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When she sat up, she swayed a little, and he moved to help her. He’d never seen anyone dizzy while sitting before, and worried that she might not be eating well. “I’m all right, thank you.”
    Elijah sat on the couch with her. He knew that she was nervous—hell, so was he—but his wolf was happier if he was closer to her. When she glared at him, he smiled. He kind of liked her show of temper.
    “I live in the building you were talking about, and I pay rent. I’m not sure why you’d think I was homeless.” Elijah looked at Trent and then back at Noelle. “What is it now?”
    “We own that building. Well, I do. But I don’t have any tenants in it that I’m aware of.” She nodded. “No. I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m not renting it out. We’ve had it in the works for a few months now to tear it down and build some much needed condos in its place.”
    “But I pay rent to a company by the name of Windshield. They said that all the utilities were included and that trash pickup was also there. There are times when that’s late, but we get it in our rent.” She looked at her hands and frowned. “There are seven of us living there. I did wonder why no one else had moved in. But we’re all paying nine hundred a month to stay there.”
    “I’ll have Joe look into it. She can find out things faster than anyone I know.” Trent got up to leave then and paused at the door. “You’re not going to get to go back there, I’m afraid. Whoever is collecting rent from you is going to go to jail.”
    After he left, Elijah watched her. She was beautiful, he thought, her skin as pale as porcelain. Her dark hair was freshly cut…he could see small hairs on her shoulder and her neck. The thought of licking her there had him thinking of other places he wanted to taste her. He realized that she was saying something and asked her to repeat it.
    “I said, what am I supposed to do now? I don’t have anywhere to live.” It was on the tip of his tongue to tell her that she could live with him, but he thought that he should take it a little slower on that score. “I have money, but not enough to buy me a house yet. And the money from the big ticket might take a little bit to get as well.”
    “Tell me about your parents and how you know Joe and Noah. And so you know, he’s a friend of ours. And if Joe said that he’s not mad at you, then I would take that as gospel. He’s a good man.” She nodded but didn’t say anything. “I want to help you. I need to do this for you.”
    “You told your brother that I was your mate. I heard you say that when I was...before.” He nodded and asked her if she knew what that meant. “Some. Not a lot. I know that you think I belong to you, but I can’t. I’m not really the belonging to someone type.”
    He laughed. “And what sort of type would you say you are? And so you know, I think you’re perfectly suited to belong to me.” He watched her face redden, and he wanted to touch the skin to see if it was as hot as it looked. “Talk to me. If you don’t, then I’m going to pull you into my lap and hold you.”
    “Don’t do that, please. I have...I have some soreness.” He asked her why, and she shook her head. “My stepfather worked for this company called Specktron. I’m not really sure what they do, but Howard, my stepfather, was one of the office men. Again, I’m not sure what he did there, but Noah Stark owned it. He told me that Noah had needed him there, that when he’d been fired it had been a big blow to his company, and that it was going to be years before they would be able to recoup the losses. I’m pretty sure he was full of shit, but Noah was angry that day.”
    “It’s a company that goes to job sites, tells the person what it would cost from high end to low cost to do the job. Mostly it’s buildings for big corporations. But they also look at land in different states and see what sort of tax breaks might come with building in certain