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to the surface, making the
situation dangerous. One wrong move and his bear would come out howling. That
very thought kept her at bay more than the way his body screamed for her to
stay away.

Chapter Six
     
    Entering the cabin to find
Trey and Ivy in a cozy exchange exploded the rage within Turi. He had no right
to be jealous, since he was the one who’d stepped out, but it didn’t change
what was pouring through him like burning lava. Jealousy of his own brother
seemed irrational, when they were supposed to share her, but that changed
nothing. Hadn’t he just vowed he’d run as far and as fast from a mating where
he was expected to share? Now here he was being drawn to her.
    Trey narrowed his eyes. “You’re
the one who left instead of facing what destiny has dropped on our doorstep.”
    “Hold on.” She laid her free
hand over Trey’s, running her fingers along his knuckles. “Trey, could you give
me a few minutes? I heard your side, now I need to hear his.”
    Trey glanced between Turi and
Ivy before finally nodding. “I’ll be outside, holler when you want me.” He rose
from the fire and went outside without another word.
    She adjusted on the sofa,
turning toward him. “Trey explained you think he’s too relaxed, but even with
that I don’t understand this anger you seem to have.”
    Turi growled. “For years I’ve
picked up the slack when it came to the sleuth, but I’m not going to do it when
it comes to mating. I don’t want my mate to look at me and see hatred for what
my brother has done. Before you deny it, we’re identical. It would be impossible
for you not to look at me and be reminded of the ways he let you down.”
    “Identical in looks, maybe,
but your personalities are so different.”
    “Looks are enough to remind
you.” He had spent years proving himself to the sleuth, even to his own family.
    She shook her head. “But I
don’t see it that way.”
    “In time you will.” He stood
his ground, because he knew just what Trey was capable of.
    “Fine.” She tossed the blanket
off her shoulders and stood. “What are you going to do about it then? Obviously
you don’t want this mating, so why don’t you find a cure for this? Surely
things have changed since the days of your grandparents.”
    Damn, she was feisty. He
placed his elbows on the back of the leather chair and leaned forward, watching
her. Was she trying to call his bluff? Did she truly want him to find something
that would fix their situation? It would give her a chance to live a normal
life, with one person—maybe a human.
    “Maybe there is.” He nodded.
If she was about to call him on not wanting to share her with Trey, she had
another thing coming. “Taber and Thorben just took Mom’s word for it. Is that
what you want? Do you want me to find something so you can live a normal
life…with a human?”
    “Obviously, what I want
doesn’t play into this. You already have your mind made up. So why are you
still here?”
    He stepped around the chair
and stalked toward her. “I’m here because of you. Damn it, you have to feel it.
This draw to you is overpowering, just being out on the porch was too far from
you. You’re human but you should feel the connection.”
    “Oh, I feel it for both of
you.” She cupped his cheek. “Which leaves us with two options. Either you two
have to find a cure before this need burns me alive from the inside, or work
out your problems. I won’t be a ping-pong ball between you two. A mating is
hard enough, let alone having two mates who can barely stand each other.”
    Unable to stop his bear from
wanting to feel her, he slipped his arm around her waist. “To think only this
morning Trey and I had the conversation about mating. He knew we’d be next and
wanted to fix the problems between us. Neither of us figured you’d drop into
our laps tonight.”
    “Next?”
    “Dad and his brothers were all
mated in order of their birth, and so far it’s been like that for us. First