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"I calance "I took er out on you and I said some pretty sly remarks I was out of line" Simple To the point No atteain"

"No, it won’t," said Jesse

"And I’m sorry for ht to do what she did If I’d knohat she planned, I would have put a stop to it Please believe that"

Roni entered then, shoulders hunched and eyes glinting with sharound his teeth as they dug into his skin Just a little lad that Roni didn’t advance any farther into the room

"I’m sorry too, Jesse" Roni bit her lip "I don’t have an excuse There isn’t an excuse for turning up at your house to confront your mate--a fe to blaht; I should know better than to let her get ize to Harley too"

Going by the way she was tapping her claws"I don’t think Harley or her cat will be receptive right now"

Roni’s shoulders slumped "On a scale of one to ten, how mad at me is she?"

"Harley or her cat?"

"Both"

"Harley blaonna need a little tih"

"Kathy, Caleb, and Kent have been dealt with," said Shaya "The boys had actually backed doell before Nick arrived at the scene They feel like shit but are too scared to face your mate, especially in her cat form As for Kathyshe’s been uncharacteristically quiet Subdued, even"

"It’s because Jesse told her she lost a lot of his respect," Roni explained "Respect reat deal to my mother Not just because she’s a very proud, dominant female, but because my father placed a lot of iive it before you could get it, that to lose so"

"Then it would see deeply, Shaya turned to Jesse "Dinner’s ale to eat?"