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slid off the bed and grabbed her clothes. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”
    Xandi leaned close and whispered in her ear. “I think he’d rather we showed him, don’t you? Bring the nylons…”
    Keisha slipped them into her pocket as they headed for the kitchen.

 
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
    “So you’re telling me we’ve got two Alpha bitches now?” Stefan grinned at Anton. “One was enough to drive me nuts.”
    “Two is two too many.” Anton gently pulled Keisha onto his lap, pleased when she didn’t attempt to get away. “Don’t you agree?”
    She swiveled around, rubbing her bottom against his cock as she twisted to look him in the eye. Anton bit back a moan of pure frustration.
    “Xandi and I will work it out between us. You two Beta males just stay out of our power play.”
    Stefan stood up from the dinner table. “Personally, I intend to work it out between Xandi’s legs. Do you two intend to join us?” He held his hand out. Grinning broadly, Alexandria took it, then reached over and palmed his erection through his soft, cotton pants.
    “Down, boy. Behave.” She tugged Stefan’s hand and led him from the room.
    Keisha stiffened in Anton’s lap, silently nodded and stood up. He stared at her a moment until she turned away and refused to meet his eyes. He tried to read her thoughts, but she’d completely blocked her mind.
    He almost wished he had the guts to mesmerize her. Just use the powers of his mind to entrance her out of her fear, but that was a coward’s way of coping -- Keisha was not a coward. If she ever found out, and she would find out the first time they linked, she would forever resent him. Even worse, he would always wonder if she really loved him, or loved him because he made it so.
    Controlling her thoughts with a set of false memories was not an option. Instead, he held out his hand until she slowly placed hers within his grasp.
    Stefan and Xandi took the lead. By the time Anton and Keisha entered the bedroom, the other two were already undressed and wrestling playfully on the bed.
    Keisha hung back at the doorway, her fingers still tightly grasped in Anton’s hand. He heard the quick rush of her breathing, felt her rising panic.
    Suddenly, before he could react, Keisha shifted, became the wolf, and, claws scrabbling for purchase on the hardwood floor, bolted from the room.
    “You two stay here. I’ll go after her.” Anton shifted and took off at a full run. He saw Keisha race through the open door, leap over the deck railing and make a mad dash for the thick forest. Anton followed at an easy lope, knowing he would never lose her scent.
    She needed this time alone. Once more he would give it to her, but not at so great a distance he couldn’t protect her if the need arose.
     
    It was well past dawn when he tracked her to a small woodland pond. She lay in the thick grass, her fur matted and covered with mud, her paws raw and bleeding.
    Anton flopped down beside her with a canine grunt, stretched out his long legs and laid his head across her shoulders. He felt her sigh, waited for her to open her mind to his.
    I’m going back to San Francisco, as soon as I can get a flight. My month is almost up. I need to go back to work on my project.
    Let me come with you?
    No. I need time alone, time away from all of you, the intensity of your feelings for one another… your feelings for me.
    I love you, Keisha. I will wait.
    It’s so unfair! She scrambled out from beneath him, standing squarely in front of the water. You’re so patient and I’m such a fucked-up head case! It’s not fair to you.
    I didn’t ask it to be. I only want what’s best for you. I want you to heal.
    One week. Give me a week alone. I’ll call you then and let you know if you can come. If it’s worth it for you to even make the trip .
    Her head hung low, her body trembled. Anton sat up on his haunches, then stood. He licked her muzzle and nudged her shoulder in the direction of the house. Okay. One week.