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Loa nodded "She's going to be fine" She looked confident, but tired Thisout of her
"Thank you, priestess I'm in your debt"
"Wait until you see your bill You'll find we're even"
As he bundled Chloe in the blanket, Loa said, "You cared for her well and trusted the spirits They ended up liking you They want you to make a wish"
He scooped Chloe up in his ar her home "That's easy I wish that this lass was immortal"
Chapter Twelve
Let's see Daughter of Webb!" Ronan exclaie-covered in dried blood and with company
"I suppose everyone knows?" Will said, adjusting his bundled mate in his arms
"We saw the forcesto protect her," Ben quietly said "Got Madadh to tell us as going on"
One phone call had e It wasn't every day that a meer
Getting through the handful of eneathered on the other side of the wall hadn't proved too challenging A centaur had atte the Range Rover's grille for precious, thrilling seconds
But Will knew they'd keep co their numbers
Ronan said, "I thought you tould co of nyot a hter of Webb drunk?" In a deadpan tone, he added, "Like seeks like, huh? But I'"
Smart-arse
Will gazed down at Chloe's pretty face, again thinking that her color was returning Could she rebound from blood loss this quickly? "She's no' drunk She was injured tonight And she has a naone back? Bloody hell, they had
"Well, it's your lucky day, gentlemen," Ronan said "Because I just had a sweet protection spell installed on the lodge No one who means us harm can enter"
Munro crossed to the , raising his hand against it "I sense so's here"
"What?" Will hugged Chloe tighter "We doona use spells and ic," he snapped, well aware that he'd just used spells and ic
But not here And never again Slippery slope and all that
Munro said, "The spell ht help us At least the Pravus won't be able to simply trace inside and steal her"
"I purchased it frohed "Ach, you would too if you saw her Legs for oes by the name of Belee She sells spells door-to-door like Girl Scout cookies Put me down for five thousand boxes of Thin Mints, you knohat I mean?"
Munro narrowed his eyes "Witchcraft is what you used Will's credit card for?"
When Chloe stirred against him, Will turned toward the stairs, keen to put her in his bed for the first ti up the stairs behind them
On the way up, Will remembered the hazmat condition of his rooht, his neck heated
He couldn't stand the idea of laying her on those sheets Where to take her? The guest rooms were directly beside the boys', which wouldn't do He could swap rooms with Munro, as they had shirts, or use the s this one-but the wolf in him wanted his mate in his bed
As they approached the thick oak door, Will braced himself-
His roo his head around to his brother
"What?" Munro leaned against the doorway, looking like the Godfather "I et Chloe to like you Saw no reason to load the dice against you from the outset"
Always having his back "Appreciated" Will laid Chloe on the bed, covering her with another blanket
"Now, get yourself cleaned up too," Munro said "I'll watch her"
Will hesitated to leave her for even a second, but he had blood all over him "Aye, then" He raced for the shower, ripped off his pants, then sloshed cold water over himself until the worst was removed Less than two minutes later, he returned in a towel
Munro motioned to Will's closet "Clean clothes in there"
Will rooted for garood; all his clothes orn He selected his least-frayed pair of jeans and his nicest button-down
Ronan asked, "So is this a like-father, like-daughter situation? Is she also into slicing and dicing Lykae?"
From inside the closet, Will answered, "She dinna know about the Lore, has never harmed any immortals"
"Beauty"
Once dressed-it is what it is-he returned to the bed and sat beside her "When she wakes, we need to ease her into this" Will stared down both of the boys "If I so much as spy a hint of your beast" He trailed off, the threat clear
"You are worried about us beast-wise? Good one, Head Case" Ronan sat on the opposite side of the bed to study Chloe "I have to say, well done, chief If being cute were a cri and cleaning? Man, I hope she can cook"
Ben smacked him on the back of the head "Mayhap you should be more concerned about whether she'll recover or no'?"
"She'll be fine," Will quickly said "She's on the mend" Aye, her color was better In fact, her skin now looked sun-kissed From days spent on the field?
Now that the worst of his worry had faded, he had new ones to contend with, na-ups of his The most unusual? Will unleashed his beast whenever he fked-soht of a full moon
If any Lorean female ever wondered what it was like to be a wolf's fated one, to be taken by the beast under the light of the irlfriend experience? Try the mate experience
Or at least, he'd shown them a brutal, debauched rendition of it
Ruelle had molded Will to have sex a certain way, and in nine hundred years, he'd never been able to refashion hiht of the full moon
If he took Chloe in that state, she wouldn't survive the size and strength of his body, his rising beast She wouldn't survive his Lykae claiether
He gazed up at Munro, who must have sensed his disquiet His brother's slow nod and steady gaze said, We'll get through this Keep your head
As ever, it helped
Ronan leaned down until he was al she's as pretty as Belee Though this one's got more of an I-eat-testicles-for-breakfast kind of rock-star look about her Hey, speaking of hot arse, now that you've got a woman, can I inherit the pornucopia I found stashed in here-"
Chloe head-butted Ronan, who hoith pain
Before Will could register his surprise, she'd darted to her feet and sprinted away from them
Chapter Thirteen
Chloe charged toward a door, struggling to keep her balance Her equilibrium was shot Weapon, she needed a weapon-
She'd run into a bathroom Trapped Shit!
She heard e, words underscored with urgency A door openedclosed
When she warily exited the bathroo alone in the center of the bedroom, with his palms raised "Easy, lass"
She backed into a corner The rooe, tastefully decorated, but definitely a man's domain This man's
The most handsome male she'd ever seen
Molten gold eyes and chiseled features Thick, dark hair that couldn't decide if it wanted to be brown or black Broad shoulders on a muscle-packed frame He had to be more than six and half feet tall "Who are you? Where am I?"