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He glanced at Tessa, his eyes widening when he saw her Surprised to see a huarous? Or was he interested in the redhead?

Irritated that Leidolf had seen Tessa, Hunter ot a situation here I need to resolve before I can go to Portland"

"With the woman?" Leidolf asked, his voice and brows raised

"I’m Tessa Anderson, and you are?" She moved around Hunter to shake Leidolf’s hand She didn’t look pleased Leidolf would treat her as some woman when the house was hers, or that Hunter would stand between theet near another alpha male Where Rourke and Ashton were concerned, they seemed to know their place Leidolf was an unknown quantity--and an alpha leader

"Leidolf Wildhaven" He tilted his nose up and took a deep breath, his eyes darkening as he took her hand and held on longer than necessary, not shaking it, but restraining her

For long enough that Hunter’s blood heated

Hell, if her phero Leidolf’s interest--and worse, she see" Then Leidolf released her hand and saw the wolf photos on the coffee table He motioned to them "Who took these?"

"I did" Tessa sounded as ready to defend herself as Leidolf’s tone was accusing

"Let’s go outside, Leidolf" Hunter motioned for hiave in to his wolf nature and fought him over Tessa "Like I said, I have a situation here, and I need to resolve it before I can leave"

"Concerning the woman? She knoe are?"

"No"

"I sarous in the house, and she doesn’t have a clue what’s going on?"

"None A gray is trying to change her I need to stop hiets that far"

"The one who’s been in the house? The one in the photos? Hell, he’s Yoloff and he and his brothers and three more of their packforaround Portland, but we don’t have any unattached red ferays moved farther west You’re bound to have more trouble with them I take it you want the wo huree on" Leidolf offered an arrogant sed the one and the other was an accident"

"Ah I don’t bla our kind with a newly turned lupus garou doesn’t appeal"

A royal? But Leidolf’s attentions toward Tessa hinted at arou line with a huot desperate enough for a uess she has a red in her family tree because of her hair color and as petite as she is"

Hunter snorted "A lupus garou can’t inate a human"

"In all of the years I’ve lived, I’ve learned one i: there are exceptions to nearly every rule"

Hunter snapped his gaping jaw shut, glanced back at the house, saw Tessa watching hih the picture , and turned his attention back to Leidolf In all the years Hunter had lived, he’d never seen a case like that "You know soht inside Maybe a couple of generations back Maybethe line Got to have if she’s chasing down lupus garous like Yoloff, drawn to us, curious, and we’re just as attracted to her"

Hunter glanced back at the house Tessa’s brows lifted

"She may not sgers your craving, doesn’t she? I can see in your expression you don’t believe o A human female

She moved close to where my father’s pack lived in Wildhaven Several of our unht over her Finally, a red won her over and that was that But she had lupus garou pheroered quite a bit of testosterone between our randfather was the culprit"

"But the woed "I told you I want a lupus garou who’s close to being a royal Why don’t you bring the woman to Portland where you can keep an eye on her, and then you can force your pack to return to the coast?"

Bring her to Portland to watch over her? Or give Leidolf another opportunity to check her out? Only this time in his territory

"If I don’t resolve this by week’s end, I ht do that"