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"I needed to stretch, or hly thankful his people olves What would have happened if they hadn’t been? They would have shot her, that’s what

"Aye, well, in the future, I would ask that your wolf venturing be confined to this side of the seawall The trails leading to the sea are too dangerous for anyone to navigate, especially if the person has imbibed too h she knew very well her own stubbornness had made her careless

"I will take your concern under advise off her bread "I hope I didn’t inconvenience anyone too much" She truly hoped only Grant had known of her escapade

"I howled to warn you not to get too close to the water’s edge until I reached you But you ignoredher Like in a drea anted her to move when she’d been too tired to "You howled" Great

She could guess what thatout to her in a distressed wolf’s arning her to return His kin would have hurried out to see to the matter, just like any wolf pack would

Even if they didn’t believe he needed help, they would have arrived to see as going on--as was a wolf’s ever-curious nature

She wanted to ask howher neck above the breakers But she didn’t dare pose the question She never got drunk Ever Which had been part of the probleht She didn’t approve of such behavior Her own father drank way tooher and her motherin such a manner

"Thank you for seeing me back to my chamber"

Grant said, "It was the least I could do for you" He didn’t co the cha?" Or last night She wasn’t certain when he’d run off "I needed to be close to the bathroom You could have slept in my room I promise I wouldn’t have made any untoward advances," she said Not like she did on the hilltop Then she frowned Maybe she had made untoward advances to him in bed and that hy he had left She felt her body war hard not to sho funny that notion was to him What? He’d think she would have ravished him? Unable to keep her cohlander? But she really couldn’t remember what she’d done to make him leave

She stiffened a little at his response She wasn’t that needy Just because she ht have seemed like it when she kissed him

She’d been mated twice She often had wolves interested in her Just because she wasn’t mated now and Grant and his people didn’t want her here didn’t

She’d also considered the possibility that he ain control of her properties that way Then he’d never have to submit to her wishes And he and his clan would never have to worry about losing their ancestral home