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released. Every fiber of his being begged to rip the man from
limb to limb.
    “He was the most beautiful soul
I’ve ever met,” the man confessed quietly. His voice was so low that it would
have gone unheard by a human, but Lorcan heard it clear as a bell and it made
him hesitate.
    He frowned as he watched the
man’s head bow and he was sure he could see his shoulders shaking. Was he
weeping?
    “When my alpha found out I was intending
to be with someone not of our kind, he didn’t take it very well,” he
whispered. He didn’t look at Lorcan as he curled his fingers around the leaf
resting in his palm. His eyes remained focused on the ground. Why was this
mutt telling Lorcan his personal problems? He didn’t want to hear them. He
wanted to rip him to shreds. One of them had to pay for what they did
to Liam.
    “I told Liam that it was too
dangerous,” he continued in an emotional voice. “I was scared of what would
happen to him. I told him…” his voice trailed off then as his head bowed lower
and he lifted his hand to wipe at his eyes.
    Lorcan’s body relaxed a little
at a time as his mind attempted to work the puzzle pieces together. The
devastation that radiated from the other male’s body was genuine and for some
unfathomable reason, Lorcan was allowing his self to be strung along. It had
to be a trick. This was some sort of ploy to distract him from the reality of
the situation. A lycanthrope would never mourn the death of an ursithrope. Lorcan
had quickly learned they were natural enemies, no matter what form they were
in.
    The man lifted his head then,
gazing straight at Lorcan as the sunlight caught the glistening of a tear
against his cheek. He swallowed hard as he sighed, standing once again as he
kept his eyes on Lorcan.
    “I imagined meeting you for the
first time to be very different,” he spoke as his voice broke. Lorcan could
see he was fighting to keep his composure as he extended his hand towards him.
    Did he expect Lorcan to shake
it? He’s crazy, Lorcan sneered mentally. “Who are you?” Lorcan
demanded, not obliging the handshake.
    The other male lowered his hand
then as he licked his lips. “I…Liam never told you about me?”
    He almost seemed distraught
that Liam hadn’t mentioned him. But why the hell would his brother talk about
a damn lycan?
    Lorcan gave a firm shake of his
head as he frowned. “No. I don’t have any idea who you are, Wolf , but
you don’t have any right to be here.”
    “I have every right to be
here,” the man responded defensively. “You really don’t know who I am?”
    “Hell no, I don’t,” Lorcan stated
between clenched teeth. He was becoming agitated very quickly. He was
beginning to wonder why he hadn’t disemboweled this man yet. It would be
justified for what they’d done to Liam.
    The man sighed as he lifted his
hand to run his palm down the length of his face. He chewed his inner cheek
for a second before he spoke again.
    “My name is Dimitri Fridolf,” he
extended his hand once more as his eyes stayed on Lorcan’s. “Liam was my
mate.”
    Everything that Lorcan thought
he knew up until that very moment suddenly vanished as the color drained from
his face. Everything his father had taught him in the ways of the ursithrope
became null and void as his eyes bore into the hazel hues of the man standing
before him. Some things became confusing while others became clear, and
Lorcan’s entire world turned upside down.

 
    Three
     
    “T hanks for giving me a chance,” Presley said
as she eased the tray of syrup dispensers onto the counter and then turned to
look at Nana Hettie.
    “I’m only doing this for your uncle, Presley. He’s a
good man and he’s done a lot of things for me. I owe him this favor,” she
stared at Presley wearily before she pointed a finger in her direction. “But
you better dot your i’s and cross your t’s because I don’t hesitate on firing
lazy people.”
    Presley chewed at her lip for a second before