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crossed the street and jogged to her place. Nothing moved—the wolves out and about weren’t back and most in their houses slept. Their families shared one of the town’s original subdivisions, and most of the occupants didn’t have children under the age of eighteen. It made his job easier.
    He climbed up the tree then, with a light leap, he landed on the porch roof. Another jump carried him to her open window, where she waited for him with a faint smile. “Oh my God, you could have been here earlier. I saw you pull up.”
    She’d pulled her long brown hair pack into a braid, which only emphasized the strain in her hazel eyes. He loved her hair, streaked with red and hints of gold in it when the sun shone. She’d dyed one piece of it pure blond, probably to piss her mother off. Shi did a lot of things to annoy her mother.
    With the practiced skill, she slid out the window. He caught her waist to support her as she swung around him and onto his back. Gently closing the window to block the cold as well as maintain their ruse, he waited for her to loop her arms around his neck. Shi knew how to balance her slender weight perfectly, right down to her thighs clamping against his hips. Nothing felt sweeter than her gripping him…except maybe if she rode his front, but they’d never taken that step.
    He jumped and hit the ground. The force rippled through his calves and thighs as he absorbed the shock. Shi hopped off, and he took her hand to hurry her toward the car. It hadn’t snowed in a couple of days, so the sidewalks remained clear. At his jeep, they separated. He made it in the driver’s seat and reached across to open her door before she could reach the handle.
    “Show off,” she snarked before climbing inside. Despite her sweatshirt, jacket and jeans, she already shivered. Starting the engine, he turned the heat to unpleasant for him. The temperature would be warm for her though. Satisfied she’d be comfortable, he backed out, lights off, and headed out of the subdivision. Three streets away, he turned on the lights.
    “Better?”
    “Oh, yeah.” She sighed and rested her head against the seat. All the stress in her scent dissipated. “Remember the night I spent in jail when we were seventeen?”
    They’d gone drinking a couple of towns over—Shiloh’s idea—with her ‘borrowed’ I.D. She’d gotten busted and, rather than bail her out, her parents left her there overnight to teach her a lesson. His parents ordered him to stay out of it when he asked them to bail her out. Pack life in a nutshell—the Alpha ruled, but within families? The parents were alpha. “We’re not going to jail tonight,” he promised. “And if we do, I’ll bail you out.”
    “Aww, you lubs me.”
    Matt laughed. “Either that or I don’t want you trying to get even with me if I was the one who left you there.”
    “I’m not that mean.”
    He snorted, but the smile in her voice relaxed him.
    At the lake, he grabbed two six packs from the backseat and tossed her a blanket. “Go make yourself comfortable. I’ll grab some wood for the fire.”
    She stared across the silent forest and the even quieter lakeside. “Wow, I know it’s cold, but I kind of thought more people would be here.”
    Pulling the tarp off the cut wood they stored for campfires, Matt shrugged. “Full moon isn’t for another two weeks, some of the year groups have winter training…and it’s a Wednesday.”
    Technically a school night and after midnight…drinking at the lake in the middle of the week was for teenagers and reprobates. The teenagers were off to bed, so it fell to them.
    “Is it really Wednesday?” Disgust curled her lip. “I feel like I’ve lost all track of time.” She used her foot to clear one of the large sunning stones. Once she’d kicked all the snow off, she spread out the blanket before moving the six packs onto the blanket. She was rubbing her hands together. Why hadn’t she brought gloves?
    Joining her, he set the