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goose-bumps. “I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. My future is going to be something I’d never even imagined before.”
    He moved closer, his arm slipping around her small waist to pull her body against his. “And I hope I’ll be in it.”
    “Of course. I can’t think of a future without you.”
    His fingers trailed across the skin of her hip and down around to her bottom. His large hand cupped her rear cheek and pressed her against him. He kissed her again and she smiled against his mouth. She could tell how much he wanted her, his hard length pushing against her stomach. Wrapping her foot around the back of his thigh, she opened herself up to him. A shift in their positions allowed her to guide him between her thighs, and her hold on him tightened as he pressed his hips forward and pushed inside her. Mia gasped as pleasure flooded over her. He filled her so beautifully, completing her, and for the first time her mind focused solely on the sensations running through her body, instead of the other mind that ran through the back of hers.
    Their movements were slow and deep, as connected as two people can be. They were the same now, she and Peter. They were equals, something she’d never truly believed they’d been before.
    Her fingers dug into the solid muscle of his back, pressure in her groin and lower belly building with every thrust. She placed her mouth against the hard ball of his shoulder and sank in her teeth to muffle her cries.
    Her orgasm powered over her and the whole world stopped. She was suspended in the moment, just her and Peter’s bodies joined as though they were one person. He held her tight as he jerked inside her, filling her.
    Sated, they fell back, their breathing slowing as one. Peter rolled toward her and kissed her shoulder.
    A crack of a gunshot made them both sit up. Instantly, Peter was out of bed, pulling on his clothes. “What the hell?”
    Mia followed suit. She wished she had more control over her spirit guide so she could see what was happening outside, but at the moment her connection was weak, and her guide continued to do its own thing.
    “What’s going on?” Peter yelled as he rushed out of the door.
    “Someone knows we’re here,” said Chogan. The other man stood in the open front doorway. Several of the others stood around him. The male shifters, Tocho and Sahale, were running down Wenona’s long gravel driveway, chasing, she assumed, the cause of the gunshots.
    Wenona stepped up onto the porch, a shotgun held in one hand. “I thought I might have got the fucker, but he’s disappeared into the bushes.”
    “Don’t worry,” said Chogan. “We’ll find him. He left something for us.” Mia hadn’t noticed before, but a package sat at his feet.
    Autumn’s voice came from behind them. “What’s that?”
    They all turned to her. She appeared pale and thin in her tank top and jeans. Mia thought she looked like she’d lost more weight overnight, if such a thing were even possible.
    Chogan moved protectively in front of the package. “We’ll check it out first, Autumn. You don’t need to see this.”
    “Yes, I do. I’m going to assume the box has my name written on it.”
    “Chogan is right,” said Mia. “You’ve been through enough.”
    Her lips thinned into a line. “I don’t need to be sheltered.”
    “You don’t need to take the brunt of everything either.”
    She pushed past Mia. “Yes, I do.”
    Chogan looked as though he was considering physically holding Autumn away from the box, but he must have decided it would do no good and stepped aside. Tension filled the air. No one knew what the box would contain, but everyone knew it wouldn’t be something good.
    “Please, Autumn,” Mia tried again, her heart breaking for her friend. Autumn had already been through so much, and she hated to think something was about to add to Autumn’s pain. But her friend ignored her, and everyone else around her.
    Autumn’s focus was solely on the