothing else, they could have watched it being filmed. That would have been fun. Even though the movie had featured wolves, she and Anne had never guessed they were shifters and not just real trained wolves.

Once they finished their delightful lunch, she, Edeen, and Colleen had front-row seats outside, in the inner bailey, to watch the battle. It was a warm, sunny day, just perfect for the practice session.

Maisie had walked out on the crutches, wishing she could ditch them tomorrow, when she and Robert would go to Heather’s shop for lunch. She glanced at Colleen, who was so big with her twins, she looked like she could have them at any minute. The guys had even erected a sun umbrella for them so they would stay cooler. They were served refreshments, which Colleen definitely needed, but Maisie thought the guys working out would need them a lot more thanMaisie did. Men and women on staff were setting up a table filled with refreshments for the warriors. That was good.

This was so cool. The men were stripping off their shirts, looking hot and muscular, but Robert had all Maisie’s attention. Now that Robert was shirtless—again—it made her think of the comment Lachlan had made about Robert removing his shirt in front of her, which had tickled her. She would never tire of seeing Robert’s hot abs on full display.

The men started to fight, Grant and Enrick sparring with each other while Lachlan was working with Robert. Despite Robert saying he didn’t know how to fight, Maisie was impressed with his skills as she watched him attacking, parrying, and holding his own. Maybe Lachlan was holding back a little, but Maisie didn’t think he was doing a whole lot to ease Robert into the training. Here she thought she would have to take Robert in hand and show him all the moves she knew when he could definitely teach her a trick or two.

“Robert is really good at this,” Colleen said, rubbing her belly.

“Yeah, he has really surprised me. I thought the way Robert was so worried about fighting the guys that he would lose his sword or have to take it really easy to begin with,” Edeen said.

“He is amazing,” Maisie said, so impressed.

Edeen suddenly grabbed Maisie’s arm, startling her. “I keep forgetting to tell you about our wedding. Lachlan and I are getting married in a week. We would love to have you and your sister both come to it. We were so undecided about the time of the wedding that we only just finally firmed it up.We’ll have it a week from Saturday at ten at the castle for the wedding and reception.”

“We would love to come. We’ll have to make arrangements to have everything covered at the inn, but I’m sure we’ll be there. Do you have a registry set up anywhere?” Maisie was delighted that meeting the members of the wolf pack had opened their world up to all kinds of celebrations with more shifters. It was really fun, and she wanted their parents to move here and be able to enjoy all the happenings.

“If you want to take the photos at the wedding, we don’t have an official photographer. That would be wonderful.”

“Oh, sure, I can do that. I would be honored. Are you going somewhere for your honeymoon?”

“Bali, Indonesia. Robert will be taking care of all the animals.”

Maisie laughed. “I’m sure he’ll love it.” She continued to watch Robert battle it out with Lachlan and hoped he wasn’t trying to show off in front of her. Though being a wolf, he was probably trying to prove his worth to everyone, guys and ladies both.

A dark-haired woman with the prettiest brown eyes joined the group of women. “Hi, I’m Veronica Daniels,” she said, introducing herself to Maisie. “I do all the picture framing for the pack as well as creating other wood-crafted items. Robert said once you take photos for his clinic, he wants me to frame them.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful. As soon as I’m off these crutches, I’ll take the photos and you can work your magic.”

Veronica nodded. “Colleen said you and he got stuck on Eilean Tioram for a few hours yesterday. It must have been romantic.”

While Veronica was talking to her, Maisie was watching Robert, not wanting to miss any of the action. Robert glanced their way, and Lachlan whacked his sword hard and sent it flying. Poor Robert. But truly, he needed to focus fully on fighting and ignore everyone else around him.

Robert smiled at Maisie, and she smiled back. He quickly retrieved his sword and began fighting Lachlan again. Maisie cheered him on. She probably shouldn’t have. Several of the men fighting smiled, though they kept their eyes on their targets.

She was amazed to see all the fighters’ footwork, sword skill, and general cheerfulness as they sparred with each other. They were getting a workout, but they appeared to be having a blast doing it. Verbal banter between the guys made her smile.

“Hey, brother,” Grant said. “You do so much better when you and Enrick are both ganging up on me.”