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Fuck me.”
    The Dark One scowled at the other one. “Soren, cut the fucks, would you? For Christ’s sake. Talk about making a person uncomfortable.” He glared at her, making her more uncomfortable than the other one had with his energetic cursing. “I’m sorry for my brother’s outburst. I’m Ryland Snow. I own this fishing lodge. And this … is my brother Soren Snow.”
    She knew the name. Lia racked her brain and it hit her. Soren Snow, the famous drummer. This guy was so huge on the world musical stage he had groupies. Women seriously followed him from country to country and appearance to appearance. “Oh my God. Soren Snow! Wow. I don’t know what to say.”
    And the famous musician was really a bear. They both were. Like Pooh Bear’s long-lost uncles.
    She realized The Dark One, rather Ryland, aimed his gaze at the floor, as if trying to burn a path clear through the hardwood. After a moment, he looked up, his face twisted into a tight grin that held no amusement whatsoever. She felt bad. She’d kind of gushed over his famous brother and ignored him. As a celebrity herself, she knew how shallow that must have sounded.
    “Well,” she said quietly to Ryland. “I’m pleased to meet you … both.”
    He narrowed his eyes on her, but not in anger. With some other weird emotion that set her on edge and made her want to do nasty, carnal things to him.
    Gracious. She suddenly felt in need of a good fanning.
    “Brothers, huh?” she finally said after staring back at him for a moment, needing to break the tension. “Funny. I wouldn’t have expected that. You look so different.”
    “Yeah,” Ryland said with a mirthless chuckle. “We’re different, all right.”
    She struggled to find the right words to describe her addled feelings. “Uh, that whole bear thing. I imagined, that, right? B-because I really need to believe I imagined that.”
    She wouldn’t have believed The Dark One could look darker, but all of a sudden he did. His lip curled and there was a hint of snideness in his tone as he replied, “I’m sorry, Miss Goodblood. What you saw was real.”

Chapter 3
    Lia eyed Ryland, trying to ignore the coldness in his tone when he addressed her by her surname. “You want me to believe you’re really bears?” No. This had to be some sort of gross error on her part. It couldn’t be true.
    “Shape-shifters, actually,” he answered, his tone still terse. “And it’s not something we share with just anybody. We didn’t mean for you to see us that way.”
    She bristled. Why did it bother her he thought of her as “just anybody?” Why did it bother her a great deal? “You mean this isn’t some kind of a prank? Did Harry Little put you up to this?”
    “Who’s Harry Little?” Ryland barked. And then he made a face, as if realizing he hadn’t meant for his question to come out sounding like a demand.
    Soren grinned and leaned in, clearly enjoying his brother’s reaction way too much for it to be healthy. “Yes, Lia, tell us. Who is Harry?”
    “Never mind,” she whispered. Why did every glance from Soren Snow leave her feeling more and more nude? And she wasn’t even the one lounging in a terry cloth bath towel.
    “Is this Little guy the one who’s after you?” Ryland persisted.
    Soren laughed out loud. “Ryland, the whole world is after this woman! Don’t you read the papers? Lia Goodblood is a huge star!”
    She retreated into herself a little. “I wouldn’t say ‘huge.’ And anyway, about this bear thing…”
    He let out another incredulous laugh and then turned to his brother. “Miss Goodblood is the author of the hottest smut novel on the market right now. Surely even here on Gemini Island someone has a copy of Love in Chains ! This woman is a reclusive author who currently has Good Morning America and the Today show scrambling to nab her for her first interview. The paparazzi are falling over themselves to get a new picture of her, and everyone’s talking about her