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Tom looked up at the rearviewthe way she’d nant either?" Darien asked
Jake glanced at Alicia "No, she’s not pregnant" At least he guessed she wasn’t
"Bring her to the house," Darien said finally
Not once had Jake ever gone against Darien’s rulings He ree and tell his brother what he felt in private or just with his iainst Darien’s decisions This time he had to clamp down on his words before he spoke the that with every second of delay Jake was showing how displeased he was
"We’re drea his brother that Alicia and he werewould stop that froaze shot over the back of the front seat frohed over the phone Alicia’s ears perked up
Hell, Jake didn’t need this He would have hung up on his older brother if Darien hadn’t finally said, "Bring her ho on with her"
That’s when Jake cas had tried to kill her If they attempted to follow her here, the pack would need to know about it so they could deal with the threat effectively
"We’ll welcoht," Darien added
The pack She wouldn’t just be Jake’s mate but an important member of the pack And Darien sounded serious As if he believed Jake had found his h about it initially? Because Jake had been so obstinate about not believing in such a thing
He settled back against the seat "All right We’ll co this a fa a ton of emotions--frazzled, relieved that she was safe for theheard Jake’s brother tell hi the order But she could tell by the way Jake’s body had lost so in Reluctantly, but nonetheless, he had capitulated In a way, she wished she and Jake could have been alone She’d have a better chance at stealing away from them then
She hadn’t a clue about ould happen when shenever been around other olves And she’d never even considered that olves lived in packs Loners, yes Like Ferdinand and whoever bit him first Or just some abnormal aberration--a rabid wolf that had bitten a huhts kept straying to what Jake had looked like after he’d shifted--in the flesh, totally naked No longer a dream, but the very hard, virile muscled man she’d felt and stroked and loved when they’d first been together And then she reminded herself how he’d known she was a olf--Ferdinand had to have told him
Then she wondered why Jake’s brother asked if she was pregnant Mary At the gallery Oh, God, poor Jake Mary allery And he thought…
She glanced back at hi her Then he took a deep breath and ran his hand over her back in a loving caress It felt good He felt good She wanted so badly to share their nightti for him
She laid her head down on the seat and closed her eyes as he continued to stroke her back The wickedly sexual part of her wanted to go with hirandfather’s house and make wild passionate love to him
But she considered what Jake and his brother had discussed The mate issue didn’t make any sense Must be a olf term for sex with another of their kind So why did he assume she hadn’t been with anyone else? That she hadn’t h, she was certain he would have had sex with her--against her will But thankfully, he hadn’t
Then she saw a sign announcing they’d arrived in Silver Town, and she felt self-conscious Up until now, she’d been living on her own, putting up with this olf stuff the best she could in secret, until she’d bitten one thug’s arm and momentarily scared the other witless But now to be around a whole pack of olves when she was so clueless made her feel vulnerable and anxious
When Tolass s A gold-and-pink-lettered sign perched on top proclaihts
Her eyes widened She’d envisioned a plain, old shop full of the usual--flannel nightgowns for winter, long satin nightgowns for summer, shorter versions, and pajaed hot-pink bras and thongs, fishnet ca panties, and an iridescent sequin-draped ca s
Jake couldn’t be serious Not that she planned to wear other woo without--even though soht have to when she was in one of her panic-stricken states and needed to strip before she shifted--but as he thinking?<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>