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knew the peaceful acceptance of another species wouldn’t
happen. Hate ran deep in human culture.
    The only problem was, it wouldn’t last. Josh felt as though
they were riding the peaceful waves before the storm. One of these days, the
shit would hit the fan. He refused to be the reason it did.
    Devin approached and cleared his throat. Josh loosened the
tight circle of his arms. “Yeah?”
    Devin glanced from Josh’s linked hands at Mira’s waist to
his face. Although his expression remained blank, displeasure rolled off him.
“Mira wanted the honors, but I’m going to pay Zeb a visit. They’ll take
you home.”
    Josh set Mira off to the side and took a step forward. “I
already discussed this with Mira. I’m the only one who’ll be paying him a visit
and,” he motioned behind him, “my car is right there. I can drive myself.”
    “Absolutely not.” Devin whipped his head to peer at Mira.
After a moment, while they no doubt engaged in a telepathic argument, he
snapped his teeth together. “I don’t like it.”
    “I agreed. The discussion is over.” She reached out and
stroked her fingertips over Josh’s bicep. “Let’s take Josh home.”
    He grasped her wrist. “I don’t—”
    She looked over her shoulder. “You shouldn’t drive if you
hit your head hard enough to black out.”
    Josh took in the stubbornness and worry stamped on her face
and sighed. The sooner he assured her he was well, the quicker he could deal
with Zeb and make sure she was safe. “Fine, let’s roll.”
    They climbed into the ’Cuda. The short drive to the house
Josh had moved into last week passed in silence after he refused to answer
Devin’s pointed questions about the injury he’d suffered. Josh didn’t need
anyone else’s doubts on top of his own. As soon as he’d gotten into the car
with the other shifters, the crawling sensation had returned.
    Kade parked in front of Josh’s fixer-upper farmhouse and motioned
toward the door. “I called Zach to come stay with you tonight. He’ll be out
within the hour.”
    “No way. I don’t need a babysitter.”
    Kade narrowed his eyes. “Mira won’t be content until she
knows you’re well and I sure as hell won’t allow her to stay here tonight. Deal
with it or you can come room with me.”
    Josh ground his teeth. Instead of wasting time arguing, he
bit out, “Fine.”
    “Good.” Kade motioned toward his house. “You need help
getting settled?”
    Mira grabbed his hand before he could answer. “I’ll help
him.”
    “Don’t take too long and remember the rules,” Devin warned.
    She opened the door, pulling him along with her. “Sure, okay.”
    They hurried up the steps and slipped inside. With the door
shut behind them, Josh crowded her against the hardwood surface. He leaned in
to kiss her, but she bent her head so his lips brushed over her forehead
instead.
    She splayed her hands over his chest and gave him a slight
push, not enough to break his hold, more of a ‘hold on’ move.
    He clamped down on his disappointment.
    “So I guess you didn’t come in here so I could ravish you.”
Not that he had time to indulge in her but he hated losing any moment with
Mira.
    She wrapped her hands around his waist and snuggled close, her
cheek over his heart. “Please, Josh, just stop. I’d like nothing more than to go
upstairs with you. It can’t happen.”
    He shoved away before he swept her into his arms and did
exactly that. “Go home then. I’ll be fine until my babysitter shows up.”
    She twisted her fingers together. He turned his back on the
sight. Clipped steps took him into his living room.
    Moving boxes filled the otherwise empty room. He opened one
and started unpacking the stacks of movies, anything to distract him from what
he wanted to do with the woman standing behind him.
    Dusty VHS tapes took up most of the space inside the crate.
Why had he brought them? He didn’t even own a player anymore. With them piled
off to the side, he pulled out the