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"H every bit of him, and he recaptured her lips as if to say he knew he did wicked things to her body no man had ever done--carried her to the heavens and back in a ht the reason for her inability to feel anything for another man had all to do with her That she couldn’t inspire such passion

Hunter rubbed herher beg forcompletion And then she reached the point of no return, a blast of heat washing through her, ripped her in the final throes of passion He joined her,her like a hot bath, and he groaned with deep satisfaction

He pulled away, but not separating fro her close as he settled on his back, her leg resting between his, her arhtly To sleep with her in his cocoon of an e rhythm in her ear, to keep the connection

She wanted to say how e kind of way, but because of all he already , or considerate of her feelings, or so deter anything in return And the sex? Oh, yes, no man had ever made her feel so sexy and wanted her like she was an aphrodisiac he couldn’t get enough of, or lance, touch, whispered word And nowas done, showing her he wantedthe sa the connection

Froht to his sculpted abs and the firuy this close up, Hunter was physically as beautiful as one of the Greek statues of gods Deep down, he was all she’d ever hoped for in a h it wouldn’t last

But the tender memories would be hers forever

Chapter 11

SOMEONE POUNDED ON THE MASTER BEDROOM DOOR the next ainst him, her voice whisper soft as she nuzzled his chest "Tell whoever it is to go away"

"Hunter! We need to talk!" Meara said "Now!"

Hell, what now? Leave it to Meara to ruin a perfectly good ently at first, then building up stea into his arousal Instantly, he hardened

"Hunter!"

Hunter growled under his breath "Time for Rourke and me to check out Bethany’s place anyway" With reluctance, he kissed Tessa’s cheek, then left her war her lips, purring, a slight s her lips Vixen

"More, later"

"Proave the siren one last look, then took a deep breath and joined Meara in the hall and scowled at her Giving hiuest bedroom as he shut Tessa’s door He knew then what this was all about Meara entered the room and waved at a stack of wolf photos spread out on the desk, the sepia picture of the e

"What’s all this?" She put her hands on her hips

"Her brother paints wolves Did you see his oils in the closet?"

"This!" she said, lifting Seth’s photo "Explain what an old-ti here"

But it wasn’t that photograph that interested hiht theunderneath that caught his eye Sepia like the other, but this one was of a group of gold reat uncle, Seth, and soh one seemed familiar

"Where did you find it?" He studied itup several notches

"Buried at the bottom of the drawer underneath all these wolf pictures So, what’s going on? We both know Seth had a mate who died in Colorado and then he left his small son to live with his pack while he went to California because of the Gold Rush But this woman isn’t his mate, and he didn’t have another when he died So who is the woman and infant in the photo? And why does Tessa Anderson have the two photos?"

Hunter rubbed his chin in thought "Hell, Tessa thought Seth, by another narandfather and the woman, his wife and child"

Meara’s eyes widened and she looked at the photo again and at the one with their great-grandfather in it "I would say she’s reat-grandfather proves he was" She stared at Hunter "She’s not a lupus garou and our kind can’t produce offspring with a hu around with the human woman after his mate died, and this woman already had a baby?"

"Possibly, except for the fact that Tessa’s as arous as you are Why? There’s got to be a reasonable explanation"

Meara touched the baby in the photo "She’s not one of us"

"What if for the sake of arguh sorandmother conceived Seth’s child?"

Meara shook her head as she studied the photo again "We’ve never known a case like that in all the years we’ve lived Never"