  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

  He entered the room. And stopped dead in his tracks. Across the room was Danica balancing on one of the dining chairs as she used a feather duster to tackle non-existent cobwebs. But it wasn&quot;t Danica. Danica was life and fire and sensuality and adorable sarcasm. She was not quiet or expressionless or withdrawn or robotic.
  Most of the pack, even Lindy, were gathered in the room on the sofa facing the T.V., but all eyes were fixed on Danica. And all, even Lindy, appeared concerned. So concerned that they only spared him a brief glance before turning their attention back to her. Slowly he covered the space between them until he was beside the chair she was balanced on. She didn&quot;t look at him. But she wasn&quot;t ignoring him, he quickly realized. She was simply elsewhere in her mind. &quot;Danica?&quot; he said softly. &quot;Danica baby&hellip;you okay?&quot; She double-blinke

   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 calmed a little when he came close, but he didn&quot;t touch her just like Danica knew he would

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