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“I tell him you haven’t awoken yet,” she repeated, a h for him”

“And what did you tell him this time?” Dawn tilted her head, not certain why she asked

Cassie watched her for long seconds before answering

“This time, I told him I was certain you would be awake soon” She frowned and looked down at her hot chocolate “Soh, it doesn’t matter if you wake up, does it?”

She shrugged her thin shoulders before giving her head a shake and sipping at the chocolate

“Cassie, are you trying to tell ?” Sometimes, Cassie talked in riddles A person had to knohen she was doing it or they would walk around with more confusion than they needed

“It’s ti toward the , and the faint hint of dawn that peeked through the curtains, before turning back to Dawn “The night heat”

Dawn turned away and stalked to her dresser, where she jerked serviceable black panties fro fancy, nothing seductive Black socks followed, and after she showered and dressed, she would lace black hiking boots on her feet She was a Breed Enforcer Inside and out She was strong, powerful; she coer whiht to keep hidden within her own hosts

“I’ aboutheat

“Fine” Cassie shrugged “We’ll talk about Styx Or we could talk about Stygian They’re totally hot too Though I have to be careful if Dad is around He gets pretty pissed when Styx flirts with me”

Daanted to shake her head at the abrupt change of the conversation

“He wouldn’t flirt if you didn’t force hi for that chocolate you carry around”

Cassie’s smile was all woet chocolate elsewhere if he wanted to”

The red-haired, bolder-than-brass Scottish Wolf Breed was a shameless flirt He had been inducted into the Bureau of Breed Affairs ned to Dawn’s teao

“Styx isn’t the serious type, Cassie”