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“Something like that,” she told Annie. “Do you think you could put us in touch with the alpha?”
    Annie eyed them, her mouth pursed. “Something tells me I could like you. Y’all aren’t trouble are ya?”
    “Naw, honey,” Barb drawled, her gaze scoping the bar. “Not unless you count having fun as trouble.”
    “Yeah, I mean, trouble comes in two categories,” Sally said. “The dance on the pool table while sipping whiskey kind, and the eat your face off kind.”
    “We’re the first kind,” Seraphina clarified, nodding.
    Annie gave a short laugh that cut off when she glanced past Lexington’s shoulder. But there was only a second to wonder what had the female pausing. Lexington’s fox became acutely aware of the presence behind her. She shivered and tensed, trying to tamp down her animal’s excitement, but her vixen was doing the prancy-dance all over her insides like she was about to take a header into a foxhole.
    “There a problem here?” The voice was low and quiet, but not smooth. It was jagged, hot lava over serrated rocks. The big blond who’d been glaring at her pushed his way between her and Barb, leaning sideways against the counter. His stance implied he was trying to defend what was behind the bar. Specifically Annie.
    “Ex-skeeee-use you,” Barb said, tossing him a dirty look he didn’t see.
    He glared down at Lexington in a way that made her fox want to cower. Which was odd because she wasn’t typically submissive. Most especially not to a human. And her senses told her that’s exactly what he was. She scented no animal on him. Just clean skin, and some kind of woodsy cologne that made her want to lick him.
    “There’s no problem, Aaron,” Annie said with a sweet smile that was obviously covering clenched teeth.
    He ignored her and narrowed his eyes on Lexington. “What do you want?”
    She cleared her throat—twice—before she felt confident her voice wouldn’t come out all wispy.
    “That’s a broad question. Can you narrow it down? What do I want this minute? Or out of life? Or what do I want to do for the weekend? What do I want to eat? Or…” She took a breath, shrugging one shoulder. “The possibilities are endless really.”
    His eyebrows pulled back and that was the first time she’d seen anything other than a scowl on his face. The temporary change had her tummy squirming with all kinds of new feelings. His eyes roamed curiously all over her face and then he ground out, “Why are you here?”
    Lexington took a sip of her drink for fortification.
    “Again, a very broad question. Why am I here in this town? Or in this bar? Or for a more existential meaning, why am I on this planet? Why am I among the seven billion people who populate earth? Well, actually, that one’s easy. See, when two people love each other, they come together and do a special dance. And if they’re lucky, that dance makes a baby. Nine months later, bam, Lexington meets the world.” She ended with another swallow, and heard Sally snickering to her right.
    For the first time, Aaron glanced away, his jaw ticking with the beat of her heart. “What do you want with my sister?”
    Sister? He must be referring to Annie.
    Lexington glanced at the woman and then back to him. Yes, they had the same blue eyes. Her face was rounder where his was all harsh edges. And his hair wasn’t long enough to tell if it hid curls or not, but it was nearly the same shade.
    “We’re just making friends is all,” Barb groused. “Why are you so barky?”
    “Everything’s fine,” Annie said. “They’re here to see DTD. I was just pointing them in Drake’s direction.”
    Drake. The wolf pack’s alpha. Except Annie hadn’t exactly told them how to find Drake yet. Short of rolling up on the property unannounced, they had no way of contacting him. And Lexington knew how dangerous it could be to land in territory that didn’t belong to you.
    Aaron stared back at her, clearly not satisfied with the answer.