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Then To not to sho apprehensive he felt about her shifting when they got there and learning everything about her in front of his family, Jake caressed her back, which helped both of them to relax

He just hoped the hell he’d learn she wasn’t already mated

As soon as they arrived at Darien’s ho-lost pack lued to Jake’s side, however, and he recognized that she was feeling anxious

"Couest roohtly Jake didn’t think he’d seen Lelandi this excited in weeks She fairly glowed, and he was glad she was so thrilled to see Alicia That would h Alicia didn’t seem any less anxious

At least when they’d had a newly turned wolf before, Carol had been from the town, had had psychic visions of olves were beforehand, had been resigned to the fact she’d be turned, and had had a pack to teach her the ways once she’d been turned Alicia didn’t know anyone here anda wolf if a pack hadn’t been watching over her And he didn’t think one had

Alicia glanced up at Jake, and his heart went out to her If he didn’t think it would upset Lelandi, and if he didn’t think Aliciainto a naked wo with her instead

What the hell He crouched in front of her and stroked her underneath the chin "Alicia, did you want e brown eyes studied hi behind the for her response Darien and Lelandi were just as quiet Alicia shook her head

Jake sht" Then he handed the two sacks of clothes to Lelandi and rubbed Alicia’s head between her ears "Go with Lelandi then I’ll wait for you down here"

She nudged his thigh in an intireeood for Alicia, no ht now

When she’d disappeared up the stairs with Lelandi, Darien said to Jake, "We have to talk"

Tolad he wasn’t needed for the lecture Jake was sure his brother planned to give him When Jake and Darien entered his office, Darien took his seat on the couch, rather than behind the desk It was a way of saying, This isn’t pack business as much as it is family business

Jake sat on a chair nearby and waited for what Darien had to say, already feeling defensive

"All right, you don’t know for sure if she’s mated, do you, Jake?"

"She came to me in my dreams"

"Jake"

"No, not for sure"

"And you don’t know if she’s pregnant or not"

As much as he hated to admit he truly wasn’t one hundred percent sure, Jake shook his head

"Why are these men after her?"

Jake leaned back in the chair and explained as much as he knew from the ti to Darien frohter drifted to theuest bedroo Jake as if he had a clue what the wo," Lelandi said, holding her belly, tears in her eyes because she was laughing so hard as Alicia chuckled again in the guest roo Lelandi’s red curls clashed with her red cheeks as Lelandi ran her finger over the "barely there" crotch of one of the red thongs "I never liked wearing anything this skimpy Jake must really have it bad for you"

Alicia s it"

Lelandi laughed, her green eyes sht just like one You never know As soon as it’s feasible for you to go shopping, I’ll take you Lisa, ns the lingerie shop,for a wolf no one knows"

"Does she knoe are?" Alicia asked, incredulous She couldn’t believe she was in a house full of wolves--Darien, Jake, Lelandi, Tom, and Peter, but that there could be more in the town seemed surreal

Somehow she had to ask Lelandi about Jake’s ties to Ferdinand Massaro, though She wondered if maybe he alone was tied in with them That maybe the rest of Jake’s family was clueless about his association with the criminals

"Oh, yes Of course" Lelandi reached out and squeezed Alicia’s hand "We run the town"

"Run the town? Jake said Darien did But--"

"Our pack does As far as I know, it’s pretty rare for a pack to run a whole town Most packs just infiltrate toork at jobs aetaway spots when they have to take a run on the wild side But they don’t decide orks in all the key positions We only alloolves to run the hospital, in case we have an eency And the vet clinic is olf run, too So are the bank, the bed and breakfast, the florist shop, and most other businesses But we’ll explain all that later" Lelandi lifted the nearly sheer robe and raised her brows "This barely covers anything lengthwise, and it’s practically see-through I’ve got an extra robe if you need one Do you like red?"<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>