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resistance to his tenderness. He lowered his forehead until it rested against hers.
    Rina closed her eyes and swallowed heavily. A few hours ago, she’d been running for her life. She was still running, but Sage had offered her the gift of his kindness and his presence. She’d never forget him.
    “You can’t come with me,” she told him. No way was she bringing that kind of trouble to him and his pack.
    “Why not?” If he’d demanded to know why, she might have been able to work up some anger and indignation, but his quiet request almost broke her.
    “I have human hunters after me. I wasn’t careful when I shifted and one of them saw me. Now he and his brothers are after me.” It was ugly, but it was the truth. She waited for him to put her aside and disappear into the dark woods.
    He sighed and kissed her forehead before raising his head. “My truck is about a four-hour hike that way.” He pointed off to his right. “Let’s go.”
    “Didn’t you hear me?” Clearly, he couldn’t have understood. “I have hunters with guns after me. They know what I am.” Secrecy was drilled into pups from the cradle. No humans could know what they were and live. Truthfully, she should be hunting them, but she just didn’t have the skills to take on three at once. Her instinct had been to run instead of fight.
    Another indication that maybe her former pack had been right to banish her. She was weak and a danger to them.
    “I have no idea what you’re thinking right now, but whatever it is, you need to put it out of your head. We need to get going. Those hunters might rest or they might decide to keep going if they have flashlights.”
    Sage was right. “If you could take me to the main road, I’d appreciate it.” She wasn’t about to lure him into her mess, but it wouldn’t hurt to walk with him as far as the road. She could hitchhike from there to the nearest town. They’d undoubtedly have a bus stop.
    He stared at her, his eyes glowing in the darkness. The obvious sight of his werewolf heritage made her homesick. But the home she’d thought she had didn’t really exist. It was a figment of her imagination. Her parents hadn’t hesitated to join the pack in banishing her. She’d do well to remember that.
    If she couldn’t trust her family, she certainly couldn’t trust a half-breed she’d just met. But she could walk with him a while.
    He shook his head and sighed. “Let’s go. Keep your eyes and ears open just in case.”
    Rina nodded and glanced over her shoulder before she started following Sage. The faster she could get away from the men following her, the better. If her trail went cold, they’d hopefully give up and go home.
    Johnny Bellamy crouched and panned his flashlight over the uneven ground in front of him. “Shit, we lost her.”
    “I’m still not sure why you’re so fired up about this girl.” Charlie stood next to him, cradling his rifle in his arms. “It’s a hell of a hike back to the road.”
    Johnny stood and turned his light in a circle. “I told you. I saw her change into a wolf.”
    “You sure you weren’t drinking or smoking too much weed?” Ralph asked.
    He loved his brothers, honestly, he did, but sometimes they were a pain in the ass. “I told you, I followed her home. She’s skinny, but she’s got some fine tits on her. I figured I’d ask her out.”
    “Yeah, right.” Charlie snorted. “You just wanted to get laid.”
    “And what’s wrong with that?” Johnny demanded.
    “Nothing. In fact, that’s what I’d like to be doing right about now instead of trekking through the woods at night. We’re on park land now,” Charlie pointed out.
    “So?” Johnny smiled when he saw a cracked branch. “That’s never stopped us before. Our family was running through these woods long before the park service claimed them.”
    “We need to go back or stop soon.” Ralph stepped into the light of Johnny’s flashlight. “I don’t want to step in a hole and break my