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said. “Poor woman.”
    “I don’t know for sure,” she said. “But I wonder.” She shook her head. “It’s not fair.”
    “No, it’s not.” He dug his keys out of his pocket. “Do you want me to bring the car around?”
    She shook her head. “I can walk. These heels aren’t too bad.” He caught a little irritation in her scent. Great. He was just screwing this up top to bottom, and he didn’t even know what had done it this time. He’d be lucky if she was still speaking to him by the end of the night.
    The walk to the car was short, but it helped. The evening air was crisp and cool, and the moonlight wasn’t exerting too much power. It cast a beautiful light, too. Lucy certainly looked like a Queen now, the dark blue disappearing into the night, her skin rich and dark. The wolf was telling him to forget about winning her over; instinct should be enough, shouldn’t it? He told it to shut up and bide its time.
    Somewhere in his mind, as he unlocked the car and got into the driver’s seat, the wolf started pacing.
    He started the car. “Do you want any music on?”
    “Nah, that’s all right,” she said. She looked back out at the Opera House. “It’s weird. I didn’t think….” She buckled her seat belt. “No one treated me any differently,” she said. “I’m glad.”
    “I’m glad you had a good time,” he said. “Even with us tagging along.”
    “You were all right.” She adjusted her purse. “After the little stunt you pulled chasing after me, you were pretty quiet. And I never saw your partner at all until he left with my sisters.”
    “He’s better behaved than I am.”
    “I noticed,” she said wryly.
    “Is anyone in your family allergic to dogs? We might bring one in, try to get a lead on where the animals are coming from.”
    “No,” she said. “Never any trouble with dogs.”
    “Good.” More importantly, it would give both he and Ian a chance to be themselves during the full moon. “I’ll call the breeder tomorrow morning. I really don’t think it’s going to take long to take care of all this. And you can all get back to living your own lives.”
    “That would be a huge relief,” she said.
    There was a flash of something in the road. Fur. A wolf. Jason slammed on the brakes.
    “What was that?” Lucy asked.
    “Some kind of animal. A wolf, maybe?”
    She shook her head. “There’s no wolves around here. Maybe one of those hybrid dogs, but I haven’t seen one of those in years.” She squinted into the darkness. “What the hell was it doing out in the road like that?”
    “Hard to say,” he said. Most werewolves had enough sense to stay out of sight. Jason hoped something weird wasn’t going on. Maybe he and Ian would have more work on their hands than they’d suspected.
    “There a lot of animals around here? Dogs, that sort of thing?”
    “Couple of neighbors with dogs,” she said. “Don’t recognize that one, but I haven’t been back here all that long, either.”
    “You hear howling at night or anything?”
    “No,” she said. “First thing we thought of, when the animals…you know.”
    “Yeah, that makes sense,” he said. No howling. That could go either way: no wolves, or wolves smart enough to stay quiet. He wasn’t sure which he’d prefer. He wondered what Ian had found at the house. He’d had enough time for a decent recon. Wolf form would help them with scents, but human eyes and ears were enough to get a good idea.
    “So,” she said. “How’d you end up in security?”
    “Uh, well, I was kind of drifting after college,” he said. “Ian and I’ve been friends since we were kids. He’s been head of Okami for, I think five years now? His stepdad owns the company, and he was the only one of the kids who wanted in.” Also the only werewolf, but he could tell her that later. “I’d done a lot of odd jobs, but nothing really caught my interest.”
    Her heartbeat was steady now. She didn’t smell like she trusted him yet, but