Kidnapped By My Mate

Chapter 24

Cheyenne

Once we were down in the kitchen, which Shelby had to lead me to, I was surprised to find Stephan, my translator, there.

I'm pretty sure he was gay, but I couldn't just come out and ask him that.

Shelby quickly ran up to the counter and jumped onto it. She swung her feet up and down and suddenly said, "We should make muffins!"

"I don't think we have any muffin mix though," Stephan said.

I just rolled my eyes, I can make muffins from scratch. It's pretty easy.

"Really? That's surprising, no offense! I just didn't think you'd know that!" Stephan said, trying to cover up the fact that he said he didn't think I'd know something.

Dude, it's fine, calm down.

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An hour and a half later the muffins were done, it took that long since I couldn't talk and I had to set everything down every time I had to say something, and since Shelby wanted to help we had made a mess of the kitchen.

I placed the second of the two hot muffin tins on the stove to cool, taking off my oven mitts.

I set them on the counter and moved to turn.

"They smell delicious," Markus' voice spoke from behind me.

The sudden words from his voice scared me and I turned around quickly, causing my elbow to run into the hot muffin tray and I flinched from the burning contact.

Great, just what I needed, another burn.

Markus seemed shocked and worried, he asked, "Are you okay?" and grabbed my arm lightly to look at the burn.

I just rolled my eyes and let him look, he would probably insist on inspecting it anyway.

I slowly pulled away and went to the sink, turning on the coldest water possible. I put my elbow under it for about a minute, everyone was watching me, except Shelby, she had left to get her brother so he could try our muffins.

I signed as best I could with an elbow in the sink, Can someone get me an ice pack? Stephan repeated it out loud. and then moved to go to the freezer.

"I got it," Markus said and stepped to the freezer which was much closer to him than to Stephan.

I took my elbow out from the water and carefully patted it dry with a hand towel from the drawer next to the sink. I had found a few things while searching for the tools I needed to make muffins.

I was handed an ice pack by a sorry looking Markus, and tied it to my elbow with the hand towel.

It scared me how much I've gotten used to being here. I just felt comfortable, like I belonged here, but I knew that I had to find a way to get back to Owen and college and my job. I just wanted my old life back.

Just then Shelby came running into the room with Dylan right behind her, "Cheyenne! What happened?" she gasped when she saw the ice pack.

I just smiled at her expression, her little jaw wide open and her eyes big, and signed, I'm fine, it's just a little burn!

I decided to change the subject, so I picked Shelby up and set her on the counter.

Now about those muffins.

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Markus

Seeing Cheyenne with Shelby made both my wolf and I extremely happy, she was so good with her! She'd probably be just as good with the other children as well.

They worked together to get the muffins out of the tray and onto a plate, Cheyenne taking them all out then they both arranged them nicely on a large plate.

Shelby then had Dylan move them to the middle of the table for when people came down to get breakfast. She was adorable, pointing and telling him exactly what to be.

My eyes wandered to Cheyenne, who was smiling at Shelby, and admiring the way she looked beautiful without even trying.

Her hair was messy but it was in that cute way girls somehow managed to pull off. Here sleeves were pushed up her arm and the ice pack was still around her elbow, though it was loosening.

Maybe this whole thing could work.