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breaths doing her best to maintain control in front of her daughter. This
werewolf had more nerve than should be allowed for such a stocky runt. She
wanted to pound some sense into his dense head.
Jere grabbed her doll and slid across the booth toward her. Where are we
going, Mommy?
She noticed her daughter s worried expression, and realized Jere detected her
outrage in the air. It s okay, sweetheart. She lifted her into her arms,
nuzzling her hair.
Let me hold her. Armand stood as well, a stupid smile plastered on his face
that she would have loved to slap right off of him. She needs to get used to
me.
Simone turned, putting distance between the werewolf and her daughter.
No. She does not, she hissed. There is not going to be any mating.
The best thing to do would be to join Samantha and Johann before she lost her
cool right here in the middle of Howley s with her daughter in her arms. What
a way to make sure everyone knew she was back in town! She glared at the
pompous werewolf and headed across the bar.
We are already mated, bitch. All that is left is the good part. He slapped
her ass before she could get away.
Simone screeched. Jere yelped, wrapping her small arms tightly around
Simone s neck. Several people in the bar turned. Pack members smiled, not
thinking twice of someone harassing her. Simone wanted to scream at the whole
lot of them that she deserved some respect.
And what for? Haven t you earned the reputation that you have? Respect is
earned too.
Well she would earn this fucking pack s respect if it killed them, she
decided. She held her head high, refusing to look at anyone in the bar, and
carried her daughter with what she hoped was a small amount of dignity, across
the large poolroom to where Johann and Samantha stood.
Someone giving you trouble? Johann glanced over her shoulder, but only
seemed mildly concerned.
It was best to make light of it, she decided. The only way she could make
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these people see that she had no intention of fucking every werewolf in the
pack, was to not remind them of her past any more than necessary.
Nothing I couldn t handle. She smiled, handing Jere over to Johann. Her
daughter held her new doll in front of her face, half hiding, half showing off
her new possession to the few werewolves surrounding them.
Samantha seemed the only one not impressed with her forced cheeriness. Is
everything okay? she whispered.
Simone nodded, this not being the place to confide her predicament. Although
it wasn t a problem. She would see to it that it wasn t a problem. If only
Rock were here. But if he were, he would make his presence known. The wolf
dominated wherever he went.
And since when did you want a werewolf dominating your life?
The night he tied her wrists in the back of his truck, making her his captive
while he enjoyed her body, was proof of how aggressive and dominating Rock
could be. His punishment for her walking away from him still preoccupied her
thoughts. He wouldn t take bullshit from anyone.
She followed everyone to a large table, where several other pack members
joined them for lunch. There were two other werewolves out there who, by pack
law, were her mates. The thought of any of the three of them causing her
further trouble made it hard to eat. What would Rock do when he learned she
was supposed to be mated to three other werewolves? The possibilities made her
sick to her stomach.
The worst part about it, she would realize later that night, while she lay in
bed staring at the ceiling, was that she couldn t remember the names of the
other two mates assigned to her. She needed to know who they were, and then
find out if they were in town too. Hopefully they had left the pack, so they
could take mates elsewhere.
* * * * *
Jere grew restless an hour later, discussion around the table continuing
about pack issues.
I need to get her out of here. Simone leaned into Samantha to whisper, her
friend nodding agreement, while Jere tried to crawl under the table.
Samantha whispered to Johann, while Simone scooped her daughter off the
floor. The two of them excused themselves, then followed the excited cub
outside.
Why did you look so upset earlier? The two of them strolled downtown,
glancing in shop windows, while Jere skipped happily in front of them.
Johann needs to get rid of that law that bound females to three mates. She
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