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military, training him to hunt down and assassinate national security threats. He’d personally taken out the third most wanted U.S.A. terrorist. There were days he struggled to acclimate with normal everyday life. He loved inking skin, but his wolf loved to prowl and loved the hunt. On his bad days, they fought to reach a cohesive middle ground.
    His Aunt B criticized his parents for his remote and undisciplined upbringing, but it wasn’t that they didn’t care. Letting Cajun be himself was their style of parenting. They believed forcing him to conform to society’s standards crushed his individualism.
    “She’s a human.” Cajun thought that’d explain everything, but he should’ve known his objection to her race wouldn’t deter his aunt.
    “She understands enough about shifters.”
    “She’s a celebrity and not for our world.” Even as he spoke the words, he realized his wolf wouldn’t allow her to just walk out of his life without a fight. Neither could he see himself living in the concrete jungle.
    “If it’ll help, I’ll talk to her, explain things so she can understand. You boys aren’t so good with words.”
    He wasn’t ten and could handle his own romance. “No thanks. I’ve got this.”
    “Don’t be stubborn.”
    “I’m not. Just being realistic, Aunt B. Everything doesn’t have a happy ending.”
    “You know I only want what’s best for you, and Olivia is what’s best for you. If you want to talk or need advice, I’m here for you.”
    Cajun nodded, and sipped on the drink she’d poured. Aunt B made the best lemonade. Advice would be great, especially when it came to dealing with a human, but he didn’t have a clue what to ask. “Thanks. That means a lot.”
    “He screwed up.” Jake entered the kitchen unannounced and ratted Cajun out. “He told Olivia to fuck off—”
    “I never told her to ‘fuck off’.”
    Barbara had already made up her mind though and was glaring at him when he glanced her way, but Jake didn’t stop there. Oh, hell no. Instead, his cousin finished hammering the nails into Cajun’s coffin. So much for cousinly love .
    “Thanks to him, Olivia was attacked in the parking lot of Sassy Wolfe.”
    His aunt gasped. “Theodore Gustav Wolfe, I’m disappointed in you.”
    No shit, he got that loud and clear when she used his given name. Jesus, he hated his name.
    “Sniffing her out as my mate had me off guard, and I wasn’t thinking clearly.” It sucked as an excuse, but it was the truth.
    “No wolf is prepared to meet their mate,” his aunt scoffed.
    “That wasn’t the problem. My mate is a human and not a shifter. I don’t get along with humans. They’re too irritating, too needy, and I don’t have the patience for that.”
    “He apologized.”
    His head snapped up, and his attention shifted to Olivia at her unexpected comment. Christ on a stick, how much worse could things get? Cajun hadn’t even known she’d returned to the kitchen. Any other time, he would’ve smelled her approach, but her scent was so strong, filling his nostrils and marinating in his lungs, it’d been like she was already in the room with him even when she’d been down the hall. Great time to lose my best strength. His nose and tracking abilities were why he had excelled in the military. And her tread had been silent, as skilled as an assassin, so his hearing had failed him too.
    In the doorway, Olivia stood, her focus laser locked on him like the red beam of a gun. Curiosity burned in her eyes. She’d cleaned up, all dirt washed from her face and body, and she’d apparently located her bag he’d brought in because she’d changed her clothes. The woman was hot in a dress and stilettos. But she destroyed him in ragged jeans, a plain green shirt, and denim-colored sneakers.
    “I’m a sorceress. Not human.” Olivia elevated her hand, and a blue orb burst to life in her palm, hissing and spitting as if crackling with energy. Fisting her hand, she snuffed out the ball.