Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 44845 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 149(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 44845 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 224(@200wpm)___ 179(@250wpm)___ 149(@300wpm)
After a few minutes, she finally managed to pull it together and exhale fully. “Please, Daddy, I need to go potty.” She was going to have to live with this new rule for now. They could discuss it again later. She had to acknowledge he was right. If he left her in this bathroom alone, she might fall and hit her head on the tile. She understood the problem, she just didn’t like it.
Daddy set her back on her feet and wiped her cheeks. “Can I pull your pullup down so you can pee, Little one?”
She nodded and lifted the hem of her dress.
Daddy lowered her pullup and sat her on the toilet.
She couldn’t look at him. She leaned her forehead against his chest and willed herself to pee while he rubbed her back with one hand, keeping the other on her hip.
Finally she managed to pee, and Daddy quietly wiped her, stood her up, and fixed her pullup over her bottom. He lifted her, carried her to the sink, and held her in front of him so he could wash both their hands.
When he was done, he wiped stray tears from her cheeks and hugged her while she wrapped her legs around him. “I love you, Khloe.”
“I love you, too, Daddy.”
He kissed her temple. “Do you want to save visiting other homes for another day?”
She shook her head. “No. We should do it now. The sooner I have more information, the sooner I’ll be more prepared when I have a vision.”
“Such a brave Little girl.” He opened the door and carried her into the great room.
She was grateful that everyone had left except Damon and Olivia. Of course it was their home. Olivia was in her highchair coloring. Neither of them said a word about how long Khloe and her Daddy had been in the bathroom.
When Daddy got close enough, Khloe leaned over and watched Olivia color. It was fascinating. She was basically blind. It looked like the picture had raised lines outlining the image. Olivia was using one finger to keep track of the lines and the other to color. “That’s so pretty,” Khloe said.
Olivia grinned. “Thank you. The crayons have braille on them so I’ll know what colors they are.”
“I love it.”
“Maybe next time you can come over for a playdate, and we can color together.”
“I’d love that.”
Felix rubbed her back. “We’ll do that soon. We should get going now so we can visit as many homes as possible before it gets dark.”
Olivia waved. “It was so nice meeting you. Call me if you want to talk.”
“I will. Thank you.” Khloe felt calmer as her Daddy carried her outside. She was still upset, but she put it aside. There were more important things to deal with than her frustration over her bathroom issues. They could deal with that another time.
Chapter Twenty
Several hours later, Khloe was exhausted as she and Felix left the last house they were going to visit for the day. They’d spent more time than they probably should have with Gavin, Felix’s brother. Khloe hadn’t met him yet, and she’d wanted to get to know him since she’d known the two of them were close and would be even closer after Gavin mated.
The sun would be going down soon, and Daddy wanted her home before that happened.
He’d suggested they cut it short after every single house, but she had assured him it would be best to carry on. She’d been to every home of the recently mated: Arion and Jezebel, Brock and Suzette, Elias and Leah, and of course Damon and Olivia. In addition, they’d visited the homes of the parents of the Alpha males, several of the elders, and finally Gavin. That covered just about anyone who would ever come to visit.
She trotted along on her Daddy’s flank, enjoying the view of the mountains. It was so gorgeous up this high. She’d seen it all from the floor of the valley for the last twenty years, but nothing compared to what it was like running free among the trees.
Suddenly, her warm thoughts of beauty were interrupted by the realization that bears were approaching. She gave a small whine to alert her Daddy and came to a stop. Tipping her snout back, she closed her eyes and concentrated.
She learned several things. Now that she’d met those four bears, she could identify them just like she could the wolves in her pack. The two who had not been pleased with her existence were…at her home. Her awareness of them mixed with her vision as if the two forces were the same. It had been like this earlier, too, she realized. She had known the bears were approaching. She had also known wolves were. She had pointedly not gone into any sort of trance either time. Perhaps her wolf could sense things differently than her human when she was shifted. That was an encouraging thought.