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serious.”
    “Why would I lie?”
    She seemed to debate my offer then stuck her hand out for me to take. I pulled her up and we stared at the suitcase. It didn’t do anything. I turned it on its side and pushed it against the wall.

 
    Chapter 9
    Pepper
     
    Quinn sat beside me on the bed while we watched an old detective movie. It was the kind with the gumshoe and the wispy blonde who always seemed to get into trouble.
    “She did it.” He said confidently.
    “Have you seen this movie before?” I wondered how he was so confident in knowing who the thief was.
    “No, but you know she did it. She looks guilty. The detective isn’t thinking strait because she’s distracting him with…” he grinned. “You know.”
    I laughed, repeating a line from the movie, “Her feminine wiles? ”
    “There’s that, and then th ere’s the dress she’s wearing.”
    “Yeah, it doesn’t leave much to the imagination.”
    I snuggled into my pillow, trying my hardest not to scoot any closer to him. The warmth radiating from him was so tempting. Quinn was just solid, like I c ould lean on him without worry.
    My dad was gone a lot, and I loved my aunt and uncle, but they were like the rest of the residents in Capeside, gossipy and always invo lved in some function or other.
    Oh, no…my dad. “What about my family?”
    He frowned, pausing the movie and looking really guilty, maybe even sorry. “What about them?”
    “I see my mom every once and a while. The woman did give birth to me, and who knows, maybe one day she’ll warm up a little. But my dad and I are really close. Will I be able to see him again?”
    “Eventually you may have to discontinue contact.”
    My heart fluttered, “May?”
    “We can tell your father under certain circumstances.”
    I sat straighter, “Wait, I thought you guys had a law against telling humans.”
    “We do.” He grinned, leaning toward me. “You would have to petition the Council for permission.”
    I knew plenty about how Quinn’s system of government worked from spending time with Venna. She explained to me that the Council ruled over the magical beings together, united. Venna said that it was easier to govern their people if each magical being was represented. They didn’t want any of their people worried about favoritism, which is why the Council was formed. It was made up of a vampire king and queen, a werewolf king and queen, and th e warlock king and witch queen.
    You had six people with equal amounts of power, meaning no one was able to take complete control.
    I n many ways, it shouldn’t work.
    But it did, quite well.
    “So, how would I go about petitioning?” I shifted just a teensy bit closer. We started out sitting on far sides of my bed, and now we had mere inches left between us.
    It was chilly in my room and he seemed to hav e plenty of body heat to share.
    Why not?
    He chuckled, “You won’t have to. I’ll take care of it.”
    “How do you tell your dad that you were turned into a werewolf?” I really wanted to tell him everything that had happened to me. I just was n’t sure how to break the news.
    “What kind of man is he?”
    “Well, he’s smart, and goofy, good at crossword puzzles. He’s also a captain in the Navy.”
    This interested him, “Really?”
    “Yeah, I think he’s on a destroyer right now.”
    “We like maintaining contacts in the government. Having a naval captain would be useful.”
    Thunder echoed in the distance. I’d forgotten about the storm completely and looked up at the window as rain started to fall. It beat rhythmically against the glass.
    “Where should we meet tomorrow?” The rain pounded, rattling the windows. A little chill ran through me. I was fine, safe. I had the big bad werewolf with me. My behavior was just silly. I couldn’t figure out why I didn’t want Quinn to leave me.
    “Here, I’ll pick you up at six a.m.”
    I groaned, sagging into my pillow. “Too early.”
    He smiled, “You can sleep in the car on