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He stared at his mate, the woman he loved, and saw the pleading in her eyes. She was right. Getting
arrested wouldn t help his brother. Not to mention all the time he was wasting on this asshole.
 I m calling Dad. He can be here within fifteen minutes.
 I ll call him, you go, she assured him.
Caelan glanced at Hayward. Despite the animosity between them here tonight, the man was a cop. A
good one, too. Or had been until he d decided Eli had murdered mates. The smug bastard loved this. His
smirk turned into a grimace and he had to work out the kinks in his jaw again.
Served him right. The satisfaction of smashing his face was worth every ounce of pain still flaring through
Caelan s hand.
 Fine, Caelan said, and scratched his number on a piece of paper he found on the foyer table.  Call him
now, don t wait. I don t trust Hayward to stay if he hears something is going down.
Tieran nodded and pushed him toward the door. He yanked off his shirt and pants before opening it and
shoved his clothes into a bag, which he could carry in his teeth to be put on later.
Uncaring of his nudity in front of another shifter, Caelan locked Tieran s face between his hands and
kissed her long and hard. She squirmed beneath the onslaught of his lips and tongue, then melded into
him and held on for dear life. With a moan, she caressed the small of his back, tickling him. He d find his
little brother and finish this off. It would never be enough. Not in a million years. She had to put up with
him for the rest of her life.
Breaking the kiss, he stepped back and opened the door. Her eyes widened as his body contorted in its
shift. Caelan embraced the oh-so-familiar change and stood on four feet before her. His heart thumped.
A tiny tear escaped the corner of one of her eyes and fell to land with a plop on his wet nose, making
him sneeze. Instead of more tears, she laughed and laid a hand on top of his head then ruffled the scruff
of his neck. Damn. She was the most beautiful creature.
 Be safe, she whispered and knelt in front of him, her head tilted in wonder.  You are the most
magnificent 
 Time s a wastin , Prime.
Caelan growled. Prime, that s right. I am Prime. When I get back, I ll help you to remember,
Hayward.
Tieran s mouth twisted at the interruption.  Go, she mouthed.
He turned and leapt off the porch, heading for the woods. He knew of two places Eli might run to. With
one last look over his shoulder at his mate, he raced into the trees.
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 Better lock the door. Wouldn t want the Prime thinking you re not safe.
 You know, you re a real condescending bastard, Tieran hissed and picked up the portable phone
from the same table where Caelan had scratched his parents phone number. She walked into the living
room and stood looking out the window toward the trees where Caelan had disappeared. Waiting here
seemed as good a spot as any.
Seeing her mate change before her very eyes had been the most amazing and magical and unthinkable
thing. She wondered if she d really just imagined it. Maybe she was sleeping. Having a dream.
 Put the phone down.
Tieran jerked at the low growl behind her. A shiver ran down her spine. Slowly turning around, she
faced the detective. He licked his lips, like a wolf licking his chops, ready to devour her. When he
grinned, sharp white teeth poked out from beneath his lips.
Keep it together.She swallowed.  Why should I do that? Please God don t tell me I ve made a
mistake in trusting this cop.  Caelan asked me to call his father, remember?
He laughed.  Now why would you want to do that when the party s just starting?
Oh hell. A time like this and you d think her eye would be twitching like crazy. She had a feeling instead
of seeing this vision, she was going to be living it. Caelan? You forgot something, come back. Crazy
psycho killer here. Mate Killer.
 Put the phone down! he barked, making her jump.
She carefully laid the phone down as if it were made of the finest crystal. Too bad she couldn t hold onto
it. It might have made a pretty decent first strike weapon. Wouldn t hold him off for long, but she could
have at least gotten a good crack in.
 All this time, it was you?
Of course it was. Same build, same height, same hair color. He and the twins might easily be confused,
especially in one of her dream-like states. She d thought the same yesterday when first meeting him.
Think.Think. Nobody s coming to save you.
Distract him.
 Why are you doing this? That s it, make him talk.  Gramama? A little advice here.
 I m here, Tulla. Hold him off a little while longer.
 That s your advice?
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 Because it should be me here living in this house, Hayward snapped.  Not that pansy-faced boy and
his twin.
Boy? The detective didn t look any older than Caelan. Who was he calling a boy?
 I am the strongest of the pack, he continued, stalking toward her.  My grandfather should have been
Prime. When his leader died, leaving no heir, there was a scramble for the position. Three men fought as
wolves. Two of them died. The Graham cheated. My father told me so.
Oh my God. The man was delusional. Because of a story passed down through the generations, he
thought he should be Prime. Tieran edged away from the window, keeping her back to the wall. The
door on the other side of the room, behind Hayward, seemed a mile away.
 Every fucking day of my life I am reminded of what should be rightfully mine, he snarled, reaching
behind his back.
When his hand came forward, a wicked-looking knife sat cradled in his fingers. The same knife he d
used to kill the woman in the warehouse. The woman he d killed and pinned on Eli. He twisted his arm in
front of her, taunting her with the knife. His watch shifted on his wrist, revealing the tattoo hidden beneath
every time the back of his hand faced her. Tieran s breath caught. It was the same as Caelan s.
 Why not just kill Eli? She crept ever closer to the exit, somehow dragging him further away as he
moved around the sofa. In his demented state of mind he wasn t even aware of her direct route to an out.
 He stands to take over if something happens to Caelan.
 Not from jail he won t. He took a longer stride around the end of the sofa.
Damn. He was on to her. An evil grin spread across his face.
 You can run, but you can t hide, he said with a glance at the door.
How cliché was that?she thought insanely.
 But I thought you didn t know where Eli was. Aren t you the least bit worried this will backfire on
you?
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