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"I agree," said Dante "He knows he won’t win a fight against you, Trey, and he knows that he’ll earn himself plenty of enemies even if he didsituation for hih to know that"

"He won’t drop this, though," warned Dominic "He has a plan We’re part of it I don’t think he’ll let anything et us on his side"

"How?" asked Trey

Dosopen slowly, and Frankie drove across the border of Phoenix Pack territory She paused at a security shack just as a male strode out When she lowered the , he bent forward He was kind of cute, especially with the dimpled smile He was also mated--she could smell it "Hi, I’m--"

"Frankie Newman," he finished "Lydia told me you’d be here at noon"

She’d called Lydia the previous night and arranged to coht The situation was fucked up and she wasn’t sure what to think, feel, or believe, but she would in fact regret notIris

"I’ood friends withyou again"

Frankie’s smile was a little nervous "Great What route do I take to--" Her head whipped to the side as her passenger door was pulled open Trick slid into the car His suid and made her wolf sit up in interest

"Hello, Frankie" Trick tipped his chin at Gabe and said, "See you at dinner, if not before" He then turned back to her "You can give me a ride"

She slowly lifted a brow "Can I?"

"Sure Just follow the road"

Her tires crunched as they started up the rocky trail She didn’t drive fast, wanting to take in her surroundings The territory was gy aze on her skin, she threw hi"

"But you’re such a pretty view" Trick loved looking at her Loved absorbing every inch of her, knowing deep down to his soul that she was his

He’d never in his life felt possessive of a partner, but the eht of her, inhaled her scent He was doing his best to hide it, tone down his intensity, and couard It was hard; he wasn’t used to subtlety By nature he was forward and outspoken But he didn’t want to fuck this up So far she’d been relatively relaxed around hih he doubted she knehy

His as currently feeling rather self-satisfied, content to have his mate on his territory The ani increasingly pissed off at Trick for failing to do so "Nervous?"

"Not really," said Frankie God, she was such a liar Her , and her mouth was dry as a bone Yeah, well, it wasn’t every day that a girl went to visit a grandmother and bunch of pack lad Trick was there; he had a way of settling her "I don’t knohat to expect I don’t like that"

"Iris and Lydia are more nervous than you are Once upon a tiirl who adored them unconditionally It’s hard for them that you don’t remember them"

"I can’t help that," she said defensively