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Because he'd done it to her, she slapped his ass He flashed her a soing to pay for that

As he loped off to the field, he pulled his shirt over his head; he was on the skins team-hallelujah for that His brother Munro was on the same team-double hallelujah

Two th and vitality

One of the females in the clan, a tall beauty naers in front of Chloe's starstruck eyes With a s here"-she patted the back of her hand against her own mouth-"mayhap drool? Munro and MacRieve have that effect on feet that reaction all the ti some supernaturally beautiful Lorean, and her fists clenched

"Oh, aye They have since they were just boys" She bit her lip, as if she'd said so she shouldn't have

"Why is MacRieve called by his last name?"

"He's the chieftain of the Nova Scotian Lykae, so it's a title He's considered the MacRieve there Plus, Sassenach have been slaughtering his given naot old Only his twin calls him Will For the rest of us, it's MacRieve"

Chloe herself had slaughtered his name "Are you sure I can't help you clean up?"

Cassandra said, "You just enjoy the show"

The game started with a barn burner of a drive Chloe had never really paid attention to rugby-if a particular sport had no woue, then she wasn't much of a fan Yet after a few plays, she noted similarities to both soccer and football

All of the males were fast, but MacRieve's speed down the field was blistering A good thing Considering the way thesepossible not to get caught with the ball

His chest sheening with sweat, his eyes focused, he and Munro passed the ball back and forth, eluding defenders, see to know exactly where the other brother would be

A twin thing? Or just lots of practice?

Oh, yeah, did MacRieve have moves on the field And off it Whenever she recalled what he'd done to her, her face would flush scarlet

He was so do And a dirty talker Apparently, she liked both A lot

He'd said that she'd surrendered to him, and she supposed she had But in her mind, sex was a new sport she'd never played, while he was a seasoned pro Of course she was going to let hi to what he wanted, because sex was his home turf

Was it any wonder she'd proh she'd been under duress, how could she have just blown off trying to leave this compound, to find her dad?

Granted, she had no idea where to begin searching-or how to get past a freaking siege But she played offense So what gives?

Was some dark part of her convinced she'd already forfeited the Ga an immortal mother? Was soered and becaone She'd have th to defend herself from all the Loreans that wanted to abduct and torture her She'd never get sick or die

And she'd get to be with MacRieve

The more she liked him, theaway Her dreaone Yet when she ith hi of loss

Shouldn't she? Maybe she didn't because she'd suspected for weeks that her life as she'd known it was over?

You're not human

Instead of devastation, at that , like the other shoe was about to drop It couldn't possibly be worse than the one that had already penalty-kicked the shit out of her life Between the ene with her own body, how could she not feel foreboding?

Ronan slid into the seat next to hers, patting his belly "Okay, lass, I've decided to forgive you for no' cooking breakfast Just so long as it never happens again"

"Lucky me" Since she'd probably be this kid's rooet to know hiht?"

Shoulders back, he said, "Just turned fifteen But I get that all the tirade are you in?"

"We doona have grades" He rolled his clear gray eyes "Doona go to hu we need"

"Pick up?"

"Lykae spot details others can't see, and then our curiosity drives us to investigate them Our superior intellects mean we retain most of e learn"

This kid had attitude But then, Chloe had always liked attitude

He popped a new beer for her-because she'd finished hers

"Thanks Why have I never discovered beer before?" Then she frowned to see a bottle in Ronan's underage paw "They let you drink?"

"It's no' like I'ht human who canna handle my liquor"

"Ooh, burn" To be fair, she was already buzzed

He chuckled, and she joined hih-pitched shriek sounded from over the wall

"It doesn't freak you out that those things are out there?" she said

"You've never seen a turned Lykae There's a reason those creatures have no' braved an attack"

So she kept hearing Whicha turned Lykae truly was

MacRieve scored just then, giving abow to his opponents He ran his arm over his forehead, and all the sweat-slicked er fros of his jeans

When unturned, MacRieve was hotter than flalued to hie to fan her face Casting about for a subject, she said to Ronan, "Thisand no school

"I guess I'm new here For the most part, Glenrial is the dreck duinates from Kinevane, Scotland And then we have an official colony in Nova Scotia called Bheinnrose The twins founded it, carving that place from scratch in the wilds up there But here? This is where the fuckups come, the ones who doona fit in elsewhere"

"Like who?"

"Our prince, Garreth-aka the Dark Prince-lived here before he met his mate And see Cassandra over there?" He subtly pointed with his beer "She's in love with our king, but Lachlain's happilya hiatus fro, 'cause once he loses his teh she'd azed at the erous, but thuggish, like he'd list his "hobbies" as hookers and blow

Since he was a Lykae, that justStill, she never, ever wanted to see him lose his temper

She asked Ronan, "So why are you here then?"

"Ben and I are orphans It's no' exactly coe, so no one knohat to do with us"

"What happened?"

"Ghoul attack Fuckers got two members of our family"