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Edith stared at me, searching for something, and then sighed. “The children’s hospital is prime filming location. Contestants would kill for this gig.”

I had to assume she was joking, though the mad rush earlier had me rethinking things. “Well, I guess I can thank Stef for getting me in.”

“Yes. Let’s thank her.” Fallon winked.

I smiled awkwardly, looking to the side as the smell of fresh spun cotton candy teased my nose. The woman from the basement storage room yesterday moved quietly and stood by the table. Goddess, her scent was sweet. It reminded me of that one time the fair broke down on their way past Nuva Pack and we got vendor food at a discount.

“Hi. I never caught your name.” I extended my hand to shake hers. “Are you coming to the hospital too?”

“Yes. I’m Opal.” She moved her silky black hair over her shoulder, fussing with the strands and staring at my hand a little too long before she took it. “And you’re Aspen.”

“I sure am. This is Fallon and Edith.” I glanced over to see
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    I hit send and stared at the phone, wondering if I should…Aspen: Can you do me a favor?I waited a whole three minutes for him to respond after it showed as read. The reply dots kept blinking at me.Aspen: Are you still there?Papa: I was waiting for you to tell me the favor.Laughing, I typed out my request.Papa: If I get rabies from the inmate coyote shifter, I’m blaming you.Aspen: You can’t say things like that! And Clara won’t hurt you.Papa: I didn’t say it. I text it.Goddess help me.I wasn’t cut out for this.17Ranger“Did you have any issues with your credentials?” I looked Ivan over as he stood in my room. The wolf shifter shook his head. The scar running from his cheek to his eyebrow added to his menacing stance. He was a big beast with a gym obsession and never missed leg day, but was also one of the smartest mutts I’d ever met.When I took over the Alpha position of McCaw, one of the first things I did was get him off the xylazine so that brain of his didn’t rot. A fe

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    The cameras were a necessary part of this whole event, but that didn’t mean I had to like them.“Pity.” Edith Tulia sided up to me. Her rosewater scent was overpowering this evening as if she’d bathed in her own natural smell. She wore a silk blue dress that clung to her ass and let her hair hang loose down her back.“What’s a pity?” I took the bait.“You’re going to break a lot of hearts.” She winked, draping her hand into the crook of my elbow. “At least throw one of us a bone and pretend you are interested in being here.”“Who says that I’m not interested?” I removed her hand from my arm as my sister came over with two drinks. One for me. She was good at reading the room.“They didn’t have your scotch,” Fallon said, taking up her position at my side and turning to address Edith like this was some sort of dance. “What’d you get to drink?”“The apple martinis are alright.” Edith smiled at us both. “But nothing like the ones at the Carr’s Gardens event.”“Those were good.” Fallon sipp

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    I chewed my bottom lip. Jesse was awesome and I didn’t want to let him down. I wasn’t sure what the rules were exactly for this sort of thing, but I didn’t want to lie to him when he’d been so nice to me.I might as well come clean now. “Listen, I’m not sure if I’ll even pass the Luna Trials, but I’m only here because my Alpha is forcing me. I’m supposed to help his son through the games. The whole mate thing isn’t even on my radar. I didn’t come here to find a match.”“Is that all?” Jesse blinked. Not the response I was expecting. “Half the girls here are in it for the money or to keep daddy from setting up an arranged match.”“Who?” I sat up straighter, thirsty for some tea to be spilled.“Stylist/client confidentiality.” He bopped me on the nose. “But as for the mate part, I’ve seen crazier things happen on the show. Let’s see what your wolf decides. You can trust your beast to protect your heart. And I’ll take care of your face.”Jesse left the room with a swagger no normal being

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    It also didn’t hurt that he pulled out my chair.Edith and Lilith and Chad were close, raised by Chad’s father and his mother who worked on shifter reform for the state of California. They were rich, rich. Like godly rich. His uncle dealt with buying and liquidating certain businesses, but seemed like the only sully to the Tulia name. And even then, nothing could be proven.I scooted the chair over a bit, keeping all of them in my line of sight like I’d be able to do anything if they pounced. “We talked about gift bags for the children’s hospital yesterday.”Ranger leaned back in his chair, still staring at me as he folded his arms across his chest. I felt exposed, naked under his intense gaze. I twisted the fork in my hand.“I was thinking we could make some games for them.” My voice came out too breathy. I shoved a piece of sausage into my mouth.The corner of Ranger’s lips quirked up as his wolf flashed in his eyes. Why couldn’t he stare at something else? My skin flushed with heat

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    “What is it with you Alphas?” Aspen huffed as she marched into the hall. Her scent drifted by me, tantalizing and teasing, as I let the door swing shut.“What do you mean?”“I mean that you need to learn how to take no for a solid sentence.” She spun around, pointing her finger like she meant to lecture me.I bit down on my lip to hide the laughter that wanted to come out. Something told me it would not be well received. “You’re mistaken. I understand the word no. But I also know when to ignore it.”Her cheeks blushed that crimson color again, but this time from anger and not from shame. “You should never ignore when a woman says no.”“No?” I arched an eyebrow. “What if she says ‘no, don’t stop.’”“That’s followed by a second command.” Exasperated, she threw her hands in the air.I could do this all day. “It was a misuse of the word in the first place and should have been ignored.”“I…” She narrowed her eyes. “You’re screwing with me.”“Not at all,” I tried to make my voice sincere an

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    I inhaled again, trying to channel some inner peace. “I really need your help.”“You need me.” His smile broadened. I wanted to smack it off his face.“Tomorrow for the humanitarian thing, the other candidates are giving a money donation to the hospital. Can you see if Alpha Derek has anything to contribute?”Trenton frowned and I turned away, already knowing the answer. And that, ladies and gentleman, is why we never ask for help.“I’m sorry,” he said. “You should have asked sooner. I just got him to extend a line of credit to Stef to make up for the clothes she didn’t get.”“What?” I leaned back, looking into Stef’s room as she lifted a garment bag over her shoulder.“Maybe you should sell one of your new dresses,” she offered, unhelpfully. “I’m sure your stylist friend will get you more.”*I spent all night calculating how much sick kids were worth to me and, yes, I felt like a jerk for it.I snuck downstairs after the resort was quiet and found the ATM, sacrificing more precious

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    The hospital CEO walked in just as the camera crew finished placing us in the right lighting to orchestrate the perfect shot.“Mr. Stockett.” Edith greeted him first. “On behalf of Tulia Pack, please accept this donation.”She handed him a check and the old man’s eyes glazed over as he took in the amount. He professed his gratitude and shook her hand again. I clutched the sweaty wad of bills in my pocket.“On behalf of McCaw Pack, please accept this donation.” Fallon gave him another check, not bothering to raise her sunglasses as Mr. Stockett thanked her. I made the mistake of glancing at the amount and got a little nauseous.“And this donation is the start of a monthly allotment.” Cindy smiled at the cameras as she shook the CEO’s hand. “Frazier Pack will be in touch to set up funding to extend for the rest of the year.”Vomit rose up the back of my throat and I swallowed it down as the old man turned his grateful, tear-filled eyes to me.“Thank you for coming today.” He held out hi

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