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CHAPTER ONE
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Heath stood naked before the open patio doors looking out on the little cove with a mug of freshly brewed coffee in one hand and getting his daily dose of morning sunlight that flooded through the open space. He breathed in the salty air relishing the summer that was fast approaching, and closed his eyes, revelling in his life.
He’d found a mate, and the fact that she was a witch didn’t bother him as much as he thought it would, but it did bother a few of his pack. Drew had told him about the chatter among a certain section of the pack, and he knew he would need to stomp on that sooner rather than later.
In truth, he was hoping it just blew over, but now that the witches were living on pack land, maybe not. It would depend on how everyone interacted with the pack. If they kept themselves to themselves on both sides, things might go fine, but from what he’d seen of a few of the witches – he had a gut feeling something would blow up in his face.
“Well, look at you,” Faith said, breaking his peaceful moment with a cold hard jolt of reality. “Flashing your family jewels to the world for all to see.”
Heath snapped to attention and reacted without thinking. He tried to cover his private parts with his hands, forgetting heheld a mug of hot coffee in one of them. He felt the searing pain of the hot brew against his manhood and yelped – just as True strolled into the room and noticed his taut backside on display and her sister admiring his sculpted body and assets.
True’s gaze of disbelief snapped to Faith, standing just outside the patio doors; she had a big grin on her lips and laughter in her eyes. “Faith!” True snapped.
“Damn it to hell!” Heath said, jumping at his mate’s bark and spinning in place. “Burned my damn bits!” he growled as he all but threw the mug at the table, his free hand still covering his manhood, and he headed towards True on fast feet.
“Looks as good from the back as it does from the front,” Faith called, slapping her thigh and chuckling when her sister gave her a look of judgement. “What? It’s not my fault he wasallnakedand flashing his bits about.”
“Naked?” Jennifer said, skipping up to Faith and peering inside the room just in time to see the back of Heath race around the corner.
Faith slapped a hand over Jennifer’s eyes. “Just like those games you can’t play, you don’t get to look until you’re older,” Faith said.
“Morning,” Evie said, rounding the corner and noting Faith and Jennifer. “Early morning games?”
“Naked shifter,” Faith said.
Evie spun towards the room and looked inside with interest. “Dang, missed it!” She sounded disappointed.
“You know, there’s a front door,” True said.
Faith released the young witch and grinned at her sister with a teasing smile. “Where’s the fun in that?”
“Does he do that every morning?” Evie asked. “Asking for a friend.”
True chuckled. “Get in here; the coffee is on.”
“That’s what I like to hear,” Faith said. “I’ve only had two cups and an energy drink this morning.”
Evie shook her head with disbelief. “Why don’t you just plug yourself into the mains? At this point, it would probably be healthier.”
“Can I try an energy drink?” Jennifer asked.
“God, no,” Evie said. “You’re already a live wire first thing in the morning,” she added, strolling into True’s place and dropping into one of the seats that faced outside. “You’ve got a great view, True.”
Jennifer chuckled. “That rhymes,” she said, smiling.
“Guess who starts school next week?” Evie said with a bright, somewhat relieved smile.
“Faith does,” Jennifer said.
“Oh, no,” Faith said. “I’m never going…” She stopped talking when Evie rushed to make cutting signs across her throat. “Going to get those days back, kiddo,” she said, grimacing a little. “Best days ever!”
“Really?” Jennifer asked, turning her nose up at the thought that school could be anything other than a horrible mistake designed by adults to punish children for having fun.
“Yeah,” Faith said, lying through her teeth. “Making friends and getting to do the easy stuff like schoolwork.” She could have vomited at the lie – she hated schoolwork, academic stuff wasn’t her thing, True was the nerd, she was the party girl.
“It’s not easy,” Jennifer said, lowering her chin and dropping into a seat on the other side of the room like the weight of the world was on her shoulders. She folded her arms and huffed.
