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"I totally do, don’t I?" Lilly said, standing in Jacque’s doorway

"Hey, hter’s shirt and gave her thumbs up "Nice job on the shirt"

Jen scooted in past Lilly and plopped back down in the floor "Myover for us – brownies, nail polish Ya know, girly stuff I told her we had it covered She told ain, Lilly"

"Yourover to play," Lilly said "Speaking of, Lucas Steele is here"

Jacque’s mouth dropped open "Here here? As in, in this house here?"

"Yes, Jacque, he is here here" Lilly answered "He’s asking to speak with you in private"

Without even thinking, Jacque reached for Fane’s mind "He’s here"

"I know, love I saw his car drive up Are you ok?" Fane asked her

"I’o talk to him Be with me"

"Always," Fane responded

Jacque asked Sally and Jen to wait in her rooht to Lucas’ attention

As she walked into the living roo on the couch, ar little fur ball, she thought to herself and was pleasantly surprised to hear Fane’s chuckle in her mind

"Are you co roouard by his eyes They were two different colors His right eye was crystal blue and his left green as ivy He had broavy hair that he wore messy, but she could tell it was a carefully placedjaw line and when he smiled at her a dimple appeared on both cheeks

"I a," he responded

He had a deep voice, but not quite as deep as Fane’s She had to adrowl "Chillax, wolf-man I only have eyes for you," she told Fane

"Jacque" The sound of her na in front of her and she had to look up to see his face He was at least 6 feet, maybe a little taller "My name is Lucas Steele I’ pack"

"Yeah, he told me He also toldto be youryou not to provoke him, Luna Do you remember that?" Jacque heard Fane’s voice in her s seerowled again I have a feeling he’s going to be doing a lot of that being ht to herself

"I claimed you before he even knew you existed You should beat hiet a lock on how old he was She could tell he was definitely older than her but she couldn’t tell how much older

"How old are you?" she finally asked

He looked a little surprised by her question That’s good, keep him on his toes

"I’m twenty two," he answered