Mountain Men II: Primal Hunger Read Free

which had a male’s name on the lease and into a
place with a lease with her name alone. Bain found himself agitated
at the knowledge that she had lived with someone and some man had
provided for her. At least he hoped it was in the past and she
wasn’t seeing him now. He felt itchy at the thought and scratched
the stubble on one cheek.
    Why does it matter?
    Bain snapped the file shut and
placed it on the desk. He walked over to his mini fridge and got a
bottle of water. After upending it and drinking it all, Bain's eye
strayed inevitably back to the seemingly innocuous file on his
desk. None of what was in that file should've affected him as
profoundly as it so obviously had.
    Unless.
    Instead of exploring that ‘unless’
any further, Bain settled back in his chair and delved further back
in the Brooks file. She had first moved out at the age of eighteen
into an apartment building and eventually graduated college. Her
doctor's physical was clear, nothing to inhibit exhaustive physical
activities, especially some of the exhaustive physical activities
he wanted to do with her.
    A mental image of Maura bent over
the headboard, like she was earlier, popped into Bain's head,
except this time she was naked. He felt his canines lengthen and
his pants got even tighter. The reaction this woman elicited from
him was disturbing.
    The guests began to arrive at a
steady pace and saved Bain from having to delve too deeply into
that emotional quagmire, but it continued to haunt him most of the
night.
    * * * *
    Everyone gathered for breakfast the
next morning. The kitchen was fully stocked and open to guests
almost always but served up three palate pleasing meals a day.
Guests were expected to maintain a healthy caloric intake to fuel
themselves, especially on outings that required lots of exertion.
They were encouraged to eat when they were hungry, as long as they
made sure it was healthy, nutrient filled food. Individual cabins
didn't have kitchens for this very reason. The food selection was
specially designed for premium fuel intake and minimal caloric
impact. Chips and soda weren't among the selections
here.
    Almost all of the food was supplied
by a small self sustaining farm set on the property but situated
somewhat away from the main fitness compound. Fresh fruits and
vegetables abounded. The farm was yet another reason the resort
opted to stay small and exclusive. Keeping the guests size minimal
allowed the small farm to supply the resort with the excess crops
they grew and keep food costs to nearly nothing.
    It was genius really.
    The exclusivity of the place kept
the demand for its services very high. The wait list to come here
had, at times, been months in advance. Maura had no doubt the
waitlist would soon extend to years. The timber cut to clear the
area for the club house had been repurposed into the housing
material or raw materials to make the furniture. They employed
solar water heaters which often came in handy during hard mountain
winters when losing electricity during snow storms was more common
than not. The clever design of the fireplaces in guests’ cabins
gave off maximum heat with minimum energy waste. The expenses for
this resort were next to nil, the carbon footprint very little, and
it was an excellent model for a sustainable eco friendly
resort.
    Genius.
    After breakfast, each guest was
given their individual itinerary for the fitness assessments.
Everyone would participate in a yoga lesson everyday but
proficiency level of each student would be determined before
grouping into classes of similar skill sets.
    Maura had included yoga in her
classes at the gym. She jiggled less in those workouts, but still
was very much a beginner. Apparently most of the yoga classes were
set near the river bank, which ought to be a tranquil
setting.
    There were a variety of methods of
exercise the resort used to whip its guests into shape. Maura
couldn't help but feel a surge of both anticipation and dread flash
through her.