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mates and to share you, and it’s really no one’s business what happens in our private lives.  Okay?”
    Relief skated through her, and she relaxed, knowing now that they wouldn’t be embarrassed even if someone did say something.  People could be narrow minded and ridiculous, but she wasn’t about to miss out on a date with her hunky lions for anything.
    “More than okay.  It just crossed my mind that we’re having our first real date, and I’ve never been in a situation like this before.  I’m not embarrassed by either of you, or our relationship.  I just wanted you to know that.”
    He stood up, towering over her, and lowered his head to brush across her lips.  “We would never be embarrassed of our relationship, either, sweetheart.  You’re very important to us, and regardless of what might or might not happen, we have no intention of ever letting you go.”
    “I don’t want to let you go, either.”
    On the drive to the restaurant, they made plans for the weekend.  James, Alek, and the rest of the lions were going to take all the kids camping for the weekend, leaving right after school on Friday and coming back on Sunday night.  She thought it was too cold to go camping, but Grant assured her that their bodies ran warmer than human and they were going up to a were-bear den in the town of Bracks, just North of Ashland, where they would be sleeping in a cabin instead of a cold tent on the hard ground.
    “So, we’ll come to get you tomorrow after school, and you don’t have to go home until Sunday.  If you’d like that.”
    “I would love that.”
    When they parked in the parking lot of The Italian Kitchen, Aaron was standing near the front doors waiting for them.  She held onto Grant’s arm to navigate the slightly icy parking lot and then hugged and kissed Aaron before he held open the door for her.
    They ate a delicious meal in a quiet corner, talking about the coming weekend.  No one paid any attention to their trio, and she was relieved.  The meal was over far too soon, and they parted ways at the restaurant, Grant driving home by himself and Aaron driving her home.  He kissed her deeply in front of her door, promising if he stepped inside, he’d stay all night, and he had an early shift again.  She watched him leave, and as she shut her bedroom door, she thought to herself, I really wish I could be with them now.
     

 
     
     
     
    Chapter 5
     
    Friday afternoon, as Sam walked out of the school building, scrunched into her coat against the bitter wind, she unlocked her car door and sat down, shutting the door and pushing the key into the ignition.  She looked through the windshield and frowned, thinking that the view in front of her was tilted.  She realized quickly that it wasn’t the landscape that was tilted, but her car.  She got out and looked at the front tire and found it flat, as well as the back tire.  Her car was tilted because two of her tires were flat.
    She’d never changed a tire before in her life, and even if she could, she only had one spare in the trunk.  Turning off the car, she pulled her cell from her purse and hurried inside, calling Aaron because he was still at work and knew the man who ran the tow truck company in town.
    Within a half hour, she was sitting in Aaron’s patrol car while he and the tow truck operator, Freddy, changed the tires, exchanging them for brand new ones that Aaron had asked Freddy to bring.  She watched Aaron pull out a credit card from his wallet and give it to Freddy, who swiped it across the top of his smartphone and then handed the phone to Aaron, who used his finger to sign it.
    Waving at Freddy, Aaron got into his patrol car with a sigh.  “Freddy said the tires are trashed.  Someone stabbed them with a large, thick blade, maybe a hunting knife with serrated edges, and they punctured each tire more than once.  I want to have you fill out a police report, Sam.”
    “Oh,” she said in surprise.  “Do you think I