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Michael asked dryly.
    Michael’s gaze was drawn to the kitchen entrance where he was astonished to see a woman standing in the doorway. She was dressed in what looked like a pair of Callie’s old pajamas. Her eyes were wide with…fear? She looked anxious, and she stared at Michael like she was afraid he was going to jump up and pounce.

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    An eerie sensation niggled his nape and snaked down his spine, spreading like wildfire. What the hell? He couldn’t take his eyes off her. She had the most stunning blue eyes he’d ever seen on a woman.
    Her hair fell over her ears and to her chin in soft curls. She looked…enchanting, like some delicate fairy come to life.
    And what the fuck was he doing sitting here mooning on about goddamn fairies? Jesus on an eggshell but he was losing his ever-loving mind.
    He was starting to think stupid things, like he’d do anything at all to remove the fear from her gaze.
    He wanted to protect her.
    And she was coming out of his brother’s bedroom. Or at least from that general vicinity.
    “S-Seth?” she asked in a wavery voice. But before Seth could respond, she said, “I should go. I need to go.”
    Her voice was whisper soft, and before he could catch himself, Michael was on his feet—to do what?
    Keep her from going?
    He forced himself to stand there while Seth hurried toward the woman.
    “Lily, no,” Seth said in a soft, urgent voice as he took her shoulders in his hands.
    So Lily was her name. Michael watched as Lily skittered away from Seth’s grasp, her eyes darting toward Michael as she did.
    “Honey, it’s only Michael. My brother Michael. Remember, I told you all about him last night?”
    “The vet,” she said in a husky voice.
    “Yes, that’s right. He just started his practice back home.”
    “I should go,” she said again, and Michael saw her edge toward the hallway that led to the bedroom.
    “Stay and eat breakfast. I made you a cup of hot chocolate. It’s probably cold by now, but I can pop it into the microwave for you.”
    She hestitated, her gaze going between the two brothers.
    “I need to get dressed,” she said faintly.
    “Okay. I’ll be here in the kitchen. I’ll make breakfast so you can eat when you get out.” She was gone before Seth could say another word. When he turned back to Michael, there was something decidedly desperate in his older brother’s eyes. A desperation that for some reason, Michael felt in equal measure.
    “Who is she?” Michael rasped out. Hell, he couldn’t even talk right. He had a knot in his throat the size of a boulder.
    Seth cut an impatient glance at his brother. “Lily,” he bit out. “Just Lily.”
    “Who is she to you ?”
    Seth swung around, his eyes blazing. “Why the hell do you want to know that?” 22
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    “I want to know,” Michael said. “I need to know, because damn it, I just had the most powerful reaction to a woman I’ve had in my entire life, and I damn well need to know if I’m poaching on my brother’s territory.”
    Seth’s mouth gaped open. “You stay the hell away from her.”
    “So it’s like that,” Michael said grimly. “You’ve staked a claim.”
    “Are you out of your mind? You just met the woman. What are you planning to do, haul her off over your shoulder?”
    “Maybe,” Michael said calmly. “Probably.”
    “Over my dead body.”
    “When did you meet her?” Michael asked. Seth hadn’t mentioned a woman. Not to anyone. He would have known. The dads wouldn’t have kept something like that quiet. They would have been too busy giving him hell.
    “Yesterday,” Seth said in a gruff, pissed-off voice.
    “Yesterday? Yesterday? And you’re going off on me for having just met her?” Michael laughed. “You fucking hypocrite.”
    And then the thought came. Stuck in his head like someone had hit him with a hammer. He’d walked into his brother’s house and met a woman he instantly