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remembering how I looked naked or something?”
    “Why would I think your nudity was funny?” she wanted to know.
    “Mostly because you didn’t seem inclined to take advantage of it,” he said, his grin broadening as her blush deepened further.
    “You’re incorrigible, aren’t you?” she grumbled.
    “Maybe I’m just trying to figure out the best way to seduce you,” he chuckled. “I guess putting the thing right out there in front of you didn’t do the trick, so now I’m going for saucy banter. Is it working?”
    “Of course not!” she protested, much too quickly. She was well aware just how falsely her words rang when he stopped grinning and slid a hand under her chin instead.
    “Really?” he asked then. “My sense of smell disagrees completely.”
    “Night, don’t—” Chastity began, but then he was kissing her. It started out as a gentle kiss, meant only to tease her senses a bit, but when she didn’t pull away, it turned into something much bolder. Having no idea what else to say or do, she simply whispered his name again. “Night!”
    Boris woke up with a snort, and the two of them moved apart to look over at him. “Oh, have you told her, then?” he inquired sleepily as he saw their proximity. “Good job, then.”
    “Told me what?” Chastity wanted to know.
    “Oh, nothing important,” said Night. “Not yet, anyway.”
    “Night, will you just tell me?” asked Chastity with an exasperated sigh. “If Julian’s been handling my future yet again, I’d rather know about it now than later.”
    Night sighed, knowing she would persist. “Before I tell you, I must make certain you understand that nothing Julian had to say, has to do with how I feel about you. I want you to know my attraction existed well before Boris told me what I’m about to have him tell you now.”
    “You want me to tell her, then?” Boris clarified.
    “It might be better, coming from you,” Night said.
    “Chastity, I know that you’ve always suspected Julian intended to use you as breeding stock,” Boris said dryly. “Well, I guess he’s selected the other party at last.”
    “What, just like that?” she asked quietly. “Why? There must be something more to this.”
    “Julian has never allowed me to tell you any of this before, but now that it’s time. I feel it best if you understand the entire situation,” said Boris. “Both of you, in fact, since Night also needs to be told. You see, many years ago Julian got it into his head that we werewolves needed to improve if we were to survive into the future, and he decided to try to create a super-wolf.
    Well, Night, what you don’t know, is that you were one of the first attempts. Your mother only told you you’d come to Julian at a young age because she didn’t want you to know what you really were. And you, Chastity, you are an improvement on that experiment. Julian believes that mating the two of you may create the wolf we’ve all been hoping for.”
    “And so he sent me here to—to have sex with a total stranger in order to make a baby with him?” she stammered, incredulous.
    “Yes, my dear, I’m afraid that’s the real reason that you’re here,” Boris admitted. “But it’s not as bad as it sounds, you know. Night seems to be a pretty straight-up kind of a guy, and he thinks you’re the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. I can tell by the way he watches you. The two of you might actually enjoy being the parents of the next generation.”
    “And what if I say no?”
    “If you say no, you will crush the dreams and plans of the man who raised you, and who has been working for the betterment of our people for over two hundred years now,” Boris pointed out. “Is that really something that you could live with?”
    “Chastity, sweetheart, Julian means as much to me as he does to you,” Night pointed out. “Besides, you know that we’re trying to build a whole new colony out here. You might as well contribute to it if you’re hoping