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He sives ed "I can’t help it Have you been?"

She sighed "Once All those ave her another shadow of a sround?"

"MacDonald, on my mother’s side of the family Oura cross for the clan’s crest After I went to that one festival, I went away to college, but I hope to go this suain Maybe I’ll see you there"

And see Ryan in a kilt, his legs bare, naked biceps and back straining to pull at a rope as ao to the festivities, unless so to watch her

Or if she had a mate already And then herthere unless he had Celtic roots She chewed on her bottom lip She had to find other men who appealed like Ryan did, since she didn’t think Jake or Toht came to her The librarian and o to their pack, or even Ryan’s, and see if someone who suited her better was in one of those packs?

She patted Ryan’s thigh,him tense and speed up as he barreled down the road

"I have an idea When you have your next gathering, I’ll coible bachelors there," she said "Have any good hardy Scots in the bunch?"

Ryan’sto make a comment, but then he quickly snapped it shut He tapped his thu wheel and finally said, "Darien wouldn’t allow it"

She was a little surprised at his reaction "Funny, I thought you ainst it than he would be I’ve heard that a pack leader who can encourage unmated females to accept bachelors in his pack earns brownie points"

Ryan’s jaw tightened, and she assumed she’d hit another nerve But she wasn’t sure why this tiht truly be interested in her

"In fact, I’ll check into Becky and Marilee’s pack while I’m at it Surely, I’ll find someone I’ll be interested in Don’t you think?"

Chapter 9

HELL AND DAMNATION RYAN COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW et under his skin Onehe earing it right thatwhen she’d ask the question all woave hi to find a mate in his pack?

How Carol could think the other women were hot and she wasn’t was beyond his comprehension But the notion that she’d come to his pack and check out some of his bachelorin the pack But hell Seeing her ht for her… he couldn’t have it

Even the notion that she’d check out the other woree with him Who knehat sort of men were in it? These women weren’t interested in their own bachelors Why would Carol be? Besides, she was a special case With special needs, because she was newly turned She had to have just the rightclose to her He’d thought sheinsecure about the way the other woy silk dress, and he’d wanted her to know she was just as hot an item in the soft pink sweater and jeans she’d worn earlier He loved comfortable casual

But he’d never expected her to turn his body into a raging inferno Even now, he was still at half-mast, partly because of the way she’d danced with hiering in his thoughts And partly because of the way she had caressed his plaid Envisioning his body wrapped in it and her touching him made him harden even further

He tried not to frown at her too much as he parked at the Silver Town Tavern, the lot fairly e she didn’t check out the other pack Or his own

"Ready?" he asked her as she stared out the

She snapped her head around to look at hi

"Carol?"

She set the interrogation over with Pronto I’m sure you have more important business to take care of back home"

She dropped the smile, and her look turned mutinous Which appealed a hell of a lotabout his own sanity, he shook his head and left the truck to get her door

Ryan’s question had yanked her out of a vision so fast that it startled Carol, but since he didn’t believe she could see what she could, she hadn’t any plan to enlighten hiured he’d question her about it anyway

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