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stating anticipation would make it even sweeter when they finally came together later that evening.
    After drying them both thoroughly, Cash sprayed her liberally with bug repellent before allowing her to dress in the simple burgundy silk robe and matching flip-flops she had brought specifically to wear for the installation ceremony. He then bug-sprayed himself before pulling on a pair of loose-fitting gray gym shorts. Taking her hand, he led her from the room before she could suggest they skip the ceremony to play sexual games.
    Goldie, Caleb, and Silver were waiting for them on the back deck.
    “It’s about damn time,” Silver muttered as he swatted a mosquito that had just landed on his shoulder.
    “Go to hell, cousin,” Cash responded, his low, deep voice sending shivers through Zoe that settled right behind her clit. “My mate needed my attentions.”
    Zoe’s cheeks grew hot as the others chuckled. She knew they thought she and Cash had had sex, but after a glance at Cash she kept her mouth shut. Let them think what they would. They knew that one way or another, they would have sex before the sun rose again.
    “Boys, if you don’t stop sniping like children, I’m going to sit you in the corner for an extended time-out and name Diamond and Ruby as my Betas,” Goldie said, sounding nervous and near the end of her patience.
    “You wouldn’t!” the two men responded with shocked disbelief.
    “Don’t tempt me. Now come on. They’re waiting.” Taking her mate’s arm, Goldie led the way into the forest.
     
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    Once they reached the ceremonial circle deep in the forest, Cash and Silver went around the clearing and lit torches so there was more than enough light to see before taking their places on either side of Goldie. Zoe moved to stand behind Cash as the other human mates did.
    The ceremony was for the shifter members of the Pyrate Island pack. Though mates were required to be present, they were to watch and listen, but not otherwise participate. She heard a soft murmur go through the area of the circle where the other pack Alphas gathered, probably because she was standing behind Cash and not Luka, who stood at the other side of the circle from Goldie.
    Once everyone had gathered, all eyes turned to Luka. He waited another long moment before moving to the center of the circle. She had been to several of these and knew the order of what was to come, but each time she found herself fascinated.
    After Goldie was called to the circle and installed as Alpha of the Pyrate Island pack, she, in turn, called Cash and Silver forth and swore them in as her Betas. The three then pledged their loyalty to Luka before returning to their places in the circle. King Luka then spoke to the pack members about loyalty to pack and family and especially to the Alpha and her Betas. Once he finished, the shifters lined up and, one by one, congratulated their new leaders.
    Once the official ceremony had concluded, the Alpha from the Smokey Mountain pack stepped forward and said he wanted to witness Goldie mate with Caleb. He wanted the other Alphas to be certain that the powerful-looking human male could be properly submissive to his Alpha, even if she was a female.
    Again all eyes went to King Luka. When he nodded his approval, Cash and the other members of the Pyrate Island pack turned their backs and took a step forward out of the circle. They did not care to see their Alpha have sex with her mate. They had accepted her years before when Edward had named her as his successor. This was for the other pack leaders who seemed to be having a hard time accepting Goldie as their equal.
    Cash moved close enough that all Zoe could see was his broad, muscular chest. The need she thought had subsided filled her once again at the sounds of heavy breathing and soft moaning coming from the center of the circle.
    She looked up into her mate’s eyes and saw they had grown dark with his own need. A moment later, he stepped close