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Meadow would ask but he had
a feeling he wasn’t going to like it.
    “It’s come to my attention that you’re hiding something from
me about yourself. And that it’s important that I know what it is before our
relationship goes any further. Are you keeping something from me?”
    “Who told you that?” He knew damn well who it was but needed
to hear Meadow say it.
    “It’s not relevant.”
    “Yes, it is.” He couldn’t keep a hint of a growl out of his
voice. His wolf always so close to the surface nudged even closer.
    “Can’t you just answer the question without knowing that?”
    Durlach’s temper flared as he realized Taylor was probably
behind all this. His mating urge riding him, and his wolf wanting to be let
lose, Durlach stood. “It was Taylor who told you I was keeping something from
you, wasn’t it?”
    Meadow came to her feet in front of him. “He only said it to
help spare my feelings if things don’t work out between us.” She paused and
took a half a step back. “Durlach, why are your eyes glowing?”
    The unease he saw on his mate’s face, and her thinking she
needed to have more space between them, made something snap inside Durlach. He
didn’t need Taylor coming between him and Meadow, especially since Durlach
hadn’t claimed her yet. The idea of another unmated male having any influence
over Meadow didn’t sit well.
    A full-blown growl rumbled out of him as he left the living
room. He heard Meadow calling his name but ignored her as he stomped out of the
house. Durlach turned in the direction of the stable, ready to have it out with
Taylor right then and there.

Chapter Seven
     
    Meadow wished she’d kept her big mouth shut, or at least
found a better way to bring up the subject. There was no disguising the fact
Durlach wasn’t too happy with Taylor right now. She also didn’t like the fact
his eyes had taken on a peculiar muted glow. If she hadn’t been worried about
what Durlach was going to do to Taylor she would more than likely be freaking
about Durlach’s eye change.
    “Durlach, stop,” she said as she had to almost run to keep
up with him. “I don’t think you’re in the right frame of mind to confront
Taylor about this.”
    “I have to disagree with you on that. He had to have known
this is how I would react when I found out. He had no right.”
    Meadow’s gut clenched at the animalistic growl that laced
every word Durlach spoke. This was so not good. She didn’t need the two men to
get into a fist fight, and that’s exactly what she thought was going to happen.
    Durlach walked into the stable and bellowed Taylor’s name.
Taylor came out of the tack room and came to a standstill once he saw Durlach.
    “By your glowing eyes, I see you finally told Meadow what
you are,” Taylor said.
    “No, I haven’t. She didn’t cause them to be like this. You
did. And since you know so much you’ll have already figured out why you did.
You had no right to fill my mate’s head with crap so she feels she can’t trust
me.”
    Taylor closed more of the distance between him and Durlach.
“But she had a right to know from the start. You should have introduced
yourself by saying, ‘Hi, my name is Durlach and I’m a werewolf’.”
    Durlach growled. “Look who’s talking about keeping secrets
from Meadow. You’ve known her for years and you haven’t told her yours.”
    Meadow stared at the two pissed-off men. Had she heard him
right? Had Taylor called Durlach a werewolf? And what was Durlach referring to
about Taylor having a secret? Had the world suddenly gone crazy and she hadn’t
received the memo?
    “You’re walking a fine line, wolf boy,” Taylor said through
clenched teeth.
    “Then how about we see if I can go over it?”
    Durlach’s body shimmered and blurred. Meadow’s jaw dropped
and her whole body became frozen in place as he shifted to what she had thought
was a wolf hybrid. It was Kèitel, right down to the black fur and size. Kèitel
was