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definitely looking forward
to getting his hands on those curves.
                Dawson set his suitcase by the front door, then
looked around the living room. It was a charming space with oak furniture and
muted, earthy colors. A small fire crackled in the hearth, already lit in anticipation
of his arrival, and he sat down in the wooden rocking chair next to it. As his
cell phone buzzed, Dawson pulled it out of his pocket to read a text from one
of his pack mates, Rand.
     
                Dude. When you coming back? You ’ re
needed here.
     
                Gritting his teeth, Dawson resisted the urge to
chuck the phone in the fire and instead powered it off, tossing it onto the
coffee table. He’d come out here to get away from the pack—the last thing
he needed was for the problems he’d left behind to follow him.
                As the beta to the Los Angeles Wolf Shifter
Pack, Dawson was responsible for enforcing the Alpha’s Law. But lately, the
Alpha had become more and more unreasonable in his demands, causing pack
members to desert. The result was a dwindling spiral—the more people who
ditched, the harder Romero, the Alpha, wanted Dawson to crack down on the ones
left.
                In the end, Dawson was long overdue for a
vacation, so he’d told Romero he was taking off for a little while. Someone
else could be around to deal with his mood swings and crazy bullshit. What
Dawson needed to do right now was get some time and space, and hopefully some
perspective, so that he could make the right decision.
                Right.... And falling into bed with a human
woman is going to help you do that?
                Dawson cringed. Good point. Shifter and human
dalliances were problematic enough on their own, especially when the human in
question didn’t know your true nature. Add in the fact that he was going
through a mid-life crisis and you had the makings for a disaster.
                But does it really have to be a disaster? He argued with himself as he stared into the
crackling flames. It wasn’t as if the pack were there now to make his life a
living hell. He could surely enjoy Jade’s company for a few days. A good romp
in the sheets would be just the thing to clear his head and release the pent-up
tension and frustration burning a hole in his gut. And once that was done, he
could focus his attention to the future, and make a decision once and for all
as to what he wanted to do with his life.

Chapter Three
     
     
    “ And just where are you off to this afternoon ?”
                Jade
halted mid-rush toward her room and turned toward her grandparents who were
enjoying a little post-lunch break in the living room before returning to work.
Abuelito was sitting in the stuffed arm-chair reading a book while Abuelita,
who had spoken, looked up at Jade over the top of a Better Homes & Gardens
magazine.
                “ Oh, I ’m just
planning on hitting the slopes, ” Jade said airily and then checked her watch. It
was twenty minutes ’til two. Damn Rachel for being late again—at least
she hadn’t gotten stuck in a snow drift like she had yesterday or Jade’s date
with Dawson would have been kaput.
                “ Well , I ’ ve never seen you in such a hurry to go skiing
since you were a little girl .” Abuelito lowered his paper to look at Jade over
his reading glasses. The knowing look in his dark eyes made the tips of her
ears heat. “ Is there something special happening on the
slopes today ?”
                “ Not at all .” Jade made a beeline for her
room. “ Just wanna get out there while the sun’s still
bright. Gotta go !”
                She
shut the door behind her, feeling a little guilty about lying to her
grandparents. But , she
knew that if she told them about Dawson, they would insist on meeting him, and
she wasn’t even remotely ready for that. Hell,