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beside her – eggs, bacon, potatoes and orange juice.
    When Shawn started to serve himself, Jared emitted a low growl.
    “ What? I wasn’t even looking at her.” Shawn paused, a spoonful of eggs hovering over his plate.
    “ Good,” Jared said, “keep it that way. But that wasn’t what I meant.” He indicated Maria sitting at the island with no plate in front of her.
    “ Oh, man, I’m sorry,” Shawn immediately apologized and picked up a clean plate and filled it with food.
    “ Thank you, Shawn,” the other woman smiled as he handed it to her.
    Jared glanced sideways at Emily. He could feel the questions almost rolling off her in waves. “The males of the pack do not eat before the women.”
    Emily put down her fork and just looked at him. He could sense her hesitation and wondered if now was the time she would begin to demand answers about him. About what he was.
    “ Why?”
    Disappointment flared briefly. But he knew she would accept him when she was ready.
    He shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know that is how it’s always been. I guess it’s a throwback behavior for when we hunted for our women.”
    “ I think it’s wonderful behavior,” Maria said taking a bite of the cheesy scrambled eggs. “I love to be looked after. It’s only when their instincts to protect kick into overdrive that drives me crazy.”
    “ We only do what is right,” Jared said refilling Emily’s juice glass before she could ask. From the corner of his eye he saw Shawn take a seat on the other side of the island. He allowed the man to take several bites before he spoke. “You might not want to sit there, Shawn.”
    The man looked up, a piece of bacon halfway to his mouth and a puzzled look on his face. “Why?”
    “ Emily and I-”
    “ Eeww,” Shawn made a disgusted face as he quickly rose, snatching up his plate.
    “ Jared,” Emily punched Jared’s arm hard.
    “ What? It’s true,” he laughed as he kissed her fisted hand.
    “ No, it’s not. Sit back down Shawn, we didn’t do anything,” she said.
    “ Well, that’s technically true.” Jared spread apricot jam on a biscuit and placed it on Emily’s plate. When she shook her head no, he frowned until she picked it up and took a bite. “But not for lack of trying. If you two had just waited ten more minutes,” he shook his head remorsefully. “But, I’m sure your juices didn’t soak through the robe you were wearing.”
    “ Jared!” This time Emily screeched, the short burst of sound hurting the werewolves’ ears. “How could you?” She buried her red face in her hands.
    “ Emily,” Maria smoothed. “It is nothing to be ashamed of. We’re glad you find our alpha so attractive.”
    “ Please, please, please, could we talk about something else?” Emily murmured.
    Shawn sniffed at the island before shrugging his broad shoulders and sitting back down.
    Jared laughed. “The trip to the house was a bust, at least for now. There’s definitely something going on out there, but I couldn’t investigate. Not with Emily.”
    “ See what I mean about the over protectiveness?” Marie asked. “If I were you, I’d nip it in the bud right now. Nip, nip nip.”
    “ We’ll go check it out for you,” Shawn volunteered.
    “ That might be best,” Jared nodded in agreement, ignoring the woman’s comment. He did not need her giving Emily advice. “I need to see someone tonight. We’re running out of time.” Both wolves knew what he meant. If he went hunting during the full moon – and he would to find his pack member – the chances of exposure for them and the vamp would be great. No one in the pack would be able to control him. And they still had to remember how this affected the human world. Someone was killing women and the authorities were demanding answers. If the killings just stopped, there would be too many questions left unanswered.
    The pack had been interacting with humans throughout the centuries because they were one of the few species