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"Foreboding" That was the second word that had coonna stand here all day and take in the scenery or what?" Pax had asked

I’d given hi his head to the pub behind us "I’ed ether we’d crossed the sh le paved walk that ran in front of the stores I’d glanced down the row of buildings A baker A fishrocer An inn and a pub And absolutely no people around Weird Very, very weird Good thing weird had been our specialty

A black sign with a sliver of a red es, and the creaking noise had echoed off the building In silver letters, the sign read THE BLOOD MOON Pax had pushed in through the red double doors--quite befitting, the red--and I’d followed Inside, it had taken ht A hush fell over the handful of people gathered in the single-rooers," I’d whispered to Pax They had stopped what they were doing or saying to stare at us No one had uttered a word

I’d glanced at Pax, then all around, until hted on the man behind the bar He had dark, expressionless eyes that reht into me His head, shaved bald, had shined beneath the pub’s overhead light He’d said nothing I had walked up to hi for Lucian MacLoud," I’d said "Knohere we can find him?"

It eird, mine and Lucian’s relationship I felt coh we’d known each other forever He’d had nearly three weeks to come to terms with the fact that I was his marked mate; I’d had about twenty-four hours Still, I accepted it readily and willingly It felt…natural, as though my life was to turn out no other way than to be here, in the Highlands of Scotland, with an ancient Pict warrior-wolf It felt even more natural to beco like a lunatic, but there you go

Lucian and I left the bothy the last day of my transition and traveled north and west to the MacLeod stronghold Situated on a sea loch, thetowers, dominated the seascape It literally stole lanced at hirasped my hand "Nay We live here"

My heart swelled at his words We’d not exchanged the L-word yet; soht But we’d both claimed each other, and the word "mine" sounded nearly as powerful as, if not more than, the word "love" There would be an adjust of which I was absolutely positive: We were ravel lane that led to the massive front doors of the castle, and before we had the Rover in park, five big guys emptied the entrance and ths and bodies that looked like they swung axes and swords and kicked ass for a living

Lucian glanced at hed "They won’t bite"

I looked at him and raised a brow "Doubt that"

I climbed out of the Rover, slammed the door, and faced the MacLeods

"Gin, my brothers Arron, Raife, Christopher, Jacob, and Sean"

Arron walked up and embraced me; the others followed "Welco quicksilver

"About time we had a lass around the place," Jacob said, and the others laughed

The MacLeods welcomed me, and as it ith Lucian, the same held true with his brothers It felt like I’d known them my entire life

The MacLeod fortress entailed no less than two hundred acres and the shoreline, and inside the castle was aan ancient wolf clan of Pict warriors Pri to think how long ago Lucian and his brothers were born, how long they’d lived