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Prologue

"No one ever thinks of the consequences of pro to name your firstborn child after your best friend If your best friend is Jen, however, you should think of any and all possible consequences which are, more often than not, created simply by her presence"

~ Sally

Jacque just happened to be walking by the door when she heard one of her best friends yell, "Bloody hell!"

She backpedaled to Sally's door and, without knocking, turned the knob and quickly pushed it open

"Sally, sweetie, you okay?" she called tentatively into the room

"I' a vacation at the moment"

Jacque followed the sound of Sally's voice into the attached bathroom

She found her friend standing in her bra and shorts with her back to thea handheld mirror in one hand so that she could see her reflection froht

"Yeah, that was my first reaction too" Sally nodded at Jacque's dropped jaw "But then I moved quickly into the next possible reaction of, 'what the hell is on my back?'"

"Your s," Jacque whispered "So he really is your mate"

"That, or sos that he wasn't expecting If you hear a loud, deep voice reacting in kind, then ill know" Sally's voice was shaky, but she was beginning to regain her bearings

"Peri said that when you turned 18 the ns would show up" Jacque motioned with a head bob to Sally's back "Guess the old Fae knehat she was talking about Today is your birthday"

"I don't hear anything in my mind" Sally closed her eyes and scrunched up her face

Jacque laughed "You won't have to h you probably will until you get used to hearing a disembodied voice in your head In which case Jen will be sure to ask you if you're constipated"

"Who's constipated?" They heard Jen's voice co fro the pipes down there" Jen carinned at her two best friends "So, you guys started the party without "

"Yeah, Jen, we didn't want to invited you so we decided to have Sally's birthday party in her bathroom because, ya know, that is all kinds of cool," Jacque rolled her eyes at Jen

"Mother of pearl," Jen murmured as she saw Sally's back "Well, welcome to the mated family, Sal I will tell you now that the sex is fantastic Just in case you ondering"

"Gee, Jen, that's exactly as crossing ht about now, as I realize that ed for, I don't know, EVER!" Sally yelled

Jen cal out of your syste your head out theand let it rip?"