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on cue, the sliding glass door opened and without looking he knew who had
    stepped outside. Thomas. Adam bit back a growl. Paz immediately closed her legs,
    forcing him to remove his hand. He leaned closer as he pushed up and stood. “Meet me
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    tonight by my beach house. Eleven o’clock.” Without waiting for a response, he nodded
    once at Thomas before brushing past him.
    It was definitely time for him to leave the party. He spotted Marisol and Stephan
    arguing in one corner of the kitchen and Nick and his human mate, Carly, kissing by
    the minibar. No one else paid him much attention as he exited the house. While he
    wanted nothing more than to stay and talk to Paz, he knew it would be impossible with
    so many people around.
    Her sister didn’t like him talking to her—that much was obvious. And something
    was going on with her and Thomas. He didn’t think it was physical because Paz didn’t
    seem like the kind of woman to stray, but he planned to find out what secrets she was
    keeping from him.
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    Despite the cool breeze blowing in from the Atlantic, fire burned through Paz’s
    system as she stripped her dress and panties off. She felt guilty lying to her sister about
    wanting to go for a run alone, but she brushed those feelings away. It was embarrassing
    how much she wanted to see and talk to Adam again. And she wasn’t quite sure why
    she was so interested. He wasn’t suave or even very charming like so many of the
    wolves who’d tried to get into her pants before. And, more importantly, he didn’t know
    what she was. The wolves from her old pack had known she was half fae. The ones
    who’d tried to bed her had made her feel as if they were doing her a favor by wanting to
    sleep with her. She snorted at the thought.
    Adam was different. He wanted her for her. She wasn’t certain that she was going
    to sleep with him, but he didn’t seem to care about that. Taking a calming breath, she
    prepared herself to change form. Even though she was half fae, shifting into her wolf
    form still hurt just like any other full-blooded werewolf.
    As her bones broke, shifted and realigned, a rush of adrenaline pumped through
    her with lightning speed. It had been a couple days since she’d stretched her legs and
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    the sensation was refreshing. She was smaller than most shifters, maybe because of her
    faerie heritage, she couldn’t be sure.
    Bounding across the sand, she let the salty essence of the ocean rush over her.
    Running over the softer surface forced her to exert her muscles more. As she headed
    toward the beach house where Adam was staying, she slowed her pace when she
    scented him. The closer she got to the house, the stronger his scent grew, but she
    couldn’t see him. For a brief second, a trickle of fear raced down her back until he
    jumped out from behind a sand dune.
    She paused and took him in. He was a perfect snowy white. She’d never seen an all-
    white wolf before, and he was beautiful. Unlike so many shifters who took on various
    canine forms, he was truly a wolf. Her sister was an Alaskan Malamute and she was a
    fairly small, brown Cocker Spaniel. Not exactly terrifying or even majestic.
    He kicked up some sand in her direction and motioned for her to follow. She did,
    but when she got closer, she nipped his side playfully. They didn’t know each other
    well and she knew she was taking a chance, but she wanted to feel out his personality.
    It was easiest for her to do that in her shifted form. Not being able to talk was always
    easier for her. It meant she couldn’t say something stupid. When she nipped him, he
    rolled on his back and bared his neck for her.
    The way he made himself so vulnerable touched something deep inside her. She
    jumped at him but didn’t show her teeth as she attempted to tackle him. When he
    playfully growled she pushed off him and ran toward his place.
    She jerked to a halt when she spotted a blanket spread out on the