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She had believed that once she had turned into one of their kind, seeing a naked uessed that was a na&iuht Especially when she had to take a look at his package-- twice Would it make any difference if she had been a olf for eons and had seen others strip and shape-shift whenever in a pack?

Maybe Like living at a nudist colony and being used to seeing everyone nude all the tih the pack members didn’t shift all the time So they weren’t often naked in front of other pack ed so fast that, to the naked eye, the shift was ht she wouldn’t be affected, being a nurse and trying to look at hiht She hadn’t succeeded Now she couldn’t shake loose the i hoould be with so Her face flushed at the thought

"Carol!" Darien snapped again She recognized the fear in his expression, although he often schooled his face to hide such emotions

He stalked toward her, dark hair, dark eyes, a warrior ready to do battle His brothers flanked hih, their postures ready to pounce if she attempted to run Where was she supposed to run to? She was clueless about so arou

Lelandi had warned her how vulnerable she would be on her own as a newly turned lupus garou But she didn’t want to live alone, either Despite the pack’s restrictions on her, she still loved the whole lot of the, and the way they seemed clueless sometimes as to how to deal with her uniqueness

Even so, she thanked God that she hadn’t yet changed into a wolf But the urge to shift would ht it forever She had no plans to go anywhere This was home, such as it was, and at least she worked in the hospital, now that she was one of the as a nurse had been the job she’d drea She wanted to help others in need, just like the medical staff had helped her So this was it for her

"I’rumpy way, as Darien and his brothers drew closer She really wished they wouldn’t watch her soover her like a bunch of old ht the three of you were at work"

Jake and Tom looked her over as if to ensure she was okay and then quickly searched the surrounding area, trying to locate Ryan’s tracks

"Is that why you left the house? Because you thought I wouldn’t learn of it? " Darien took her arm and escorted her back to the house He turned to peer over his shoulder at his brothers, took a sniff of the air, and grunted Towering over her, Darien gave her a hard look

"What the hell were you doing out here alone with McKinley? Just because , that doesn’taround in the woods by yourself at night" Then he considered her, his eyes narrowing He shook his head "He’d better not want you for a mate"

Her lips parted in surprise She should have known Darien would recognize who Ryan was, but ould a gray pack leader be interested in a newly turned red wolf? Then again, why in the world would he want to see her so badly, potentially incurring Darien’s wrath?

She sighed Ryan was virile, rugged, and sexy with a body that wouldn’t quit Hell, he was a feast for impoverished eyes to be sure She hoped she’d acted less like a schoolgirl who hadn’t seen goods like that on atime and more like a nurse concerned with his ood looks, Ryan was protective and caring and dedicated Was he really interested in getting to know her better?

She sier as she headed for the house She’d always had a thing for alphabossed around, even if one had her best interests at heart Her fascination with alphas was that they were a challenge Betas didn’t hold much of an appeal

But then her step slowed When he’d been here before, she had read in his posture and in his censure that he didn’t believe in her psychic abilities With that kind of attitude, he couldn’t be interested in her

She stiffened and cast a look over her shoulder in the direction he’d gone So then as he really doing here?

Later that night, after not locating the red ho had run off in the woods next to Darien’s house, and irritated beyond reason, Ryan ca some kind of hunter’s scent concealer Otherwise, Ryan would have caught up to hiood

Sneaking through Darien’s territory, the red had been careful not to h the instinct was hard to control as an alpha in wolf fors made by Darien and other pack members when he had crossed the invisible boundary into Darien’s territory earlier Theto other wolves and predators that the land was already occupied