Free Unknown Touch by Gina Marie Long

remained without any true female companion ever since. It is all rather a sad story. He does have a brother and sister who live at the resorts. The sister is married and they have kids. But I'm positive Daniel still feels very lonely and confused about life in general. He carries a huge weight on his shoulders since he is the Alpha male in this pack. It was devastating for him to have the pack split up after so many long years together. He feels responsible somehow."
    I had another question, "How come we're just now having this conversation? Why didn't we talk about some of this before?" I actually felt a little irritated, like I had been left out of the loop after all.
    "You didn't ask. It's as simple as that, Kara," Dominic explained, "The Liaison, as a group, had voted unanimously to keep from bombarding you with too much information. We knew you were totally overwhelmed with this endeavor. Remember, we did kind of abduct you? That first day or two you were with us, I had to try so hard to keep from rambling on and on about every little detail. I wanted so badly for you to understand everything and know all about us and the mission and stories about werewolves and other races…ahhh…But it's complete overload for anyone's brain to handle during the short time we've had you under our wing. We just gave you what you needed, hoped you wouldn't freak out and as you gradually started asking questions, we'd fill you in." Dominic had that sweet look about him as he sat next to me in the van. I touched at his mind and discovered his concern for me and extreme compassion. I reached over and rubbed his arm. Mentally I said to him, Thanks, Dom . You've handled me pretty well. Oh, gee, that rolled off my mind wrong. 'Handled me'? Yeah, I bet he'd like to handle me from some of the emotions I had picked up from him over the last few weeks. I about burst out laughing, but tried to stick with a huge smile.
    Interesting choice of words there. How about this one? I've got a lot more to cover…with you? Another play on words that could be taken one of two ways. Dom smiled back with that male cockiness just oozing off of him. I flicked his right arm in playfulness. Tessa glanced over at us, shaking her head, assuming the two of us were mentally bonding with our unspoken conversations we frequently had.
    I entered into her mind, gently making my presence known, and said jokingly, Tessa, Dom here needs to get out more often. I think he's full of himself.
    She thought, This is so awesome. Have I said that before? Yeah, he does seem to like you a bit, I'd say - or think! She was getting a kick out of this. As the three of us sat in the back seat, smiling and not saying a word, Zac looked into his inside rearview mirror. Dom and I noticed his head and eye movement immediately. Zac had this puzzled look as I searched his thoughts and heard, Now what is going on back there?
    In unspoken unison, Dom and I dove into Zac's mind and said, We're reading minds! Zac slightly jerked at the steering wheel caught off guard by our instant intrusion. Sorry. Again, Dom and I together mentally spoke to Zac.
    I had an idea as I established the mental path with Tessa. Tessa, I want to try something. Dom, are you there, too?
    Yeah, what's up?
    I was excited and had to remain focused. I continued the telepathy with, Okay, the three of us are now communicating. Let's pull Zac and then Eli into this and have a group conversation. It's like a chain!
    Dom and I concentrated, keeping Tessa linked to us and stared at Zac. I don't know that the direct eye contact had anything to do with it, but at that moment, it seemed to make it easier connecting to Zac. He popped his head up looking into the mirror again when he realized his spunky little wife was also in his brain besides just Dom and me. Tessa and Zac had this look of amazement on their faces since the link established by Dom and/or me made it possible for them to read each other's minds. We were like a conduit or a