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female? How fucking stupid
am I? He knew nothing about wolves. He only knew that he had a hard-on that
wouldn’t ease and he ached to be inside her. There had been a blinding flash of
awareness the moment he had touched her. It was almost as if she were meant to
be his. Gar had told him once about soul mates, and how it was to have one.
Gar’d had one. And he had lost her. He had been faced with a long, lonely
existence without the one who’d been created for him alone.
    When they had found Hallie, Gar had recognized in the
delectable human female the spirit of his soul mate, despite Hallie’s disbelief
in reincarnation. But when things had started happening that she couldn’t
ignore, Hallie had been forced to accept that she was not entirely human. When
she had changed the first time, she had been scared stiff, but as past-life
memories had begun to surface, she’d begun to adapt to her skills and knowledge
with stunning speed and understanding. Cal had been amazed that she had managed
to shift and use her Seronta powers without training. It was as if Hallie had
known what was deep inside her, but had never had any reason to use it until
she met Gar.
    And now Cal apparently had found his own soul mate…who just
happened to be a Lykos. Shit! He drew a deep breath and fought for calm.
Lykos and Seronta were natural enemies. Cats and dogs. How can this possibly
have happened? He hadn’t felt the connection until she had shifted to her
human form. Did that mean that her human half was his soul mate? He felt
totally unnerved at the prospect of being soul mates with a Lykos. But it was
happening. How it was happening was a total mystery…one that he would have to
figure out as he spent more time in her company.
    She said she couldn’t shift back to wolf. She’d tried and
failed. If she finally managed to shift back, would she try to kill him? Worse
yet…will I try to kill her?
    He had so many questions. So many things that made no sense.
She’d used mind speak. Her English was excellent. Learning a language entailed
more than simply hearing it spoken. She had to have been in human form enough
in her past that she had learned to speak it. And Lykos liked to be in their
animal form. The wolves only picked up local languages to facilitate their
hunting. To pick out easy marks. To lure unsuspecting humans into their traps.
    Lykos didn’t stay in human form unless they meant to use the
form to fool humans into trusting them. They felt most comfortable in their
wolf half and remained in that form unless they had to mingle with humans. She
was a bundle of contradictions…and he meant to unravel the mysteries, one by
one.
    Cal’s thoughts were anything but calm as Gar left him there,
standing like a stone sentinel over the little Lykos female. There were so many
things he wanted to know. So many things he was feeling that confused him. The
first of which had been the nagging sense of recognition when he had spotted her
in that clearing.
    He had seen that particular silver-gray wolf before. But
where? He ran her unusual scent slowly through his memories. He frowned as it
struck him. At the highway. The child had been clutching her around the neck.
He had thought she was the child’s pet at first. But then she had vanished,
leaving the weeping girl where she lay.
    He had caught that scent since. Several times, in fact. Out
in the woods beyond the property line, as if she had been there watching. But
the scent was not the same as the Lykos he had fought. He hadn’t made the
connection until now. It was confusing to him. He wanted answers, but he knew
that answers were not all he wanted. And that confused and frustrated him even
more.
    A quiet presence behind him drew his attention to Hallie,
who held a pile of clothes in her arms. He turned and took the things from her
hands, and as she turned quickly away he said softly, “Will you help her get
dressed?”
    He watched her tilt her head slightly before she whispered,
“I