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ends around the old house all day. She’d almost sprained her wrist opening the door to the third floor tonight. It had always been loose and needed a really good twist to open. Somehow Javier had coaxed the old bronze knob into proper alignment and now it turned firmly, like other knobs. Ainsley wasn’t sure whether to be thankful or worried.
    What would he do when he ran out of household jobs?
    She wondered if he was concentrating on housework to distract himself from the teasing pull of the moon. Though he had given Ainsley every hint that he wanted to serve her completely, she had so far refused him and evaded any questions about it. She didn’t relish telling him, or anyone, that although she was alpha, she wanted to be faithful to a mate who was gone, and wasn’t a wolf anymore anyway.
    The moon pulsed and madly pulled at her , even though the sun diluted its light. Ainsley was frantic with worry about how she was going to make it through the full moon without mating, but she pressed that feeling down, putting the pack’s needs first.
    Just as she was ready to reach for Cressida through her bond as alpha, there was a clattering at the gate.
    “Ainsley?”
    “Hi, Cressida.” Ainsley turned back to the growing leaf pile. “Javier, please come talk with us.”
    The young man laid down his rake immediately and jogged up to the porch to oblige her.
    Ainsley sat on the bench of the picnic table. Cressida trotted up the porch stairs and stood, leaning against one of the porch columns. Javier stood respectfully in front of the other.
    “I need your help tonight,” Ainsley said.
    “Yes, my alpha,” Javier said quickly.
    Cressida started to smirk, but then thought better of it and nodded coolly.
    “One of our packmates, Sadie Epstein-Walker, is in the hospital in a coma. We need to get her out of there before the full moon tonight. We can’t have her changing in front of human doctors and nurses.”
    “That sounds...difficult,” Javier said carefully. “What do you need from us?”
    “Ophelia is expecting me to meet her tonight to run. I need a distraction,” Ainsley replied.
    Cressida rolled her eyes. “Why am I always the distraction?”
    Ainsley gave Cressida a stern look, then turned to Javier. “I need you two to meet Ophelia before she leaves Erik’s place and keep her occupied as long as possible.”
    “Keep her occupied?” Javier asked.
    “By fucking her, Einstein,” Cressida said.
    “Oh,” Javier replied. “Wait... which one of us needs to do that part?”
    “I’m not sure,” Ainsley said. “That’s why I need you both to go. I know she likes guys, but she seemed into you last night, Cress. She might choose either one of you.”
    “Or both,” Cressida said lightly. Ainsley knew Cressida well enough to know that although she’d said it in a nonchalant way, it was wholly intended to make Javier nervous.
    “Both?” Javier asked, trying hard not to sound surprised and failing.
    “Oh, I’ve heard she’s a freak,” Cressida continued. “She might just get off on watching us do each other while she rubs one out in the corner. I’ll bet she packed the whips and nipple clamps for her little visit. Or maybe even a big-“
    “ Thank you , Cressida,” Ainsley interrupted, seeing no reason to put Javier any further off his game. Assuming he had one. Hopefully Ophelia would be so taken with his good looks and bountiful muscles, she wouldn’t care that much about his technique. “Are you up to the task?”
    “ Yes!” Cressida said immediately.
    Javier studied Cressida with his serious eyes for a moment.
    “Yes,” he said at length. “I think I’ll manage.”
    For once, Cressida seemed to be caught off-guard. Ainsley tried to hide her smile as she turned to Javier.
    “You’ve done this before?”
    He blushed furiously and looked down at his hands, nodding once.
    “Good. I will give you one piece of advice,” Ainsley said quietly. She waited, needing to know he was paying