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said sullenly. “There’s enough musk floating around this room already without you stinking it up even more, Elliot.”
    “Shit,” Brody said. He looked at the three Walsh brothers and felt his cheeks heat in a blush. “I forgot you were even here. What’s wrong with me?”
    “Not a damn thing,” Elliot said. He picked Brody up by the waist and brought him up to his to eye level. “When will you be mine, baby? I love you so much.”
    Brody forgot about the wolves and just kissed his mate. He’d intended to tell Elliot and Landon that he’d decided to be their mate as soon as Meg left for her honeymoon. Then the vampire had arrived, and the wedding party had turned into a conference on the possible impending attack on Pine Falls.
    When he felt the warmth of his other mate at his back Brody gasped, the increase in pleasure was immediate. His skin tingled and buzzed as Landon kissed the column of his neck. He felt the hairs on his arms rise as goose bumps spread down them.
    He pulled away from Elliot’s kiss, licking his bear’s lower lip one last time and making him groan. “I was going to surprise you tonight, actually.”
    “I think you should have this conversation somewhere private, Brody,” Brayden said.
    Brody couldn’t tear his gaze away from his mates. Both had eyes of glowing amber. Their growls were vibrating through him, and he was close to coming in his pants with ecstasy.
    “We’ll be upstairs,” Brody said. He grasped Landon’s hand as it slid down his stomach toward the top of his jeans and took them all somewhere private for their “conversation.”

Chapter 4
     
    Brayden couldn’t help but smile at the thick scent of happiness and lust the bears had left in the room. The demon was going to make them a wonderful mate, and they, in turn, would treat Brody like the gift he was. “Do you even realize that she’s that special to all of us?”
    Brayden heard his brothers both growl but didn’t bother to look up at them. He’d grown used to their snarls over the last forty-six years and felt safe in the knowledge that he was the only one they’d never hurt. In their own twisted way, they loved him.
    “We don’t even know her name,” Josh said.
    “She might be a horrible person who tortures kittens just for the hell of it,” Shane said.
    Brayden actually laughed. He’d have thought the act impossible after the revelation of what his tiny mate had been forced to endure over the term of her captivity, but Shane’s attempt to distance himself emotionally was ridiculous.
    “Sure she does. Tell yourself that if it makes you feel better, but it won’t work. You both stink of the mating musk. Your wolves kept you alive when you needed them. You trusted them implicitly when you were only four years old. Why can’t you trust them now?”
    He looked down at the still unconscious wolf and hoped she wasn’t able to hear his brother’s hurtful words. “Your wolves want her for their mate.”
    “We can’t, Brayden,” Josh said.
    Brayden looked at him and saw the torment in his eyes.
    “We would hurt her.”
    “We’re broken,” Shane said. “We always knew what we’d have to do if this day ever came. We won’t deny you your happiness. You’ve carried us long enough, brother.” The doctor walked back into the room and froze as she took in their pained expressions.
    “I won’t let you go after bringing you this far,” Brayden whispered. “She’s going to need all of us to get over the trauma of what has been done to her.” He said it loud enough for the doctor to hear.
    “Are you all going to stay crowded around her, or will you move so I can examine her?” The doctor walked to her pile of equipment and began opening boxes and packages.
    “Are you a wolf or a shrew, Doctor Paige?” Shane asked.
    She didn’t bristle at the lack of humor in his tone. “Good one, never heard that before. Call me Charlie. Doctor Paige is my father. Now move back before she dies in your