Page 64 of Protected Promise

“Do you think she’ll be happy in our Pack?” he asked, sounding so uncertain it nearly broke my heart.

“She’s definitely used to more than we have to offer, but I personally can’t imagine anyone not loving it there. It’s the best. You’re the best. She’s the lucky one. Plus, the Pack is growing because you’re an amazing Alpha.”

“So much praise today. You’re going to make my head swell.”

She laughed. “Well, we can’t have that, can we?”

“Just behave for once. I need to spend time getting Kaitlyn acclimated and catch up on Pack management. Dereck texted me this morning saying we have yet another offer for the corner lot along the highway.”

“Are you considering selling?”

“No. At least I don’t think I am.”

“If you allow Jackson a piece of property in that area to build his headquarters it’s only going to draw in even more interest.”

“I know, but I can’t see any benefit to giving up Pack land. We don’t need the money.”

“What about the buildings? Are the humans still pushing you to do something about those?”

“Yeah. That’s a constant battle. I don’t have the people or know-how to get them up to code though and as the law is written, they really can’t do anything about it except complain of the eyesore. So unless we get a large influx of new members migrating to Canada, then I don’t really have any motivation to do anything about it.”

“If they didn’t like it, they shouldn’t have run their road alongside it.”

“Do you think maybe we could convert one for Jackson’s company?”

“I don’t know. Maybe.”

Landon sighed. “I should probably just tear them down. It just seems like a waste to do that.”

The car stopped and my eyes opened. We were pulled over along a highway staring at what looked like an old abandoned hotel. It was huge. If I had to guess it was probably built back in the 1800’s, but somewhere along the way it had to have been updated, or maybe it was just made to look like it was built back then. I couldn’t help it my mind was reeling with possibilities.

“Where are we?” I asked.

Landon looked over and smiled. “Home.”

“Don’t worry, this place hasn’t been used in our lifetime. Our actual housing is much better,” Tobi said with a snort.

Landon sighed. “I guess I should just have it torn down once and for all.”

“What?” I shrieked. “Why?”

He looked at me like I was crazy.

“There’s a local human commission that has been hardcore pushing for it to be removed. It’s at the point where I’ll need to get legal representation to fight them even though they really have no jurisdiction over my land. It’s just a headache and I don’t like humans sniffing around Pack land even if we don’t use this section due to its proximity to the city about forty minutes further north.”

“But it’s so beautiful,” I whispered.

Tobi scoffed. “It’s a dump.”

I bit my tongue. It really wasn’t my place to get involved, but I could see so much potential there and it broke my heart to think of it being torn down.

Landon squeezed my hand. “If you have ideas, I’d love to hear them.”

“Really?”

“Of course. But I promise, most of my territory is not so dilapidated. Would you like to see it?”

I nodded. “Wait, most of it? Does that mean there are more buildings like this?”