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"They’ve got blacktip reef sharks off the east end and at The Maze But o there and the sharks circle the for food because the divers used to feed theovernment outlawed the practice Nurse sharks were seen on the west and north dive locations Harays on the north end Generally, nurse sharks are in the shallower areas They don’t bite unless you’re durab a tail or try to feed one by hand"

He didn’t look convinced

She so swi with her so he could protect her from all the sharks He’d look daht any because he was here strictly on business Did Highland wolves even wear swimsuits? It was too cold for theine that his castle had an indoor swi pool

Did he even kno to swim? Well, sure He was a wolf

"I’ll be fine See you in the " She attempted to keep any hint of disappoint alone wasn’t all that much fun, but she wanted to work off sorant money, or lack of it

Before she totally lost her , badsharks, or technically in her case, she-wolf-eating sharks, she seized the s room Without another word, she entered herto join her, she fished out her bikini rather than a one-piece, dressed, grabbed her phone and a beach towel featuring a beautiful gray ith intense amber eyes, and opened the bedroo on the phone and explaining how he had to pay so much more for a room because the reserved hotel roory, and she knew then that he really couldn’t have afforded a lotif he’d explain he was staying with a she-wolf or say anythingthe man who had stolen his clan’s"Yeah, a woman whose boyfriend works for Silverman The boyfriend was supposed to meet her here, but he said he couldn’t come because Silverman still had another job for him in the States The woman wasn’t a wolf I don’t know if her boyfriend is or not But I lost the trail"

Shelley knew she shouldn’t eavesdrop, but she couldn’t help herself She was curious how he’dthe crook Surely, Duncan couldn’t be thinking of breaking into a bank Did he even knohich bank held the ive Duncan a written invitation to his estate

Her darned phone jingled in her hand, nearly giving her a stroke Duncan’s conversation suddenly ceased His footfalls neared the door to his roo, sort of Thankfully, he hadn’t actually seen her, but he knehere she’d been standing because of her traitorous phone and that she’d been close enough to hear his end of the conversation

She checked the caller ID on her phone and saw that her girlfriend Wendy was calling "Are you with your date?" Shelley asked, not wanting to explain that she had found a roohland wolf, which she kneould concern Wendy It would have concerned her if their roles had been reversed

"The guy’s fun but not a wolf"

"I thought for now that would be a good thing," Shelley said

Wendy sighed heavily over the phone "Maybe I’s a bit"

"I think so Too bad you couldn’t have cootten away from it all"

"You know ain "How can you afford this without the grantyou the whole 5,000 You can’t afford to get stuck with that e to do it"

Wendy was an heiress with tons of money Her parents had owned a baby-food factory in Canada and then diversified, and she’d inherited the whole lot Shelley wasn’t about to ask Wendy for the ed to coo on trips with her friend when she could afford to and had the ti off two seone on vacation in a couple of years and had really saved for this, but she still ot a surprise roommate" Shelley opened the back door, walked out, and then shut the door and crossed the patio to the sandy beach

She had to tell Wendy about Duncan, and Shelley was sure her friend wasn’t going to approve

Too bad Wendy couldn’t have coured she and Wendy could have shared the twin beds, and Duncan could have had thefor half of the rent would help with expenses, and having two she-wolves working as a unified force against one Highland hunk would help ensure that she kept this strictly a business proposition