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were out there somewhere, and knowing that any moment she could have to initiate her emergency escape plan set her mind straight. Seeing that Sierra was somehow connected to her boss, Jacob, made Lexi nervous. The thought that tonight could mean the end of her job at VALERIE’S made her sick with fear. She couldn’t risk being found. She had money saved, and she had a backup plan, Were She Belongs
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    but she didn’t want to use it. She liked it here and could at least pretend she was normal while working. Jacob and Troy would hate her if she just left.
    Jacob’s brother Troy was also alpha of their pack. If they found out Lexi was in trouble or caused one of their own to get hurt, then she was as good as dead anyway. And dying by the hands—well, the claws—of a werewolf was not something she cared to think about.
    Charlie walked into the room.
    “Hey, gorgeous! Guess the boss wants to show you off to his family,” Charlie stated with a wink, immediately taking a seat in the vacated chair Lexi had been in a few minutes ago.
    Family? Somehow Sierra is related to Jacob? Her worst nightmares were coming true.
    “More like he wants better security than what you’ve been providing tonight,” she stated sarcastically with a wink, not missing a beat as Eddie and Frank roared with “oohs” and “ahhs” on her dis to him.
    “Yeah, right, legs. Like you’ll be able to fight anyone off in that skimpy black dress of yours.”
    “What’s wrong with my dress?” she asked as Eddie and Frank added some chauvinistic comments.
    “It’s open down the back and has a slit up the thigh. What kind of fighting could you do in that?”
    She slowly walked toward Charlie and placed her fingers gently under his chin so he could look up into her eyes from the chair he sat in. Then with a slow, sexy voice, she whispered, “Hidden underneath this dress are weapons of mass destruction…unlike that little blonde number you were secretly making out with down in stairwell two.”
    She smirked, then walked out the door as Frank and Eddie were laughing and yelling out, “Busted!”

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    Dixie Lynn Dwyer
    Lexi took a deep breath as she made her way down the hall past her boss’s office. She had surprised herself by speaking to the guys that way back there in the control room, but she felt confident that she had pulled off “experienced” even though she was the farthest thing from it. Men made her nervous, and men as good-looking as the ones she had to work with on a nightly basis made her crazy with desire.
    They were hot. Beyond hot, and Sierra had warned her that werewolves were usually very attractive. She remembered Sierra saying, “that’s why they call them alpha males.”
    She smiled to herself as she thought about Sierra. Lexi missed her immensely. She wondered if she would even want to talk to her if she recognized her at all. Maybe they could get together if all went well?
    She thought about it, then dismissed the possibility. Lexi would have to avoid that. She couldn’t take a chance. Having her best friend back in her life was definitely not a possibility.
    Feeling the sadness again, Lexi pressed the down button on the panel next to the elevator door and entered. In thirty seconds she would see Sierra.

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    “This is amazing, Jacob! I love it,” Sierra stated as she took the glass of wine Valco offered her.
    “I don’t know why you didn’t bring your mate to visit earlier. I’ve missed you both,” Jacob said with a smile before glancing around them.
    “Oh look, here comes Paul.” Sierra nodded in his direction, looking toward her future brother-in-law. She absorbed the fact that every woman in the club seemed to look his way. He was gorgeous with jet-black hair, crystal blue eyes, and a body of pure muscle. His looks were different to her fiancé Valco’s. Valco had light brown hair, brown eyes, and was leaner and a few inches taller. Sierra stood on Were She Belongs
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    the tall side at