   Theresa dived on that. &quot;He&quot;s a very attentive bodyguard, isn&quot;t he? You have to admit, they look real cute together. Right, Cindy?&quot;
  &quot;Oh yeah, real cute.&quot;
  &quot;Shut it,&quot; snapped Gio, surprising most people in the room.
  &quot;She didn&quot;t tell you she was going out?&quot; asked Donny.
  &quot;No, she didn&quot;t,&quot; Gio managed to grit out, pissed off that she had ventured out without a word and jealous that she had asked Chris to go with her rather than him. He switched his attention back to Duda. &quot;Why didn&quot;t you stop her from going?&quot;
  &quot;Why would I have stopped my Alpha female from leaving pack territory? And how exactly would you have expected me to stop Danica from doing that or anything else?&quot;
  &quot;When did she leave?&quot;
  &quot;Calm down, Gio, what&quot;s the problem?&quot; But Duda knew exactly what the

  She shook her head. &quot;I&quot;ll do it.&quot;
  &quot;No,&quot; they all objected at once.
  &quot;It&quot;s my car.&quot; Hers, it was her baby&hellip;and someone had vandalized it. Sure it was only a little paint, but dammit that wasn&quot;t the point. Her shifter territorial nature made it even harder for her to keep calm. Rage was coursing through her, making her grind her teeth and ball her hands into tight little fists. &quot;I&quot;m going to kill them.&quot;
  &quot;Get in line,&quot; said Hudson.
  Chris took one of her fists and uncurled it. &quot;Come on, come inside.&quot;
  &quot;Go,&quot; said Gio, &quot;we&quot;ll take care of this. Go inside.&quot; He knew he&quot;d probably sounded a little sharp with her, but he didn&quot;t like seeing another male&quot;s arm around her. In fact, he wanted to snap it off.
  She sighed. &quot;I -&quot;
  &quot;No.&quot;
  Her wolf c

  &quot;You already knew that.&quot; He groaned again as her body shook against his chest as she laughed, sending all kinds of interesting vibrations through
  him and his very hard cock. He combed his fingers through her hair. &quot;I love the way it has all those different shades of blonde in it and even a little bit of red.&quot; Another truth. 
  &quot;It annoys me. It can&quot;t seem to decide what color it wants to be.&quot;
  &quot;It has me curious.&quot; 
  She lifted her head, resting her chin on his chest. &quot;About?&quot;
  In a voice too low for anyone else to hear, he said, &quot;Well as much as I like you bald down there, I wouldn&quot;t mind knowing if the color of the carpet
  matches the curtains.&quot;
  She slapped his chest. &quot;Gio!&quot;
  &quot;Oh look,&quot; snickered a familiar, annoying, witchy voice. Lindy. &quot;Not only is she lounging all over you like 

Theresa dived on that. &quot;He&quot;s a very attentive bodyguard, isn&quot;t he? You have to admit, they look real cute together. Right, Cindy?&quot;
  &quot;Oh yeah, real cute.&quot;
  &quot;Shut it,&quot; snapped Gio, surprising most people in the room.
  &quot;She didn&quot;t tell you she was going out?&quot; asked Donny.
  &quot;No, she didn&quot;t,&quot; Gio managed to grit out, pissed off that she had ventured out without a word and jealous that she had asked Chris to go with her rather than him. He switched his attention back to Duda. &quot;Why didn&quot;t you stop her from going?&quot;
  &quot;Why would I have stopped my Alpha female from leaving pack territory? And how exactly would you have expected me to stop Danica from doing that or anything else?&quot;
  &quot;When did she leave?&quot;
  &quot;Calm down, Gio, what&quot;s the problem?&quot; But Duda knew exactly what the problem was, he always saw too much. As the sound of laughing coming from outside the caves met

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