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never thought…” She shook her head, throwing her arms up. “I don’t know what I thought, I guess. I just don’t understand why he wouldn’t show me something so incredible.”
    “He didn’t want to scare you. Saying you can do something impossible is different than actually showing someone you can do it.”
    Roxie stared at her for a moment then narrowed her eyes. “Can you do that?”
    Sunshine shook her head. “No. I can’t.”
    Another flash of blue light showed Malcolm standing in front of her as though the huge bear had never been there, taking up all of the room in the kitchen.
    “She wouldn’t, now, would she?” Maggie asked. “She’s not a full shifter, nor is she mated.” She frowned. Not all humans who become mates turn shifter, but all half bloods do.”
    “Half blood?” Sunshine shifted her gaze to Maggie. “You mean half breeds, like me?” Hell, she didn’t come to this country to find some strange, new form of bigotry. She could find enough of that back home.
    “Dinnae upset yourself, lass. I dinnae say that tae make ye think anyone would feel less of ye for it.” Maggie shook her head. “It’s merely the way things are for some.”
    “Oh.” Sunshine stared down at the table. She should have known that these people would never do anything like that. They were too nice.
    Why was it that some people persecuted what they didn’t know or understood while others welcomed it with open arms? She glanced at Roxie who still stared at her with something close to distrust. “Don’t look at me like that. How were we to know that his changing shape in front of you wouldn’t freak you out?”
    “That’s the thing,” Roxie said with a chuckle. “It does freak me out a little bit. All I’m saying is that, after almost thirty years, you two should have trusted me a little. After all, it’s not like I’m running to the government and telling them that you haven’t aged a day since you turned twenty.”
    “True.” Sunshine sighed. How would she ever make this up to her friend? Roxie had been the best—moving with them every eight years, covering for them when others asked about their odd behavior.
    Reaching over, Sunshine rested her hand over Roxie’s. “I’m sorry. You’ve been a true friend all of these years. I don’t know what else to say.”
    “Say you won’t ever keep anything from me again.” She slapped her palm onto the table. “If you shift into a bear I want to know about it.”
    “Deal,” Sunshine readily agreed with a smile. “I knew there was a reason I loved you.”
    “Damned skippy.” Roxie took a sip of her drink. “Now tell me what we’re going to do about it.”
    “First off, we’ll be heading tae the United States tae meet your grandfather.” Duncan said moving to stand behind his mother. “I dinnae think my mother has thought about it, but she will in a minute and she’ll insist on going, I’m sure.”
    “I dinnae think I want tae be making a trip to that country. I still haven’t forgiven the blasted United States for harboring the humans who killed my Carson. If only they had left his body instead of carrying it—” She stopped, her eyes growing wide and she looked at Sunshine.
    “Green eyes. Ye hae green eyes just like my Lachlan had. Just like Carson.” She turned to Duncan. “Do ye think her grandfather is my Carson?”
    Duncan smiled and took his mother’s hand. “Yes, Mam. I think he is.”
     
    After two days of preparation, they were ready to head to Michigan and break the news to her grandfather. In that two days, Roxie found two men in the clan who offered to show her Scotland while they made their trip. If the way Roxie acted was any indication, she would have a wonderful time while alone with the two men who seemed enamored with her.
    Sunshine was only a little envious. After all, though Roxie got to stay in Scotland with two uber-hot Scots, she was travelling back to the States, in a private jet, with two in tow. She