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caught her racing through.”
    The information hit Parker, but
before he could assimilate it, the door to the motel flung open. Wyatt stalked
in, followed by a sauntering Jaxon.
    “Did you get any answers?”
Wyatt growled, purposely ignoring Bailey to grab himself a can of pop from the
mini-fridge.
    “None that you’re going to
like,” Gavin replied.
    “I don’t think she’s one
hundred percent human,” Parker blurted.
    Three pairs of eyes swiveled to
fix him.
    “Explain,” Wyatt said curtly.
    “Sniff for yourself. She
doesn’t smell exactly like wolf, but she’s got something in her blood. How else
to explain her lack of injuries?”
    Wyatt wasn’t the only one
crowding in for a whiff. Jaxon jostled in beside Gavin, who hip-checked him to
the side. Stumbling, their youngest pack mate grinned and sidled over to stand
beside Parker. Parker didn’t bother resisting the urge to taste her aroma again.
He leaned in with his pack brothers and let himself enjoy the musky scent that
teased him.
    For a few minutes, silence
reigned in the room as they each allowed themselves to filter the bouquet of
her scent. The only audible admission that Bailey was more than just any woman
appeared in the increased heart rate for each of them—even Wyatt.
    One by one, they moved away
from her, Parker seating himself on the motel’s sturdy faux leather chairs,
while Jaxon hopped up onto the dresser. Gavin and Wyatt remained standing,
wearing troubled frowns.
    “Parker’s right. Something
about her is off.”
    “But she didn’t smell like that
the night we met her, though, right?” Gavin queried.
    Wyatt’s mouth tightened into a
thin line. “I don’t know. I wasn’t really interested in pinpointing her scent
at the time. But at the same time, I’ve never heard of someone’s smell
changing.”
    “Or how about the fact she
might have gone from human to something new?” Jaxon piped in.
    “Like what, smart-ass?”
    Parker bit back a grin as Wyatt
turned his formidable glare on Jaxon, who just shrugged and grinned. At times
it was hard to tell who led their group, Gavin with his laid-back ways or Wyatt
with his single-mindedness when it came to tasks.
    “No need to kill me with your
killer laser gaze. I’m just saying, if it’s possible for Roderick, Nathan’s
dad, to turn into a vampire, then who’s to say there’s not other things out
there that we don’t know about?”
    A grin stretched Parker’s face.
“I hate to say this, but the pup might have a point. If we believe Nathan and
the whole undead thing, then why not humans turning into yummy-smelling things?
I mean, none of us are disputing the fact there’s something odd about her,
right?”
    “And I get the impression I’m
not the only one whose beast is chomping at the bit to take a bite,” Gavin
added.
    “Awoo!” howled Jaxon before
laughing as he ducked the pillow sent his way by Wyatt.
    “Enough screwing around. And
shut up a bit, or do you want her waking up and hearing us talking crazy?”
    The thought of freaking Bailey
out sobered them instantly. Parker’s eyes flicked over to her where she still
slumbered on the bed. The idea of marking a woman had never crossed his mind
before. Then again, he’d never come across one who made him want to bay at the
moon.
    However enticing her pheromones,
it didn’t mean fate earmarked her for him. Looking down at her again, Parker
bit back a sigh as his wolf howled in his mind. Okay, maybe she was, but to
become her mate, he’d first need her to get past the fact that, at six foot
seven, he stood taller than most men, and that his bulk was solidly muscled. Her
first reaction upon seeing him didn’t exactly encourage him. Ignoring the
physical aspect, judging by his pack brothers’ reaction, he’d also have to
resign himself to the fact he’d have to share her, with Jaxon and Gavin at the
very least. With Wyatt, he still couldn’t be sure, because when it came to
duty, Parker doubted Wyatt would let a