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“Good for you.”

“Any more questions?”

“Not at the moment. I’m not going to ask who some of the other pack members are because it’s not something I need to know.”

“Thank you.”

I pushed up from the table and held out one hand. “Come back to bed.”

“Otsana accepted my hand. “Are you sure?”

“I’m very sure.” I paused briefly. “Otsana?”

She looked me in the face, a smile on her gorgeous face. “Yes?”

“You know a great many of my secrets and I trust you to keep them so please trust me to keep yours.”

Otsana stood on tiptoe and kissed my cheek. “I trust you,” she whispered before we headed upstairs to the bedroom.

Chapter Nine

Otsana

I woke up to sliversof sunlight peeking around the sides of the curtains to warm my face and knew I should make a move to get to work. I needed to talk with Calliope about taking Betty’s position and to check if my team had found anything of interest in their search of the Worlds Apart computer servers or been able to glean anything from their contacts on the streets.

I grabbed my cell phone from the nearest side table and powered it on to see it was 7.37 am. I was usually in the office before the clock struck seven and couldn’t remember the last time I’d still been in bed at this hour. After sending a text to Elouise, telling her I’d be late, I placed the phone back, rolled over and snuggled into Xavier’s side.

Xavier wrapped an arm around me, held me close, and kissed the top of my head. I’d been fortunate he hadn’t overreacted earlier in the morning. How could I have allowed myself to become so distracted that I’d done something so irresponsible? I’d endangered all those I loved with my carelessness.

I should have remained in bed after Xavier had fallen asleep, but I had an urge to run and needed to burn off excess energy. My mind had been filled with thoughts of him the entire time. How had a man that I’d met only hours earlier taken control of my thoughts so completely?

Spending the night with Xavier had been the best decision I’d ever made, but I would have to give a great deal of consideration to repeating our sexual encounter no matter how perfect it had been.

Xavier kissed the top of my head again. “What are you thinking so hard about? I hope you are not worrying about my knowing about your inner wolf?”

“No. I believe I can trust you as you trusted me when you brought me here last night and took me into your bed.”

“What do you mean?”

“You trusted me not to extort you by making a false claim about our fucking and didn’t ask me to sign a paper stating I came to you willingly.”

“I actually didn’t even think about asking you to do so.”

“Do you want me to sign something now?”

Xavier didn’t hesitate to answer. “No, I don’t.”

It made me feel good to know his request for me to sign something hadn’t been necessary.

“I have to get to work, usually I’m in the office by this time. I also need to speak with Aurora and bring her over to the office to meet you.”

Xavier sighed. “Can I take you for dinner again tonight?”

“No. Tonight, I’m having dinner with my parents, brother, and sister-in-law. We make a point of doing so once a month. We are all so busy, we’d never see each other if we didn’t. This morning before I bring Aurora to your office, I’ll speak with our pack Alpha and explain what has happened. I need to make him aware of my carelessness and reassure him of our safety. Once he knows, I can discuss it with my parents at dinner.”

“Why tell him? Does he have to know?”

“I won’t keep this from him, it would be wrong, and I believe in being honest. I’m sorry I was unable to afford you the courtesy of being honest about who I am.”

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