She headed off to the laundry room when she heard the buzzer on the washer go off and switched the clothes over to the dryer. She picked up some clothes from the basket on the floor and started to put them in the washer. She paused for a moment to take in the scent of the clothes. They were Ryan's, and his scent was all over them. She breathed in the scent deeply.

She loved the way he smelled to her. His scent instantly sent shivers down her spine, and brought back memories of the night before. She felt herself being turned on by the scent and wanting to explore more of his body. When she realized the fantasy that was playing through her mind, she quickly shoved the rest of the close into the washer closed the door and started it. What was wrong with her, why was she suddenly obsessed with the man? Why every time she thought about him or smelled him did she want to take him to bed?

She decided that she needed to start cleaning to take her mind off of her previous thoughts. She cleaned the house, then sat down on the couch not sure what to do with herself for the rest of the day. She didn't want to allow herself to get caught up in fantasies about Ryan again. She needed something to do to keep her busy.

It was almost noon and she decided that she should make the guys some lunch and take it over to them. She was sure that they would be hungry after all the work that they had been doing. Even if they weren't working they would be hungry, she thought to herself. They always seemed to be hungry, and always ate so much. She wondered how they kept their trim figures when they took in so much food. She smiled to herself as she set off to the kitchen.

"So. Are you going to tell us what happened last night, or just let us come to our own conclusions?" Tony asked as he was pounding a new floor board into place.

"What happened between me and Angel is just that, between me and Angel. Mind your own business." Ryan said back as he pounded in his own floor board.

"Well my guess is that it was a good night from the way that your acting, and the smell of her scent is all over you." Jack added from the other side of the room.

Jack and Tony let out a small chuckle when they looked up to see the stern look on their Alphas face. They knew that he wasn't mad at them. He was annoyed that they wouldn't just shut up and leave him alone. They were enjoying teasing and questioning him throughout the morning. It had been a long time since they had seen Ryan in this good of a mood, and they couldn't resist the chance of playing with his mind a little bit.

Ryan was in a great mood that morning. He had pleasured his mate for the first time the night before, and couldn't wait to explore more of her. Sleeping next to her, with her head on his chest all night gave him peace of mind. He knew that she was safe there next to him, and wanted nothing more than to stay there with her forever. He was expecting her to be freaking out when she awoke next to him in bed, but to his surprise she wasn't mad at all.

She was a little confused looking, but after questioning her on why he understood. She was asleep when he had brought her in and she was wondering what had happened for her to wake up next to him in bed. After reassuring her that nothing happened that she didn't already know about. She seemed relaxed about the fact that he was there with her.

She seemed more than pleased when he gave her a morning kiss, and he was sure that she was as happy to be with him, as he was to be with her. While he was trying to make breakfast and she reached above her head to get the coffee cups, his wolf was jumping at the fact that he could just see the edges of her butt hanging out of the bottom of her skirt.

It took everything he had to not make love to her right there in the kitchen. He had to restrain himself and his wolf and ask her to change so that his temptation didn't get the best of him. To his surprise he could sense the same temptations in her as she offered to postpone breakfast and give him what he was craving. He again had to hold himself back and deny her offer for the time being.

He wanted her, he wanted all of her. He wanted to show her the pleasure that no other man could dream of giving her, but he knew that the time wasn't right. He knew that he had to get her to understand that there was another half to herself that she had not yet discovered. He had to make sure that she and her wolf were on the same page before he made the commitment of making love to her.

He had been trying to figure out how the woman could be 21 years old and never once had she phased. How could she have held the wolf in for that long? It had to be fighting her to get out. That was clear to him a few days ago when she had the attack at the diner. She was shaking uncontrollably like she was about to phase, but she managed to hold it back. Then on Friday, the night of the full moon, he was sure that her wolf had to have been fighting her as hard as it could to get out.

Most 'weres' couldn't control phasing in a full moon for at lease the first few years. The moon called to their inner wolfs, and even if they tried they could not hold them in. How was this girl about to hold in her wolf for so many years, through so many full moons? It hit him then, her scent on the night of the full moon. It was different; it was diluted with the scent of a chemical, a medication.

Was this medication she was taking holding the wolf inside, he asked himself. This was the first full moon since he and his pack had moved in, and it was the first time he had smelled the scent of the pills on her. Did she somehow know that she needed to take them when the moon was full? Did she know that something was inside of her fighting to get out? He found himself needing to know the answers to these questions.

"Hey Tony, Friday night at the bar, did you happen to get a scent of Angel?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, I always get her scent when she's in the same room. She part of the pack, why wouldn't I?" Tony questioned.

"Did you smell anything different about her scent?" Ryan continued to question.

"Well I guess it did smell off. I just didn't think much off it. There was some type of chemical or medication smell to it I guess." Tony said with a shrug.

"Yeah there was, when we got into that argument on the street she said that she was taking prescription pills. I think that those pills might have something to do with the reason she has never phased. With the full moon that night her wolf had to of been fighting her to get out. She was so drugged up she could barely even stand on her own." Ryan stated.

The three men stopped working and all looked at each other. Each one wondering if that was possible. If that could be the reason behind Angel not knowing that she was a werewolf.

"I'm going to have to ask her more questions about the pills. Try to get information on how long she has been taking them, and when. That should give us more information." Ryan said as he went back to work on the floor boards.

Angel placed all the sandwiches she made on a plate, then threw a few bottles of water in a plastic bag and carried them out the door. She walked up the steps of the farmhouse admiring how well built they were. The men had torn out the old steps and built a new porch that expanded the whole front area of the farmhouse. They added in a new wide set of stairs and a nice sturdy railing around the whole thing. It was raw wood, not treated or painted. She wondered to herself if they were going to leave it like that or paint it. She liked the look and smell of the wood the way that it was, but thought that it would look nice if it was painted a bright white too.

She opened the door and was again surprised at the quality of work in the door. It was a sturdy solid wood door, with a small half moon shaped window at the top. It opened without a sound and swung easily on the hinges. She was even more surprised when she walked in and saw that the walls of the living room had a coat of freshly sanded plaster, and were ready for paint. The three men were there in the living room just finishing up the last few floor boards of the beautiful bamboo hardwood flooring in the room.

"Wow! You guys have done a lot of work! This place looks great!" She stated as her eyes wondered about the room.

"Glad you like it, Ryan has been working us like dogs for the last few weeks." Jack said with a grin on his face. She wondered what he found funny about that.

"I brought you over some lunch. I thought that you might be hungry." She held out the plate of sandwiches to the guys.

They all three instantly came up and grabbed one in each hand. She was still amazed at how much and how fast these men could eat. By the time she had set the empty plate down by the door and turned back around they were all taking the last bites of their first sandwiches, and getting ready for the second ones. She opened the plastic bag that hung over her arm and handed them each a bottle of water.

"There are a few more bottles in here for later too." she said as she set the bag down by the floor.

The men were silent as they finished their sandwiches.

"Well time to get started on the kitchen, come on Tony lets go." Jack said. "Thanks for

lunch Angel." he added as the men walked into the other room.

Ryan finished his bottle of water and tossed it onto the plastic bag on the floor. He walked over to Angel and gave her a big bear hug lifting her feet off the ground for a few seconds. She giggled as he set her back down on her feet. He kissed her on her forehead and she felt a shiver run down her spine. 'How does he do that to me?' She wondered. 'Every time he touches me its like a shock runs right though me.' He still had his hands around her waist as he began to speak.

"We should be done working around four, then I will come in and shower and you can open your gift if you would like." The thought of Ryan naked in the shower instantly made her feel warm down below. He could sense her need right away and quickly added "You could join me in the shower if you would like."

Not wanting to show him how excited she was about the offer she smiled and said "If you're lucky maybe I will." She kissed him on the check and headed out the door.