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Gwen couldn’t help grinning as she iined the look on Brandt’s face "He will hate that"

"Of course he will No one likes being tricked And if he believes you are going to change your state In a sense, you’d be setting a trap for hiht into it"

"Exactly" Zander kissed her "You’ll get the last laugh, baby Do what you gotta do to get it"

CHAPTER TWELVE

Zander stretched across the table and took his shot There was a loud, satisfying s, he watched the second ball smoothly roll across the table and then tumble into a corner pocket Zander’shis cue stick "I hate playing pool with people better than ame, Ally snorted "You’re such a sore loser"

"I haven’t lost yet"

They’d claiave thee space It also allowed Zander to track Gwen’sher walk around in shorts and a tank top was distracting, to say the least Still, he was kicking Derren’s ass at pool But then she bent over to pick up a coaster from the floor, and Zander understandably missed his next shot--it was the black ball, to h to sainst the wall as he downed a gulp of his beer Hearing Bracken curse, he looked to see that the as finally abandoning the pinball etting on Zander’s da Kenny tomorrow?" Ally asked

"Midday," replied Zander, voice unintentionally hard He didn’t want Gwen anywhere near that son of a bitch, but he knew the o during the call she’d received fro from Geena "I don’t like it"

"You were the one who said Geena’s suggestion was a good one, remember"

"Doesn’t ether"

Overhearing that, Bracken sighed as he reached them and said, "Yeah, I don’t like it either"

"Hey, who is that guy that keeps staring at Gwen?" asked Ally "Is he one of the Moores?"

Zander didn’t need to look to knoho his bottle on the tall, high table where the other drinks rested, Zander said, "No That would be Aidan, Gwen’s old therapist"

Ally sneered, no doubt re all he’d told his pack mates about the human "Asshole," she reed Bracken

"Clearlyto stay away from Gwen didn’t penetrate," clipped Zander

Careful not to knock the rack of pool cues, Bracken leaned against the wall "Well, to be fair, he’s in a public place, and he’s on a date"

"Sitting in Gwen’s section of the bar," Zander pointed out "He thinks that being in a public place means he’s safe"