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She pulled out another sheet.  Now, these are the records from your labs and
it appears that three vials of the virus are missing. The lead researcher
there claims he reported that a month ago. This after he d reported some
tampering with their internal records two months back.
 Reported it to Carter?
 Yep. But Lex, this system is just flimsy. You re dealing with what are
essentially biowarfare agents here, and I could get in and look around with no
problem at all. They gave me all this information over the phone without any
real verification of who I was.
That s why you re in the situation you are now.
 You re totally wasted as a florist. The admiration in his voice salved the
hurt feelings she d had.
 I am a damned good florist. By the way, the plants you have at the Pack house
are crap. But you know, I can t be sniffing around computers very often, at
least not the internet. It s not good for me to expose myself like that.
Alarmed, he stood up and shot around the desk.  Why are you risking yourself!
Nina, stop it now.
 Lex, it s okay. Most of the stuff I m doing is all internal. I m a good
investigator, you know. I can spot a scam miles away and I can talk my way
around most anyone.
Including grumpy, overprotective werewolves. She gave him a quick kiss.  But
thank you for your concern, it s very sweet.
 Sweet? Jesus, Nina, are you trying to push me over the edge? Be careful! Let
someone else do the work if it ll get you in trouble. And for god s sake,
don t expose the
Pack with all of this. The last thing I need are the human cops breathing down
my neck.
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 Is that how little you think of me? That this is a lark for me? All fun and
games and I don t care a thing about you or your precious Pack? She stood and
headed for the door but he blocked her way.
 You are not going to run from me again. Why do you take everything the wrong
way?
 Excuse me? Why do take everything the wrong way? Why do
I
you assume I d do anything to expose your family? I nearly died for your
precious family, Lex. I am being very careful but you need this information.
Leaning down to put his forehead against hers, he exhaled slowly.  You are my
family, Nina. You re part of us and I didn t assume that you d expose us. It
was just something I said. I tell my men to be careful all the time, it s part
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of my job. I didn t mean to imply that you would endanger us.
The tension went out of her then at his words and her arms wrapped around him.
 Are you ready for the transformation tomorrow? he murmured into her ear.
 I have no idea, Lex. Truthfully, I m scared to death.
He led her back to the couch and sat down, pulling her into his lap.
 Beautiful, there s nothing to be scared of. Your wolf is already there, you
can feel it. You ll just sort of let her take over for a while. You won t do
anything you don t want to do. It s not like you ll be a different person.
 Lex, I m going to be a werewolf. No offense, but that in and of itself is
something I
don t want to do. And if turning into a fucking wolf from a human isn t
becoming a different person, I don t know what is.
He looked puzzled, then annoyed and finally resigned.  Okay, all of those
things are accurate to a certain extent. But the fact is that you are already
a werewolf and what
I meant was that your values and your mind and heart won t change when you re
in wolf form.
 If you say so.
 I do. And you ll see tomorrow night. He kissed the top of her head.  For
now, I
need to make some discreet calls. I think Jack Reed and Warren Pellini are the
J. R. and
W. P. noted in Carter s files. Jack is the Alpha of the Rogues and Warren is
the Second in the mob.
She stood up, throwing her hands in the air.  This situation gets more jacked
up every minute. Nina left the room grumbling to herself about werewolf
godfathers and
Rogues.
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Nina s eyes fluttered open to focus on Lex s face right above her own, looking
intently down at her.
She smiled.  Hey.
He leaned down and kissed her. It was slow at first, drawing her into his web.
He wooed her lips with his own. He tasted her, sipped her with the barest of
pressure. Her eyelids slowly closed as she let him take her wherever he was
going.
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