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Soon as we mate with her, she’ll answer
our questions. Any behavior we don’t approve of will immediately stop once she
is ours.”
    Connor shook his head. “You seriously think she’s just going
to jump at our every word, don’t you?”
    “We’re her mates. It’s our job to keep her safe. She will
acknowledge our authority.”
    No way would he allow his mate to be in any danger.
    “Look at her. Does she really look the type to jump when you
say jump?” Connor gestured at the laptop.
    No, right now their mate was prowling the room, growling
softly as she shot venomous glares at the camera. But that would all change
once she had mates, wouldn’t it?
    Suddenly, Cade didn’t feel as certain.
    “I still think we should hand this over to someone else,”
Connor said.
    Cade snarled. That was his mate on the other side of that
door. He’d touched her, tasted her, he still had the scent of her pleasure on
his fingertips. No one else would go near her.
    “No. She’s ours. I will not trust anyone else with her.”
    Connor leaned his arms on the table. “Look, I don’t like
this any better than you do. But right now I’m not thinking about Sam’s safety,
I’m not thinking about the answers I want from her. All I’m thinking about is
getting back into that room and sinking my dick into her sweet pussy. Tell me
you feel any different.”
    Cade felt the same way. The urge to take her, to claim her
beat at him.
    Connor was right.
    “I think we need some space,” Connor said. “No one else will
go in there or interact with her. But we need to calm down and think this
through.”
    Cade sighed. “All right. But I’m not staying away from her
for long, and I’ll be keeping watch over her.” He tapped the laptop. “Why don’t
you change and go for a run of the perimeter? It will fix your nose.”
    “Why has Dylan left the laptop here? Shouldn’t he be keeping
an eye on her?” Connor asked.
    “He’s using his other computer. He must have left this here.
I’ll take it back with me. Go. You need it. I’ll get her some more food and
watch over her.”
    * * * * *
    Connor raced through the forest in wolf form, breathing
deeply. When some of his restless energy had been expended, he slowed, taking
more notice of his surroundings.
    He pushed everything out of his mind as he concentrated on
patrolling the grounds. While they weren’t expecting anything to happen with
Sam away they couldn’t let down their guard. The one human guard who had been
left behind was the laziest of the group.
    Connor changed back, dressing in the clothes he’d left in a
messy pile. He moved to a spot where he could see the house.
    Was Cade right? Was she their mate?
    He took a deep breath, letting the peace of the forest
settle him. Whether Cade was right or not, this attraction he felt was stronger
than anything he’d felt before. He needed to explore it.
    First, though, they needed answers.
    His mind calmer, he stood and headed back to the house.
Tonight, he’d tackle the problem of Shelby.
    Right now, he needed a distraction. Pulling out his phone,
he called Cade.
    “Feeling better?” Cade greeted him.
    “Yeah, thought I’d go check that cabin Sam was talking
about. You all right with Shelby?”
    “Sure, just took her some breakfast. She’s eating it now.
Actually, inhaling it would be more accurate.”
    Connor felt a pang of guilt as he remembered that they
hadn’t fed her last night. “Make sure she eats it all.”
    “Don’t think we need to worry about that. I’m going to take
over for Dylan for a while. The useless human is sitting on his ass.”
    “I shouldn’t be long. Cade?”
    “Yeah?”
    “What if we get her to talk and we don’t like what she tells
us? What if it turns out she is a traitor? If she’s our mate…”
    It would kill him to see her destroyed.
    “We won’t know what we’re dealing with until we get our
answers. But you and I both know that we would never allow our mate to be
harmed. No