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protect myself. Got it?”
    Lucas studied her, his eyes dark. Her emotion was high and it was audible in her tone of voice. He knew he’d pissed her off. Rafian simply stood like a big boulder of gorgeousness, not saying anything. Perhaps he was the smarter of the two of them.
    “Forgive me. You need to eat. Allow us to feed you and we’ll explain everything.”
    Her jaw had locked. With effort she unhinged it. She was very hungry. Tired too. It looked like early evening in this place, but her biological clock said it was in the wee morning hours. She nodded sharply. “That arrangement is amenable to me.”
    Lucas scowled at her. Apparently his English skills weren’t completely polished.
    “Okay,” she rephrased, and then paused. “Throw in a shower and you’ll make me a very happy woman.”
    “We want your happiness. That’s all we want.” That came from Rafian and was spoken with solemn certitude.
    She looked at him, head tilted to the side. “Why? What am I to you? What do I matter?”
    Rafian met her gaze. His eyes were slate gray and emotion she couldn’t understand seemed to scud through them like clouds. “Don’t you understand? You’re everything to us.”
    She blinked, unable to find a reply. This whole situation was more than she could handle right now. Aside from the alternate world thing, she wasn’t ready to be everything to anyone . She’d thought once upon a time she’s been everything to her husband and then…..
    “Come,” said Lucas. “I’ll show you where the bathroom is.”
    Happy to escape the weight of Rafian’s words, she followed Lucas down the corridor and into a bathroom. She wasn’t sure what she’d been expecting from an otherworldly commode, but this one was pretty mundane, aside from being very nice. It had a large corner tub and a separate shower.
    Lucas seemed able to read her mind. “We designed this house with you in mind, taking examples of homes from your world. Normally the Lycaon prefer to bathe outdoors, but Rafian and I have come to enjoy your way of doing things.”
    “Lycaon? Lycan? You mean Lycanthrope?”
    “Yes, a person to holds the form of a human and a wolf. Lycan is your term for them in English, is it not?”
    “Typically they’re called werewolves.” She blinked, feeling stunned. She was currently in a house with two werewolves . “Uh, does this door lock from the inside?” She herded him into the hallway, needing time alone…and a lock.
    “Yes, but—”
    “See you after my shower.” And she shut the door and locked it.

    * * * * *

    The door slammed in Lucas’s face. He stood staring it at, jaw muscles twitching. He’d known she’d be difficult. Most women who passed through the veil were. It wasn’t her strength or her stubbornness that made her difficult; most Lycaon females were that way too…the few of them that existed, anyway.
    Kaitlyn’s complexity lay in her inscrutability. He didn’t understand her. That made wanting her that much harder. And he wanted her more than anything. Knowing she was undressing on the other side of that door right now tightened his body, made him insane with need. He had to hold himself back from breaking the lock—something he could do very easily—rushing in, pinning her to the counter, and then easing his cock deep within her.
    The urge to join with a new mate was incredibly strong. He and Rafian had needed to prepare for the temptation of her, building up their control years before she’d come to them. Now that she was here, resisting her was harder than he’d imagined. He guessed the same was true for Rafian. Yet they knew they couldn’t push her. All of this was new and strange to her and she needed time to adjust. Otherwise she’d reject them.
    He listened for the sound of the water starting, then headed down the hallway, unable to handle the image of water sluicing down her nude body. When she’d let him, he’d be licking off every glistening drop.
    Rafian was pulling food out of