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She watched Diego walk to the house, pause and say good night to Eric then Nell, who sat on the Wardens’ back porch in an Adirondack chair, and duck inside As Cassidy reached the porch she heard Diego’s Thunderbird roar to life then ruave Cassidy a brief, one-ar then sank down into the chair next to Nell’s Cassidy’s o’s kisses, and her entire body throbbed

"You look unhappy, Cass," Nell said "What did the hu he didn’t do"

Cassidy shrugged "Not his fault He has a des and sipped from her beer bottle "Don’t hit me with your bullshit, sweetie You’re upset about it But you need to remember, he’s not Shifter Most humans hold themselves back, no matter how much their needs screaists"

"So back too," Cassidy said

Nell patted her hand with her large one "I know it’s tough, Cass I lost a h"

"I know Thanks, Nell"

So reed to human strictures, so they could recuperate from all the loss of their past To recover, lick their wounds, strengthen The huht they’d confined Shifters and controlled theth in co themselves behind the fences humans had erected for them

Nell lifted her beer bottle "Doesn’t stop h Embarrasses Shane and Brody, but too bad for theet over it"

"My boys try to intimidate the hell out of any male I show interest in Not that males aren’t intimidated by me already Damn, I wish I were petite"

Cassidy squeezed Nell’s hand "Males don’t like alpha feht Then they want us to save their asses"

Cassidy shook her head "Males"

"That huured that out the day I met him," Cassidy said "I saved his life, and it seriously pissed him off"