I let out a sigh of relief. Living here was going to be an adjustment, but I’d make it work. My bags sat on a bench at the foot of his bed. I strode to them to grab my phone and computer. “What’s the Wi-Fi password?” I said as I sat on the bed and powered up my laptop.

His hands were on his hips as he looked down at me. “Ehm…”

Oh no. I didn’t like the sound of that. “No big. I can get a wireless router. You have an Ethernet jack, right?” I was sure I could find one in the little town that we’d passed on the way to the stronghold.

“Ehm…” He scratched his head. “Well, to be honest…”

My hands tightened around my laptop and I heard a tiny crack. I placed it on the bed beside me before I seriously damaged it. I counted to five and took a breath before speaking. “You do have Internet. Right?” I mean everyone had Internet. It was essential to life. I knew I couldn’t survive without it.

“There’s a computer in the pack library. It has some service.”

No. That wasn’t going to work. “You have a flat-screen TV, so you must have cable.” Depending on the service, we could get Internet installed, no problem.

“DVDs.”

I couldn’t even deal with that. Not with the jet lag and the mad wolf and the murder scene and…

Time to regroup. I just had to think… “I can fix this. I just need a second.” Come on, Meredith. Who did I know that could help upgrade a castle of this size to the modern era?

“There’s this IT specialist, Sophia, in the Arizona pack. She upgraded our system a couple years ago. I’ll call her and we can get this place wired.”

Donovan winced. “Might have to wait until other things get sorted first.”

Right. We’d hunt down John’s murderer, figure out a solution to the Vivian mess, and then get Wi-Fi. I’d be without for, like, a month. Tops.

I checked my phone. I had a signal. Data was roaming and I couldn’t even load a Google search, but at least I could text and make a call. Or so I hoped. Because if I didn’t have that…

I’d survive. Yes, I’d be super behind on this season of Escaping Polygamy and I didn’t even want to think about Life in Pieces or Jane the Virgin, but I’d catch up. The hardest part was going to be the lack of Skype. No calls to my friends. No chats with Ciara or Max. I was totally cut off from my friends and family, with a hostile pack and no TV to give me any relief.