and more. Tender, passionate and attentive. But they’d been rough and all-consuming too.
Perfect.
“Jacky, way too much information.”
Jacky waggled her eyebrows at her friend. There was no such thing as too much information. “Mine are wild. Are yours too tame and not satisfying you?”
“Jacky, what the hell happened to you just getting over a break-up?”
She groaned and looked away. That was the last thing she wanted to think about.
“You did notice it is impossible to resist them. Did Brad or Duncan not tell you about the pheromone that makes them irresistible to their mate?”
Which she actually thought was pretty perfect. She’d always hated the smell of her ex-boyfriend. Something about him always made her want to recommend he have a shower, and his kisses were yuck as well. To have someone, or two someones whose body chemistry was irresistible to her was just amazing.
“Yes, they did.” Karen pulled her hands away and ran her fingers through her hair. “What the hell are we going to do? I told Brad and Duncan I’d give them a chance. I’ve given them two weeks to convince me, before we drive off to the next concert. I didn’t even think about the other things we have planned in Alaska. I wanted to spend time in Canada if we had time. Doesn’t look like I’ll get to do that. Jacky, we only planned to stay here a couple of nights. That is just the start of our dilemma. We are out in the middle of nowhere, and I don’t do well without civilization close. Sure, I can handle a couple of nights but…” She took a deep breath. “I don’t want to get too attached to these guys, only to have to go home to Australia where it is warm and it never snows.”
Jacky stood up and began to pace. How was she going to slow Karen down? These thoughts were going to stop her friend from experiencing something that was truly magical. “I know, Karen. If we overthink everything, we’ll never have fun and enjoy ourselves, or really give this mated-to-shifters thing a go.” Jacky put her hands out and pulled Karen off the sofa. “I decided after seeing a wolf shift in front of me last night, before Ashten took me away, that I was going to give this all a go. I don’t want to regret this. I know if I run, I will always wonder. You know, Karen, you will too.” She bumped Karen with her hip. She needed to lighten up, seriously. Maybe it was time to tell her friend that she knew Karen’s secret. Yep, why not? “And anyway, it’s not like you have a job to rush back to.”
Karen gasped, her eyes widening.
“What! When did you find out I quit my job?”
“I called the day before we left, and was told you had resigned. You didn’t have to do that for me.” Jacky reached out and hugged her best friend tightly. Karen was the best friend she’d ever had.
“I didn’t do it just for you. I was miserable there. My boss was a dick.”
“Yep, he sure was. I have no idea how you stayed there for as long as you did.” Jacky let Karen go and held her hand to stay in contact. “Let’s get out of here. You have to see the werewolves that are here. They are… just… wow. So yummy, all dark and muscly, the total opposite of our polar bears.”
Karen snorted and Jacky just grinned at her. No matter what her friend said, Jacky wasn’t leaving anytime soon. But since she’d much prefer her best friend to stay with her, she had some convincing to do.
Walking hand-in-hand, they opened the door and strolled in the direction of the huge lodge.
“Let’s see what all the fuss was about shall we?”
They pushed open the door and stepped into a room resembling a pub brawl in a zoo. There were about ten men and more than ten huge black and grey wolves. All growling, throwing punches and screaming at each other. And at the very center of it all, of course, were their men , holding everyone apart with their abnormal strength.
“Holy shit,” Jacky