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stupid since they were the same size.
    "Have we investigated Cindy's employer at the
    construction company?" Dillon asked the group. Cindy was
    a human who had been abducted by mutant werewolves.
    Since the vampire, Alesandro, killed the first mutant they
    encountered, they weren't able to question him.
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    No one knew what talents this new breed might
    have and it was a priority to find out what these enemies
    could do. All they knew at the moment was that they had
    gone through some sort of transformation, giving them
    stronger wolf senses than most werekin but freezing them
    in a human-werewolf form, unable to pass off as anything
    other than a mutation. Right now, they were trying to
    pinpoint where the other wolves were based so they could
    capture a few for questioning. It was possible they weren't
    all hunting Silver's pack, but until they knew for sure, all
    the local packs were staying close and pulling extra
    security around pack homes and businesses.
    "Her boss, Richard Hale, smelled of corruption."
    Parker said with a sneer on his handsome face. "I assigned
    Sheila and Farro to watch their headquarters."
    Steven frowned. "I don't think I've ever met Farro."
    "He doesn't come to the club very often. His wife
    died a few years ago and he hasn't recovered. He spends
    most of his time raising his little boy," Dillon said.
    This time it was Dare who showed his curious kitty
    side. "I didn't think wolves could survive the loss of their
    mate."
    "She wasn't his mate, she was his wife. Farro is
    bisexual but sensed his mate would be male. He wanted a
    cub so he married a human woman. They might not have
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    been a mated pair but he loved her. She died in a car
    accident a year ago, leaving him alone to take care of their
    five-year old boy."
    "That's so sad." Dare's eyes glistened with tears.
    "Shh. Babe, it's okay." Steven stroked his head in a
    soothing manner. Dare resisted the urge to rub against him
    like a cat in heat. There was something compelling about
    the werewolf touching him. It calmed him down to his toes.
    The other two wolves looked at them curiously.
    "Is there something you two want to tell us?" Dillon
    asked.
    "Dare's my mate," Steven said.
    Dare jerked out of his hold. "What do you mean,
    I'm your mate? I thought wolves could sense their mate? If
    I was yours, you would've known months ago."
    He saw Steven swallow and he knew the truth. The
    man had known they were mates when he was fucking
    around. Nausea churned in his belly.
    "I need to go call Ben," Dillon said, jumping from
    the table.
    "I need a cold drink," Parker followed the other
    werewolf with what Dare considered unseemly haste.
    Bastard.
    "You knew." Dare jumped to his feet with quick,
    feline grace. Steven watched him warily. "All this time,
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    while I was lusting after you and you slept with every piece
    of wolf tail you could find, you knew we were mates. You
    bastard!"
    "No. It wasn't like that." Steven grabbed Dare's
    arms to stop his pacing. Dare flashed his fangs at the other
    man but the wolf held on tight. "I thought you might be my
    mate, but I didn't know for sure. I never got close enough to
    be certain."
    "Because I wasn't wolf," Dare hissed. The pain
    caused by the idea that his mate thought he wasn't good
    enough knifed through his chest. Having a mate who didn't
    want to be yours was a special kind of hell. Every shifter
    dreamed of finding the one fated to be theirs; unfortunately,
    as Steven proved, it wasn't always a happy event.
    Steven
    nodded,
    confirming
    Dare's
    terrible
    statement. "I won't have secrets between us. I wanted to
    mate with a wolf, I can't deny that, but I didn't have sex
    with all the wolves I left with. Sometimes we just went out
    for a meal to see if we were compatible. Now that I know
    for certain you are my mate, I wouldn't trade you for
    anything." He gave Dare a little shake. "Or anyone. You.
    Are. Mine. And I