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student, despite being at every frat party over the course of her four years there. As a young professional, she had climbed the corporate ladder with ease while sharing plenty of cocktails with her girlfriends, dates, and clients every weekend.
    She’d built up a nest egg and had invested in renovating the kitchen in her outdated condo a year ago. It added to the property value, but Quinn had dropped out of life almost immediately after sinking her cash into the remodel. Now she had no liquid assets and was on the run.
    What she did know was that she was afraid. She was afraid of what people would think of her. She was afraid of her parents’ reaction to her shifter child. She was afraid of her own feelings for a man she’d just met. Those feelings threw Quinn’s life into a tailspin she was just now coming out of.
    If only Drew would be happy to see her and happy about the child. The cub. Maybe then she could come back to her right mind. Everything had been fragmented since she’d left Fate Mountain. It was like she was missing some important component that made life livable. She couldn’t think. She couldn’t feel. It was all so muddled, she didn’t even want to think about it.
    When she made it to Fate Mountain Village, she parked her car in the parking lot of a diner and went in to use the restroom. On the way out, the hostess asked her if she wanted to be seated. Quinn was starving, so she let the blonde woman show her to a table.
    The hostess placed a menu on the table as Quinn took a seat. The woman walked away and came back a moment later with a glass of ice water.
    “Would you like something else to drink?”
    “Water’s fine,” Quinn said.
    The blonde waitress narrowed her eyes at Quinn as if she recognized her. Quinn had never seen the woman before in her life.
    “I’m Lily,” the woman said. “My mate is Shane Keenan. We own the diner and run the kitchen at the lodge.”
    “Okay.”
    “You seem familiar. Have we met?”
    “Not that I know of.”
    “That’s so strange. Your scent reminds me of someone.”
    “My scent,” Quinn said, angling her nose to her armpit. Did she smell bad?
    “I’m a shifter like my mate. I can smell your unique scent. Wait. I know what it is. You remind me of Drew.”
    “You know Drew?”
    “Yeah. He’s a Rescue Bear like my mate Shane.”
    Quinn scrubbed her hand over her face and tried to force a smile. This woman was very close to Drew. And here Quinn was, fully pregnant for all to see.
    “How do you know Drew?” Lily asked.
    Quinn rubbed her large, round belly and sucked her lip. The baby stirred inside, responding to the smell of bacon and milkshakes.
    “We met nine months ago,” Quinn said.
    “Nine months ago?” Lily said, looking pointedly at Quinn’s swollen tummy. “Are you?” Lily took a step back and almost dropped her coffee pot.
    “I’m Quinn.”
    “Whoa. Seriously? Oh my God. No one is going to believe you’re back in town. What happened to you?”
    “I think I’ll have the Caesar salad,” Quinn said.
    Lily shook her head and blinked several times as if trying to register what Quinn had just said. “Caesar salad… Coming right up.” Lily absently wrote it on her order pad.
    “Could you not tell anyone, please? I’m here to see Drew.”
    “Everyone’s been looking for you. Juliet’s been so worried.”
    “I can’t decide if I want a milkshake or not,” Quinn continued.
    She felt bad enough as it was about Juliet. They’d been friends for a long time and she’d just unfriended her, literally. It was as unforgivable as what she’d done to Drew. If Quinn had to be confronted with this stuff all at once, she didn’t know if she’d have the strength to face Drew. Telling him about the baby was the only reason she’d come here. She needed to at least do it before she left again. He had a right to know.
    “The blueberry milkshake is delicious,” Lily said.
    “I’ll have one of those then,” Quinn said, closing her menu