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"Drop by anyti her hands on Sascha’s arms, the other woman kissed her cheek
Sascha had frozen the instant Ta kindness fro else She’d always iined she could read the emotions of others but her delusions had never been this bad - there was simply no raw material in the Psy world to feed the fantasies of her fractured o, she stepped back and walked out the door to the waiting vehicle It was too difficult to be in that roohter and touch, war
"Oh dear," Ta Sascha retreat "I shouldn’t have touched her"
Lucas hugged her to him "Of course you should have Just because she’s Psy doesn’t hed "Did you see her boot?"
"Yes" Lucas was the alpha of DarkRiver - he’d known exactly as going on with Julian What he couldn’t understand hy Sascha had let it happen And there had been that ht Perhaps her telepathic call had gotten heated, or perhaps she’d been doing so to a cub
"I never expected a Psy to be so good with children" Taainst his chest
"Neither did I" Quite simply, she shouldn’t have been The Psy would never allow a child to nibble on their shoes There was no reason behind it, no efficiency Yet this Psy had "Tell "
The healer of DarkRiver was no fool "Still nothing?"
"Not yet" Dropping a kiss on her hair, he said good-bye and headed out
Sascha was already in the vehicle when he took the driver’s seat "Your first ti children?"
"Yes" She tucked the chewed toe behind her leg and right then and there, Lucas kneas in trouble "Are you always in ani slowly out of Ta driveway, he turned onto the street, the passage of air sain the ability to shift for to us"
She was silent for the next stretch of road, as if thinking over what he’d said "What about clothing? What happens to it when you change?"
"It disintegrates We prefer to change while naked" He paid close attention to the energy in the air as he spoke and detected a definite spike - Sascha Duncan reacted to the thought of him naked
Both sides of his nature liked the idea of disturbing this intriguing female on a sensual level, but as alpha, he had to consider the deeper ramifications of what he’d learned and how it could be used against her
"Tamsyn - what role does she occupy in your pack?" she said, changing the subject so quickly that he knew he’d been right "I know you’re hierarchical"
"Exactly like the Psy You show me yours and I’ll show you mine" If she cla to have to rethink his strategy He needed to get inside a Psy et into the PsyNet There was no other way to track the killer, not if the Psy Council was covering for him
"Our overall leadership is in the Council"
He tried to keep his exhilaration under control "We have no overall leadership Each pack is autonoanized by faroups"
They hadn’t known that for sure because to the outside world, the Psy concept of family looked like any other business relationship "Family ties exist within the pack but ultimate loyalty is to the pack itself"
"What about eling mind that startled him "Surely their loyalty is to each other first"
"That’s the one caveat Leopard changelings mate for life so no other option is workable" He wondered what she’d make of that, this woman who’d been created by medicine not passion "What about the Psy? Where is your loyalty?"
"The good of our people," she said "We’re allowed to compete with other faainst outsiders we have only one loyalty"
"To ensure the continuation of the Psy race"
"Yes" Shifting in her seat, she asked hi for life? Is that a choice like hus and humans can mate Several of my pack are mated to humans" Children froe for unions occurred in the past"
"My great-great-grandlanced at her "Do you think I would’ve ood Psy?"
She stared at hi, "Perhaps you should watch the road" Cool, practical, and without feeling Except for the fact that the toe of her boot had been chewed by baby leopard teeth
He obeyed her this once "To answer your question, no, it’s not a choice like e - at least not for the leopards Once we find our mate, the only choice we have is whether or not to take the final step There’s no walking away after that’s done"