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our family shifts.”
    “Do you all turn into panthers?” Now there was something she’d never imagined asking anyone.
    She caught Blake’s hesitant look at his brothers before he answered. “Our family does. So do the other families in our clan.”
    “Your family? You mean there are other families that can shift into other things?” Blake only nodded and didn’t offer any other information. Kate was starting to get an uneasy feeling about something. “That bear from last night…was that an ordinary black bear?”
    “No, it wasn’t. He was a shifter from another clan.”
    “Why was he chasing me?”
    Blake looked at his brothers again before looking back to her, but it was Drake that leaned over and spoke softly into her ear. “This is gonna get even stranger for you, darlin’. Are you sure you’re ready?”
    His breath against her ear caused a pleasant shiver across her skin that traveled down her body. She turned to look at Drake and got lost in his eyes for a minute. They were the same color as Blake’s, but somehow they were uniquely Drake. She felt her pussy clench, and she almost groaned out loud. What the hell was wrong with her? She was practically jumping out of her skin. Every little touch from these guys was making her crazy. She mentally shook herself. She needed to know what was going on.
    “Tell me. Everything.”
    Drake continued looking at her for a moment and then turned to Blake and nodded. She looked back at Blake, who placed his hands on the tops of her thighs. The touch was enough to make her want to squirm, but she held herself still.
    Blake took a deep breath. “You’re Jesse’s daughter, Kate. He was a shifter, a panther like us. That means you’re a shifter.”
    Kate blinked at him, trying to process what he had just said, and then she burst out laughing. “No I’m not. I can’t do what you did.”
    “Not yet.” Jake’s words brought Kate’s laughter to a complete stop.
    “What do you mean? You think I’m going to grow fur all of a sudden?” The fact that she had just watched a man turn into a giant cat was one thing, but to think about it happening to her? Nope. Not going to happen.
    She looked at all three men. They were all watching her with very serious expressions. It was making her nervous about what they might tell her, but their intense stares were also making her damned uncomfortable for an entirely different reason. How could she be so freaked out and so turned on at the same time? Finally, Blake broke the silence.
    “Kate, the bear shifter was chasing you last night because he could smell you. He knew you had shifter blood, and he wanted to mate with you.”
    “What? That…that…thing wanted to…to…” Kate couldn’t even say it. It was just too appalling.
    “Sweetheart, I was out last night making sure everything was secure before the storm when I caught your scent and went looking for you. Bringing you here to our house, in such close proximity to us, well…let’s just say it triggered a reaction…in you and in us.” Blake stopped and exchanged glances with Drake and Jake. Both men nodded, urging him to continue.
    “Kate, males are able to shift from the time we’re very young, but our females can only shift once they reach sexual maturity and join with the shifters they are meant to mate with.”
    Kate actually felt relief as his words sunk in. “Then I’m okay. I mean I haven’t…you know…mated with a shifter, so I’m not going to grow fur and fangs. Right?” She looked at each of them hopefully, but they all looked really uncomfortable, as though they hadn’t told her the most important part yet.
    “Spill it. What have you not told me yet?”
    Blake gently rubbed her thighs with his big hands. Kate had never had much of a sex drive, but Blake’s hands were making her want to throw him on the floor and have her way with him right here and now. And Drake and Jake could even watch. Heck, if they kept touching her, they could play,