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"It’ll be interesting to see what catches your attention on the slopes" He returned his gaze to the road "My other brother, Jake, is a photographer also He likes to take pictures of wildlife and flowers"

She didn’t say anything

"The two of you could probably compare notes," he continued

"I probably won’t ht be afraid to ray wolves

"We’ll have dinner at Darien’s place Jake and his "

She didn’t respond

Tom tried not to smile She wouldn’t win She had to know that She was in another pack’s territory, and they made the rules Unless she was a loner and not used to pack rules

"I’athering," she finally said

"He will insist that you come" Darien hadn’t, but Tom knew that he would require that she dined with him and Lelandi because she was a she-wolf Athe slopes, or adeal But since she was an uner than a day, Darien would want to keep tabs on the situation

If To Elizabeth a lift to the resort, he would have dropped her off at the ski rentals But he didn’t want her out of his sight until he let the other wolves in the vicinity know she was under his protection He thought he ht enjoy his role as her protector

As he drove past the ski-rental shop toward the parking lot, Elizabeth turned her head to look "You could have droppeda sub-leader, I can expedite the rental process," he was quick to say

"Oh"

"Is your pack very big?" he asked, fishing forfor ato come up with an answer The coyote trickster h," she said evasively

Which didn’t tell hied to a coyote pack instead, and she didn’t want to let on He didn’t have any proble space, and she was out of the pickup in a hurry She slipped her ski hat and gloves on and hurried back to the ski-rental hut He quickly joined her

Maybe she was a rogue wolf-coyote, shunned by the coyotes and the wolves He hadn’t considered that before If that was the case, he felt like a heel for bringing up her pack alliance when norht of himself as thewhat to say to rectify his faux pas, he walked alongside her in silence She stared straight ahead at the ski-rental hut and avoided looking at anyoneat Tom and her

Wolves, the lot of theave him the thumbs-up