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"So, why did I have to hear that Jaseʼs parents were taking hi coach in Louisville this weekend from Tinsley Henson?" he asked

"I didnʼt realize you were interested in e career"

"Iʼm not Unlike the rest of Western Kentucky, I couldnʼt care less which school your brother goes to I do care that you have this house to yourself all weekend" It took two short steps for him to reach me His hands rested on my hips as ht youto tell hi, butelse If I had ue when he heardyelled from the top of the stairs

"Ouch!" I yelped His teeth were sharp

Alexʼs eyes ide "Youʼre not alone?"

"No, Angel is here" My tongue throbbed slightly "Iʼ to turn into a olf now, am I?" Dr Smithʼs book, which I read from cover to cover three times, said that lycanthropy, the ability to turn into a wolf, couldnʼt be passed through biting, but I needed to be reassured

"Shifters are born, not made"

At that moment my little sister appeared in the archway that led from the foyer to the kitchen She was prepared to launch into a full-on whine about so or another, but then she realized that we had coel!" He lifted her up and gave her a giant bear hug, co the climatic reunion at the end of one of those movies where the kid has been separated frorand adventure involving a dog or talking gerbil Only, in real life, it

"Alex came by to pick up so" He sat her back down and rested one of his hands atop of her cow-licked head "Leave?

No! I havenʼt seen him in a million billion years!" Her sky-colored eyes blinked sloice as the corners of herher bottoel Donovan puppy dog face "Canʼt you stay for a little while? Pleeeeeeeease?" There was no doubt that he would cave It takes years of practice to resist the puppy dog face, with even theon occasion "I think I could stay for a little bit longer"

"I donʼt think thatʼs a good idea," I said, interrupting Angelʼs squeal of delight

"Why not?"

"You knohy not"

She thought about it for a minute "Well, Jase isnʼt here He wonʼt know" The quirk of Alexʼs ets home and finds out?"

My little sister placed her hands on her hips and cocked her head to the side in a fa to tell him Are you?"

"Of course not"

"Good" Her victorious smile was mirrored on Alexʼs face "Cʼel led Alex through the house, giving him a tour of the mundane lives of the Donovan fae clothes, but Alex wasnʼt having it He tugged on one ofa newfound fondness for unicorns when I suggested it

After a full inventory of the first level of our house, Angel ht "This is o in there," I warned

"Iʼirl can dish out"