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Diana could share her dreams with. Usually she could see past, present, or future events involving others if she had something of theirs to go by. But it had never been a problem for her to connect directly with Roxanne.
    “Yes, but she doesn’t have all the facts. Futures change with every decision we make.”
    “So if I don’t breed now, I can still breed without having to wait a hundred years?”
    Diana shrugged. “It’s your time to breed. But no one can say for sure how long you would have to wait before it’s your time again.”
    “Why do I have to have a time?”
    “Purebloods are fading. That much is true. But what the wolf council wants is to try to delay the inevitable. Change is coming, and it needs to be embraced.”
    “Change? I don’t understand.”
    “Remember what I said about following Ric?”
    “Yeah, you said if I followed Ric I would find my mate. But you were wrong. Ric’s not my mate, he mated another.”
    “I never said Ric was your mate, just that by following him, you would eventually find your mate.”
    Roxanne was about to ask something else but a loud growl from outside made her stop. It didn’t sound like a wolf growl. “What was that?”
    Diana gave her a gentle smile. “That, my friend, is your mate.”
    Everything went a little fuzzy and then Roxanne bolted upright in her bed. Damn Diana and her dream stalking. It always left her feeling strange. This one was particularly odd. What did Diana mean by her mate?
    She shook it off and got up and dressed. She wasn’t sure when the alpha that Ric had told her about would arrive, but she needed to be ready for him. That was her reason for picking out the pretty blue summer dress that brought out her eyes. It had nothing to do with the fact that Connor was back and would be making an appearance at the pack house. Nothing whatsoever.
     
     

Chapter 5
     
    The next morning, Connor found the keys to his old pickup right where he had left them. He had taken a taxi home last night from the airport. It felt odd being behind the wheel. Sure, he had driven Jeeps in the rainforest, but after he had been transformed, he spent most of his time walking on two legs or running on four.
    He turned onto the gravel road that led to the pack house. He felt nervous. He knew it wouldn’t take long for Ric to notice his change. His mother was still learning what it was to be a wolf, so it would probably take her a little longer. What if she didn’t accept him? He had planned to leave anyway, but the thought that his mother might reject him worried him.
    He pulled up to the large pack house. There were several cars there already. He recognized Sam’s little yellow VW bug. Alpha Ric’s big ol’ pickup. The brothers, Rod and Jay, shared a Jeep. There was a minivan for the werewolf family. His thoughts were interrupted when the front door to the Victorian farmhouse flew open.
    He looked up and smiled. “Hi, Mom.”
    “Connor!” Mary ambled down the steps, her big pregnant belly hindering her.
    Connor laughed as he went to her and picked her up gently. “Why didn’t you say something about being pregnant?” His hands hovered over her protectively.
    Mary was crying tears of pure joy. “I wanted it to be a surprise. After the miscarriage, I wasn’t sure I would be able to carry to term, so I didn’t want to jinx it.” She rubbed her large belly with a tender caress.
    Connor remembered having headaches when he was a little boy and his mom would rub his head and sooth him. He reached out and touched her expanded belly. He felt a strong kick on the right side. But Mary lifted his other hand and placed it on her other side. He felt another strong kick. He looked up at her in surprise.
    She nodded as she whispered to him. “We’re having twins, no one else knows that. We want it to be a surprise.”
    Connor laughed as he knelt down and placed his face level with her stomach. “Hi, little ones. I’m your big brother Connor. I want you to know that