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shadows and jogged around to the back of the house. Nea trembled beside her friend. Strange sounds permeated the dark. Annike scented the air, “It’s okay. Just cats and dogs.”
    Tore reappeared and beckoned them. “Come on.” He held up a small key. “This way.” Behind the big house was a small cabin by a pool. Tore unlocked the door. “This belongs to a human I know from high school. We can stay the night. His folks are away for the weekend.” There was a light on at the main house. A man around Tore’s age waved. “That’s him. He’s called Andy, he’s cool.”
    “What did you tell him?” Annike asked
    “That we were going to Denver to a concert.”
    “A concert?”
    “It’s something humans like to watch. It’s fine, honest. Human kids do this sort of thing all the time and he’s gonna help us in the morning.”
    The cabin was small and neat, like the one they lived in at home. The room had a sofa and a couple of chairs with a bathroom leading off to the right. A door led to a small room with a twin bed against one wall and a dresser with a lamp on it.  
    Tore grinned at the bed and winked at Annike. “You get the sofa,” he said to Nea.  
    Embarrassed by his suggestion, Annike glared at him. Tore!
    He pulled her to him. What? We just ran away to be together and you think I’m gonna sleep on the couch? He raised an eyebrow and put his lips to hers. His hot mouth melted her resolve. Embarrassment disappeared as nerve endings tingled and her belly lurched in anticipation. When the kiss ended, his blue eyes were even more intense than before.
    C’mon Annike. Today we took the first steps into our new lives. We have left the clan to be together. So let us lie together, this night, and every other.

    ***

    Back at the clan, Erik strode moodily through the commune. Banging on David’s door, he scanned the communal areas one more time, hoping that any moment Tore would appear. David yanked open the door, tucking his shirt hastily into his pants.
    “What’s up Erik?”
    “Tore’s gone and he has taken Annike.”
      David grabbed his keys from a hook by the door. “How long?”
    Erik shook his head. “Who knows? I asked around. No one saw him at the Full Moon celebrations last night and he wasn’t around at breakfast.”
    They walked together to the parked cars. “I want that girl back, Isak gave her to me.”
    David nodded. “You check with her family? Her friends? She hangs out with that small dark haired girl; the really pretty one you said was Louisa’s cousin.”
    “Nea? No one has seen her either.”
    “What? You think he took both females with him?”
    Erik shrugged. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it. Taking a long drag he turned back to David. “Anything’s possible. Needless to say, Isak is not pleased. Get a group of your best trackers together and get out to Cody. Tore can’t have got that far, especially if he is dragging two females with him.

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    Annike woke naked, wrapped in Tore’s arms, breathing in his dark spicy musk. The morning sun had already climbed into the sky. He opened his eyes; his long lashes blinking at her. They sparkled a brilliant blue as he rubbed the sleep from them. A slow smile crept across his face and he pulled her in tighter. Kissing her forehead, he caressed her skin, trailing his fingers down to her waist. “Morning,” his voice was low and husky.
    “Good morning.” She snuggled into his warmth, relishing the feel of his skin on hers.
    “You look beautiful with your hair all mussed.” He ran his fingers through, messing it up some more, and sending shivers down her spine. Tore groaned. “I waited so long for this. Now that we’re mated, we’ll wake up every morning together.” He wrapped his strong arms around Annike and kissed her until she couldn’t breathe. “When we live as humans, people will call you my wife. I’ll give you my name and everyone will know you’re mine.”
    “Wife?”
    “Hmm.” He took hold of her