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"I’ay shifter; we hate cold water!" Her cat’s lips pulled back in a snarl
"Stop whining It’s scorching hot out here; you’ll be dry in no time" Jesse jerked as water soaked the back of his shirt and jeans "Hey!" he growled, spinning to face a laughing Eli, as holding his oater blaster "That’s cold!"
"That’s kar her a playful scowl, Jesse whipped off his wet T-shirt, so she said, "Maybe I should take offto let anyone else see those luscious breasts that belonged to hiainst him "You do that and I’ll spank your ass"
"Then I’d have to smack the shit out of you Would you like that?"
"You wouldn’t hurt ainst hers; there was no stubble, since she’d shaved hi, and he liked it "You adorehis arhtly off her feet "My kitty’s all cranky"
"Because you got me wet," she clipped
"Coer "You’ll be dry in minutes" It was such a hot day that ers near the play area to soak up the sun
Derren and Ally were sleeping, the enforcers were placing bets on whether or not Bracken could eat his cake faster than Marcus could eat his, Caleb and Kent were each pushing a pup on the swings, and Kathy was lecturing Eli about his wolf’s habit of destroying her flowers Nick and Shaya were disputing the benefits of following Shaya’s idea and opening so land they noned After Hector’s death, his board of directors had voted to sell the territory to Nick Jesse figured they’d done it because they would rather have Nick as an ally than an ene any businesses on it, but Shaya didn’t appear to be backing down Jesse had initially thought that the Alpha female wasn’t serious about her business idea Maybe she hadn’t been initially In any case, she was set on it now It made sense for the pack to make use of all that land and to contribute to the community Granted, they would probably need to hire outsiders, but that didn’t have to be a bad thing
"Think about it," Shaya said to Nick "If we had a motel set up, both Ally and Harley could have stayed there instead of the guest lodges when they first arrived Not that I’ that they’re here My point is that yououtsiders on our territory If we needed to provide anyone soood place for theo They would have our protection and be on our territory, but they wouldn’t be so close to thehis nape, "but"
"But what?"
"But I don’t want a h, Jesse pulled Harley closer to hi, while Bruce playfully chased therown to accept the wisdo out, because there was no way Harley would have given up the club She was due to open it under a new name in a week’s ti it ready, treating it as their own
"Keep doing that," Harley purred
Jesse sed her scalp It re cere as they sat on the porch swing The day had been special for him but absolute torture for Nick, since so many outsiders had been on his territory: the Phoenix wolves, some shifters from the shelter, Harley’s cousins, Shaya’s father, Cain, Tess, Ally’s uncles, Lily and Shaho had actually been pretty well behaved--and, to Jesse’s extreo so far as to say that his parents warratulations She hadn’t cared about their lack of war as they accepted that he didn’t need to answer to them It was only then he’d learned that she had paid a visit to his old pack with Ally and Roni Not only had his iven Ki the news that the female was permanently banned from their territory
He hadn’t been pleased to hear she’d done all that without telling him, but he’d been too happy that day to care He’d silently laughed his way through the cere at the nearest tree, looking so very tempted to escape Neither he nor his wolf had been offended, well aware that she si the center of attention
The party had beeninteresting, since Ally’s uncle, Dan, had taken a single look at Tess and declared that she was his mate The human had been a little befuddled, but she hadn’t panicked A month later the couple was happily uy’s pack Harley was ecstatic that her aunt was no longer alone To Tess’s shock, her parents hadn’t disowned her the way they had Lily Harley suspected it was for the si the snobs could respect
"You bitch"
Pulled out of his thoughts, Jesse looked to see Eli sto on one of the loungers