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to sit here with me, less than a day away from dying and not even know it.
    “We’re pretty tough,” Nate said, and I could hear the smile in his voice. “I don’t think you have to worry about us.”
    I shook my head. Would they even believe me? Maybe they would just think I was crazy and avoid me until sundown on Friday. Then I’d change, and it would be too late for them escape. No. No, I had to tell them. They could think what they liked about me, but it was only fair.
    Looking around at them, I realized that Dean still stood at the bar. He watched me, but he didn’t look worried. He looked angry.
    “Does this fear of yours have anything to do with the reason you’ve been on the run for six months?”
    I nodded, swallowing the sob that was trying to break free. His gaze locked on mine, and I saw some of his fury melt away. With a heavy sigh, he came to sit with us on the floor. He took my hand in his and kissed it.
    “Whatever it is, we’ll handle it together. I just wish you had been honest with us from the start.”
    “Right,” I spat bitterly. “Because there have been so many opportunities between getting fucked to within an inch of my life to tell you that the man who made me a Were-Cougar is hunting me and trying to make me his mate. I’ve had so much time to discuss the fact that come sundown tomorrow night, I’m probably going to slaughter all of you. There’ve been enough moments of calm between the four of us to tell you—”
    Dean’s mouth on mine stopped my words. Too confused by his reaction to fight it, I slid my hands into his hair and opened my lips to him, allowing his tongue to brush against mine. Some of my panic dissipated at the feel of his hands, warm and strong, running up my back. Nate and Jasen had apparently backed away, and I was left in Dean’s arms. His kisses restored some of my sanity.
    My tears stopped, and he leaned back to look at me. There was a small smile on his lips that I didn’t understand.
    “I wish you had just told us this before,” he said. “You could have saved yourself a world of worry, darling.”
    “You don’t… You mean you believe me?” I asked.
    “Of course, we do,” Jasen said with a laugh. “Hell, you’re in Jericho Falls, sweetness. The Were capitol of Michigan.”
    “The Were—the what?” I looked over at him in shock.
    “We thought that was why you came here,” Nate said, leaning in to kiss my cheek. “We couldn’t understand why you were hiding what you were. We all smelled trouble on you the second you walked through that door.”
    “I think we need to apologize to you,” Dean said, shaking his head. “We thought you came here hoping we would take care of your problem for you.”
    “ You thought,” Jasen corrected him coldly.
    “Fine,” Dean said, raising a hand in apology. “I thought you were leading your stalker here in the hopes that we would kill him for you.”
    “Then why have you spent so much time fucking me silly?” I asked coldly, looking around at all of them.
    “We wanted you,” Nate said with a shrug. “We weren’t going to force ourselves on you, but since you seemed receptive, we thought…”
    He trailed off, and my body went cold. “You thought you’d take it as pre-payment for taking care of my problem?”
    They all looked embarrassed, but it wasn’t enough. I climbed to my feet, shoving their hands away from me. I couldn’t believe this. They’d known all this time what I was but they let me carry on with my charade in order to get what they'd wanted from me. They were crazy if they thought I'd accept any more of their "help".
    “Jo, wait,” Jasen said, jumping to his feet. “It wasn’t like that. I mean, it sounds bad when you say it that way.”
    “You’re right. It does.” My body quivered with anger now. “God, I’m so stupid.” Tears welled in my eyes as my fury built, and I refused to release it any other way. “I thought you wanted me. I thought you cared about me.” I