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are a hindrance.”
    Christian shook his head and put his paddle back in the bayou. “Look for us when the moon rises. Remember, Linc, you’re not completely alone out here.”
    “What did he mean by that?” Ava asked as they watched them drift away.
    Lincoln looked around, wondering who was watching them, Vincent or Beau. “My brothers are taking shifts keeping an eye on us, but staying far enough away so they don’t draw Kane’s attention.”
    “In other words, we’re being watched?” she asked, her eyes wide with mortification.
    “We kissed. You could wear that expression if I’d actually taken you as I long to do.”
    “Is that so?” she asked saucily.
    Damn, but Lincoln couldn’t wait to get her alone to show her just how she tied him in knots.  
    And what he proposed to do about it.
     
    ~ ~ ~
     
    Ava was grateful that Olivia packed a pair of cargo pants in the backpack. That, along with the aspirin, the cream for her bruises, and the ponytail holder to get her hair off of her neck had gone a long way to improving her mood.
    If the morning had gone slowly, it was nothing compared to the time dragging through the rest of the afternoon. She didn’t think the sun would ever set. It was worse than when she was a little kid waiting anxiously for Christmas morning to see what Santa had brought her.
    “Will the canoe come on shore? Or will we need to swim out?” she asked.
    He shrugged as he stood with his arms crossed over his chest staring at Kane. “Won’t know until they get here and we see how Kane reacts to Solomon.”
    “Right, right.” Was she ever nervous. It was worse than running from Kane that first night. “What happens if Kane doesn’t go after Solomon?”
    “Then we don’t leave.”
    She hated how calm Lincoln was being. She was being eaten alive by the mosquitoes, and Kane had scared years off of her life.
    Ava wished she hadn’t eaten that last fig tart. Her nerves were so shaken that her stomach rolled. If she could fight off five men, she could keep her food down.
    “My God, will the sun never go down?” she said in exasperation.  
    “Look at the sunset, Ava.”
    “I have been.”
    “No. Really look at it,” Lincoln said. He was beside her in an instant, turning her toward the setting sun. “Look at the colors. Tell me if you’ve ever seen anything so beautiful.”
    She had to admit the colors were breathtaking. Deep red to orange to pale pink, all with a hint of gold added in. She had been so anxious about the coming night that she had forgotten to enjoy the life in front of her.
    Lincoln hadn’t though. Was that because there were few nights he wasn’t out risking his life?
    “I can’t remember the last sunset I saw. I’m normally so busy with work that I don’t pay attention.”
    “Perhaps you work too much.”
    She snorted. “That’s the understatement of the year.”
    “Do you like your job?”
    “I like helping people as I did Olivia. The money is a bonus.”  
    “Do you always see yourself in Dallas?”
    Ava knew what he was asking. She couldn’t give him the answer he was looking for, but she wasn’t sure she could return to Dallas as if nothing had happened either. “It’s where my life is.”
    “Of course.”
    They watched in silence as the sun dipped below the horizon, and the vibrant colors in the sky faded to gray and then black.
    Ava jumped when Kane let out a howl. The full moon shed its bright light upon the ground, and Kane was responding to it. In the distance, another howl sounded. Solomon. Ava wasn’t sure she wanted to be anywhere near two werewolves.
    “Solomon will know who you are,” Lincoln said. “He won’t attack you.”
    “Are you so sure of that?” Ava couldn’t shake the way he had stared at her when he discovered who she was. She didn’t know why she was more frightened than ever, she just was. “Are you so sure he wouldn’t come out here to help his brother kill me if it meant the curse would be lifted from