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Thea and Misty talked as they drove. The first bar was about three hours away. It was the middle of the day, so it wasn’t busy, but they ordered some appetizers and got a feel for the place. 

The next bar was another thirty minutes away, and it only took them a minute inside before they realized it catered to men. Only men. Men who liked to have sex in specific ways.

They got back in the car and started laughing. “The looks we got when we walked in!” Misty said between laughs.

“They were like, ‘you walked into the wrong bar, sister.’” 

“No penis, no entrance.”

They realized the double entendre at the same time and burst out laughing again.

“Oh my goddess, I will never forget that,” Thea said.

They hit a few more bars, and as they were leaving one with a Western theme, Thea heard Misty’s stomach growl. 

“You ready for dinner?”

Misty smiled. “If you are.”

“I marked a few restaurants in the area since I figured we’d be here around dinnertime. What kind of food do you like?”

“What are the options?” Misty said.

“There’s a steakhouse that’s supposed to be good, a Thai joint, sushi, and a diner that’s supposed to be famous.”

“Pve never had sushi, but I’ve always wanted to,” Misty said.

“Me too!”

A short ride later, they were doing sake bombs and nibbling on edamame while they waited for their main order to come out. The waiter looked at them like they were crazy when they ordered one of every kind of sushi roll.

“Who knows when we’ll be able to get sushi again? We have to, right?” Thea said.

wonder what the triplets’ reactions to sushi would be. She missed them, and spending the whole day away from them made her chest hurt. She

were werewolves. Alpha blood, both of them. They burned a lot of calories just

Starting to get busy. It was Saturday night, and everybody was out partying. This bar had a

need a dance

“Totally,” Misty said.

get

“Yeah!”

to the bar and ordered drinks. They did a lap around the bar then went outside

what’s your

bit her lip. “You mean aside from you?” “Yeah. You said you have celebrity crushes. What about them do you

color is, you know? I think maybe I’m attracted to the personality more than looks. It’s kind of difficult

Thea nodded.

Who stand their ground. Have a good heart. Strength balanced by goodness. I think that’s what I’m attracted to.” Thea knew Misty was describing her. That’s how she saw her. She wondered if Misty felt as intensely about her as she did about the triplets. She physically hurt being away from them this long. She tried to imagine kissing Misty, but she couldn’t do it. Misty was pretty. She smelled nice. She was fun. Had a pretty smile, hair and eyes, and her lips looked soft and pillowy. There was just one problem. She wasn’t Alaric, Conri, or Kai. Thea just didn’t have romantic feelings for her. She felt protective of her. Other than that, it was like hanging out with Lizzy. The only feelings she had

pain ease a little knowing she

you

weeks after

will take for you to find your mate after you shift, but

will be a girl? They teach us that the main purpose for

with someone you couldn’t completely love. Mates are designed for each other. Pups need parents who love

adoption. We all know orphans are a big problem in the werewolf community. Rogue attacks kill so many parents. I think maybe there’s a cosmic balance, and we’ve unbalanced it

wish other people saw it like you

try to

shifted yet, but you feel so

So are our parents and our whole pack. I’m

not sure?” Misty

pressures of leadership

“Yeah.”

we started dating, my pack is acting like I’m already Luna. The Alpha instructed the security detail that’s following us today

believes you’re

I’ll be disappointing my parents, my Alpha and Luna, and my whole pack if we end up not being mates. I don’t want to let anyone down. Then there’s the idea of watching someone else

lot of pressure, and the matebond is something you don’t have control over, so there’s

I guess I’m too close to the situation to be objective. I don’t see what everyone else sees. I don’t get why they’re so sure. We grew up together. We were born on the same day. Our parents are the

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