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She had the sudden urge to skie of stubble on his jaw--stubble that had once left hs She liked that he’d traded his military buzz for a short-back-and-sides haircut; she’d enjoy tugging on the short, dark, ruffled strands during her next X-rated dream

It was rather sad that he starred in so ly hot and possessed a voice that was pure uid stretch, co to life at the presence of this donized well From minute one, the animal had been curious about hiht now, she was curious about why he was there For thatoff was anything to go by, it wasn’t good

"Hey, Harley, you played great tonight," called out one of the regular guests His friends echoed the sentiment

She lifted her hand in a brief wave "Thanks" She turned back to Jesse and braced herself for whatever had brought hiht now Are you here to break some bad news to me? Has someone been hurt?"

"I won’t answer your questions here," said Jesse "Take us so at his curt, authoritative tone "Not until you tell ht her eye, and she tensed "Is that Bracken and Zander?"

Seeing they had been spotted, the twobut positioning herself so that she could take in all three reetings only received brief nods, Bracken said, "Look, I knoe’re not your favorite people For what it’s worth, we never once thought you introduced Mia to drugs"

"We told the adults of our pack that, but they wouldn’t listen," said Zander

Jesse stepped closer to her "But this isn’t about Mia or anyone else It’s about you And you need to hear e have to say But not here" Jesse cursed inwardly when she just stared at him defiantly His wolf liked that she wasn’t easily pushed, despite being annoyed by her lack of cooperation Jesse was just as frustrated, thoughrock, struggling against an oppressive sexual heat that always struck him around this feline

At one tiuilty, h she’d died before either of theuilt "Don’t try to senduntil you talk to me This relates to your safety"

Stubborn-assedwith him any further He wasn’t the type of h "We can use ht" She led the her arms over her chest, she said, "Well, why are you here?"

Deciding to spare her any preamble, he replied, "I caed with a bo sharply, Harley opened her mouthbut, completely stunned, she had no words Her cat froze, equally shocked Finally, Harley said, "Could you repeat that?"