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Great In a way, she’d thought she was off the hook with the police How in the world was she to explain what had happened at the motel? One ht," Toreed, then let Alicia into the backseat of the vehicle "I’ray wolf behind you is Jake, my older brother by five minutes And from what Darien said, the two of you are already well acquainted Darien is our eldest brother and our pack leader and runs Silver Town Jake and I are sub-leaders, and Peter Jorgenson is the sheriff for the town" To with humor "Welcome to the pack"

Jake sat next to Alicia in the backseat of Peter’s vehicle, his feelings raw and mixed He was relieved as hell she was safe and in his custody And he was glad to know the woray lupus garou and that if his family history was correct, she was s she’d gotten involved with could be a real problem And the fact she had to be newly turned was also a dilemma Who had turned her, and where was he now? Had he mated with her, and if so, was he still alive? Because if he was, Jake could not claim her for his own That ht her what she needed to know as one of their kind

And had the wolf turned her against her will?

He was certain that if he hadn’t pinned her down and kept her that way, she would have run off Until she realized who he was But she was newly turned, and he was sure the whole olf business was too unreal for her to s yet She was probably just as stunned to learn he was a olf, as were his brother and Peter

At least for now, she see to reassure her that it was truly him To speak with her To learn all he could about her

She sat staring out the , avoiding looking at hiht OrBut he assu her, the way she sat so rigidly, so tense, her ears twitching back and forth, as she took deep breaths to sa therance as a wolf He would know her scent anywhere now and even the paw-pad trail she’d left behind as they’d made their way to the vehicle If she ever ran as a wolf, he’d find her without any difficulty

Tom said to Alicia, "Either Lelandi can loan you some of her clothes, or one of the other women can"

Hell, Jake wanted to talk to her, and he couldn’t do it as a wolf He shifted, and as soon as he did, she whipped her head around, eyes large and brown and endearing He gave her a dark slanced at Toht her dream lover had been Tom, had she? They did look a hell of a lot alike, except Jake’s face had rougher angles, and his hair and eyes were darker

She looked back at Jake, her gaze taking all of hiet to town, stop at the lingerie store" Jake s care of her every need

"Silk and Lace Delights?" Tom’s voice sounded surprised "She won’t be open this late"

"I’ll call ahead And we can drop by the all-night discount store after that"

"Do you know her size? As a wolf, she appears taller than Lelandi But she’s not as big as soht?" Tom asked

From what he’d seen of Alicia, and that was every inch of her delectable body, he figured her to be Silva’s height when Silva wasn’t wearing high heels to rays while she waitressed at the Silver Town Tavern Silva was just as buxom but taller than Lelandi, since Lelandi was a red wolf and Silva a gray Yeah, he iined Alicia and Silva were about the saistics of the situation further He wanted to get to know his soon-to-be randfather’s house would be the ideal setting Isolated Away from family so they could really be alone

"After we shop, you can drop us off at Granddad’s old place"

"Darien expectssurprised

Jake didn’t care for that scenario in the least Everyone would get involved in his business with Alicia when he needed the time alone with her

"Want rabbed his cell phone from his pants pocket and called Darien When his older brother answered, Jake said, "We’restops because Alicia has no clothes to change into After that, we’re staying out at the old homestead"

Silence Jake knew Darien didn’t approve

Darien finally said quietly, "She’s unmated?"

"She’s not mated" He sure as hell hoped not anyway