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Da
Chapter Two
She reeked of sex.
Little slut. How dare she? How dare she think she could flaunt her crimes against the pack that way and get away with it? The next full moon would show her. They would take her little baby wolf and cut him from the pack, run him to the ground and kill him. Then they would teach Heather and Lee what it meant to be part of a pack and to do their duty.
It would be a lesson no one would ever forget.
“Hi, Heather! Are you bringing Da
Heather pushed her ponytail off her neck, the hot spring sun making sweat plaster some of the heavy strands down. She tried to summon a smile for Denise, who she’d grown up with, but the bitch just seemed to know more about Heather’s social life than she did. It was maddening. “Nah. I figured I would just take him somewhere and fuck.”
“Heather! It’s no wonder the pack is talking. I swear, we’d all accept this more readily if you weren’t so awful about it.”
“Awful?” She squinted, trying to decide what that meant. “You mean blatant, or mind your own business?”
“Both.” Her voice going low, Denise moved close. “It’s not like it doesn’t happen. Heck, it’s not like the pack won’t take him in. But you have to learn to play the game a little.”
Heather bared her teeth. “I am. Lee and I are waiting to have sex. We’re not having babies until the pack sanctions it. I would say that’s about all the game I got, Denise.”
“Well, it’s not just about you. That’s what you don’t get.”
“No, I get that just fine. I also get that the pack sent me to college so I could sow my wild oats and get ready to take my place in the pack, blah-blah. If that’s the case, you have to let me do it.”
She turned on the heel of her cowboy boot and marched away, grumpy that she was going to miss out on the ice cream. She really had pla
“Hey, babe.” Da
“Hey, honey.” Patting his ass relieved the need deep inside her to shock people. “Change of plans.”
“Yeah? Not in the mood for ice cream?” He followed her easily, his hand coming up to hold her elbow.
“Actually, I really want some. How about we go to the store and grab a carton of mint chip?” They could go to the house, or go out to the ranch, or something. Anything where prying eyes would leave them alone.
“Sure. We go
“Nope. Maybe we’ll let him find us by scent.” Lee had an amazing nose. He could do it. Oh, that might be fun. Lee would be so damned mad by the time he tracked them down that he’d be ready to tear them up. Both of them. Literally or figuratively. Hell, yes. “You know, we could go to the campus store and then wander, end up at the grove. Can you imagine what Lee will be like when he finds us?”
Da
“Heck, yeah.”
“Come on.” Now Da
They were probably both throwing off enough pheromones for Lee to track them in five seconds, but it only seemed fair to give him a good trail to follow. Heather stopped Da
She wanted to laugh right out loud for sheer joy. Being with Da
Da
“We should get cherries at the store. Whipped cream. We can have sundaes.”
“Lee’s a little fuzzy for that,” Da
“Ha, ha. We could shave him.”
“Ew.” Da
Heather ducked. “True. Come on, Dan. Ice cream.”
“You’re such a tease.” There was no heat in the accusation, and he dutifully followed, coming along with her to the store and carrying all the shit she picked out. He earned his boy points these days, having learned from Lee that a man had to cowboy up and carry heavy shit. That was why she kept men around, after all. Carry stuff, kill spiders and have hot sex.
They headed to the grove, and Heather was relieved to find it empty, no one else taking advantage of the warm spring day. She pla
“We should have gotten a cooler.” The ice cream did look a little melty when Da
Heather just gri
“You’re so mean.” It wasn’t like Da
“Shut up and give me a bowl.” The little paper bowls wouldn’t hold up for long, but they would do what she and Da
Da
“You’re such a girl,” Heather said, snorting a little.
“Fuck you, babe.”
“That’s the plan!” She dug in, the ice cream so cold it was a bit of a shock. The whipped cream was fluffy and light, the cherries tangy, and all in all, it was way better than sitting at the auditorium and eating those cheap mini-cartons of vanilla and chocolate.
“I thought you two were going to be at the ice cream social.” The growl came from the trees to her right, making Da
“It was a drag. We left you a trail.”
“You did.” Lee appeared, wearing Wranglers so tight she could read his pulse right through them. “I have to admit, it was a fascinating one too. Especially back by the store. Hey, you.” Bending to kiss her, Lee grabbed her ponytail, holding her there while he tasted her mouth. “Mmm. Mint chip.”
“We saved you some.” Though looking at the sun through the gap in the grove told her that nearly a half hour had passed. “It might be soup.”
“Damn, baby. You know how I feel about cold soup.” Lee gri
God, that was pretty. It made her ache down between her legs, made her want to howl a little. Lee took Da
A very dazed-looking Da
“As revved up as you were, by the smell, I figured you’d be all over each other.”
“Heather was in a rotten mood.” Da