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Freya paced the wrap around porch of her century old house like a caged panther as she fretted over where Jasper could be. Marcus claimed that he went for a final run before the sunrise, but saw nothing of him since. She worried that Jasper may have found out about her taking Marcus to her bed and had gone off to pout over the situation. This was something that she hadn’t considered when she impulsively acted upon her lust.

Things were getting out of hand. It was far too dangerous to leave the scientist unattended. He’d already caused too much damage to the wolves’ safety. Alienating him by replacing him in her bed with Marcus might not be the wisest move.

From her exposure to vampires during her time on the other plane, she knew that their gestation period was much shorter than that of a werewolf or human. Since vampires were stripped of their reproduction abilities when the great and powerful King Landon banished them, she hadn’t had to pay at