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helping me.”
    “Honey, he was going to… he had his hands all over….” Allen glared at him when he stood up. Quentin waited for one of them to say something, anything, when Sapphire and Blair came into the room.
    “Nothing happened. It was a mistake. I’m sure…I’m betting that Mr. Witt is regretting it as we speak. It was just a simple…could you all just go away, please?” Jade looked at him and he could see her tears. Everything in him wanted to comfort her, but Allen stepped between them again. “I’d very much like to be alone. I’ve had a shitty day, and I need to take my bath and sleep.”
    Quentin thought about staying. But it didn’t look like he would be able to talk to Jade anyway, as she’d gone into the bathroom and locked the door. Blair stared at him for several minutes after the rest of them left and they stood in the hall outside her room. He wondered what was going through the other man’s head when he finally spoke.
    “D o you know what she is?” Quentin nodded, then shook his head. “Wolf. Same as the rest of us. The only reason I’m telling you that is because your brother is one and you have to know that.”
    “I do. He converted about six years ago when a girlfriend thought it would be cool if he was one like her. She was killed three months later by a hunter.” Quentin shook his head. “But that’s not all she is. There is something…I don’t know. I have this overwhelming need to have sex with her.”
    He looked at Blair when he realized what he’d said. He’d kill a man if he said that about his sister if he had one, but Blair only patted him on the back. As they moved down the hall to the stairs, Blair laughed.
    “You’re so fucked right now , I’m going to enjoy this. Jade is not like the rest of her sisters. Nope, not at all. She is going to give you a run for your money like you’ve never seen.” Quentin had a feeling he didn’t know the half of it. “I think you and I should have a long talk. After dinner, you and Thad and I will retire to the deck, and I’ll try to explain things to you.”
    “I’m not going to like this , am I?” Blair laughed again and told him no. “I didn’t think so. I don’t suppose this feeling will go away, will it? I mean after we…I don’t know, get this out of our system, I don’t suppose these feelings will fade.”
    “ I wouldn’t count on it. In fact, the more you touch her, the more you’re going to want of her. And that, my good man, is going to save you both.”
    Quentin thought maybe there was no saving him. He hadn’t even touched her much, and he already wanted to go back upstairs, break down the door, and take her right on the bathroom floor. He flushed when he realized this was not helping him. Quentin thought that he was well and truly fucked.

Chapter 3
     
    Thad watched his friend and partner. He could almost feel sorry for him if it wasn’t for the fact that it was so fucking funny. When he looked at him again, he smiled. Blair was doing a good job explaining things to him, but his mirth was making it difficult not to join him.
    “Jade is my mate is what you’re saying.” Thad nodded , and Quentin shook his head. “That’s not possible. I’m not a wolf and she is. I don’t even know how that is supposed to work out.”
    “It did for me.” Quentin sat down hard again and stared at him. “I had some major issues when I first found out. You at least have an advantage in that you’re aware of us. Diamond almost…I made some major mistakes at first because I didn’t want to believe what she was, but now?” Thad shrugged.
    “Are you telling me you’re a wolf , too?” Thad nodded and waited for him to deny that, too. “You’ve not always been one, have you? I mean in college, were you a wolf then?”
    “No. Diamond changed me . It was the best thing that’s ever happened to me. She and I are mates and when she married me last month, we also became husband and wife. I’ve never been