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Cadifor considered the appearance they were trying to give. "Would it be appropriate to invite Senach to the mating? The female is your bloodline."Nora smiled again. "I'll provide you with a list of those who might be appropriate." She looked at the unhappy look on Cullen's face. But he wasn't arguing. "I'll make sure that they will all be people who can either be of use to Aislinn or will be helpful in the fight."Cullen growled. "I thought druids didn't fight.""We don't start fights. But we long ago arranged to be capable of defending ourselves. You are all proof of that."***Jenna skipped up the steps to the front door of her home early that morning without a single sign of the fact that she'd had no sleep. The door opened for her and her heels clicked on the marble, echoing down the hallway as she headed for the basement.Maon came down the main stairwell. He was rubbing sleep out of his eyes. He'd left standing orders to notify him the instant Jenna arrived. He was only half d

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Cerdwyn started to protest, but Jacob shot her a hard look and she gave in. "That's why Rafe needed the ley lines. The process of instilling a being with that much power is contrary to laws of balance that nature works on. It either requires time and patience, which you have told us to ignore or more power. Rafe drew on the power that occurs at the site on the Arnauk reservation to compensate for the natural inclination of fates to force the receiver of the power to endure an equally powerful back lash."Jenna smiled content with that answer. "Maon, make sure the druid gets something to eat and some sleep." He nodded. "Actually let them all have a short break for not giving me a hard time with getting an answer." She had expected at least some argument. So she was feeling generous.Jenna walked out of the room and Maon followed her. "Any other orders," he asked.She stood a moment looking off into nothing. Maon could almost see the wheels turning in her mind. "Yes, gather a group of v

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"Fine. Usually, starting with the more important members of the pack an going through to the lesser members people approach the two of you, after he's come inside you and smell and or taste the two of you together. They acknowledge that you've mated and you're a pair. You're scents as one so to speak. That will go on for the rest of the evening. You have sex then people get to 'acknowledge' the alpha pair. Repeatedly. If the two of you separate for any reason that doesn't stop that part of the ceremony. You become pack property. Actually, any member of the pack at any time can attempt to show you respect in that way. Even after the ceremony. It doesn't usually happen because most of the pack knows what most everyone else smells like. But you are one great big curiosity and I wouldn't be surprised if that particular aspect of pack life were exploited."Aislinn sat silently. She knew about all the open sex. She'd seen it. Every day she was here she'd seen something. "So when Rissa told

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Cullen looked over at Keith. "You heard the woman," he said as he patted Keith on the shoulder and headed for his own room.Aislinn was in the middle of a nice normal nightmare involving the mating ceremony and her having to fight her way through a crowd of men that Cullen didn't care were touching her. Cullen undressed and pulled the blanket's back to snuggle in behind her."Shh," he whispered into her ear. He knew she was having a bad dream. He pulled her against his body. When she started to struggle he decided to wake her up. "Aislinn," he said gently. Aislinn.As the dream faded out and she began to refocus she felt him in her mind and then against her body. She smiled and settled in against him. "What time is it," she asked sleepily."Near three I think," he said softly, waiting for her to be pissed at him. But she didn't feel pissed."Should I be," she asked to his unspoken thoughts."I had hoped not. This kind of thing's going to be more regular than you might think or like. I

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This is why I'll deal with the rest of the crap, she thought to herself as she felt his obsessive thoughts about her. She closed her eyes and let herself drift in their bond for a moment. Cullen's annoyance and concern brought her back to reality rather harshly. Aislinn looked at him questioningly.Cullen put the phone down. "I don't remember the last time that fool didn't answer on the first ring.""Maybe something's wrong. That seems to be the theme of late," she suggested and Cullen growled. Then Aislinn smiled widely. "Or Jaylyn could be having the babies."Cullen nodded. "That's entirely possible. It seems like she's been pregnant forever." He headed out of the office and Aislinn had to jump to follow him. He stopped at Sarah's office and there was no one there. On the way back through the great room Cullen looked around for the usual group and didn't see anyone. The two of them got in the elevator and headed for the beta floor.Getting out of the elevator answered the mystery. A

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Cadifor looked from one of them to the other and then raised his eyebrows at Cullen. "If Keith's busy then I'll assume it's just you and I." He started pulling his clothes on."Yeah, Aislinn's going to show Makeda around. You and I will finish getting a hold of the people we need to talk with. I'm assuming that Malik is downstairs by now. They were all supposed to arrive by this morning. But with Jaylyn going into labor I haven't been able to get any of the normal people in one spot to get the information. It's still early."Cadifor smiled. "I always did like the fact that your pack is less rank and order and more family."Cullen didn't know how to respond to the compliment. Cadifor looked Aislinn over briefly. "So this is the one with the visions. Pretty," he said.Aislinn nodded respectfully to Cadifor. Cullen stood patiently as his friend approached Aislinn and walked around her looking her over as if she were livestock at a fair. He leaned into her and smelled her hair deeply. Cul

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"I don't get it," Aislinn said after a while. "I don't understand why you have no problem telling me all this and no one else seems to think I can handle it."Makeda shrugged. "I have nothing to gain or lose by it. The rest of the pack is concerned that they may say or do something wrong. It doesn't matter if the consequence is that you'd misunderstand and become upset or do something that may upset the alpha. You're real problem is that Cullen Arnauk is a strong leader and his pack cares for him. They're trying to not scare you away and they don't know what will do it. I on the other hand have no concern for his feelings or truly for yours. Mostly I'm fascinated by your reactions to all of it and the fact that you could be here for even a month and still be in the dark." She grinned in amusement. "There's something very sexy about your naivety.""You always turn things into sex." Aislinn raised her eyebrows at Makeda. She was growing to like the woman quite a bit."After you've lived

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Keith and Malik walked into Cullen's office with smirks on their faces. Without a word Keith walked over to the nearest chair and plopped down then propped his feet on the edge of Cullen's desk, right on top of some papers Sarah had been writing on. Sarah looked as though she might rip his head off.Cadifor shook his head. Keith and his blatant lack of concern for superiors was interesting. Cadifor gave him credit for appearing to know when to turn it on and off, but this wasn't one of those occasions.Keith looked around at all the glaring people. Malik at least had the courtesy to wipe the smirk off his face. "Okay okay, I give in I'll tell. Guess why I can't find out when Jenna intends to attack." There were more glares. "Alright I'll give you a hint.""Keith," Cullen growled. "Enough."Cadifor smirked this time. At Cullen's tone the look on Keith's face immediately vanished and he sat up in the chair. Sarah brushed the paperwork off and gave him the kind of amused look a big siste

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Cullen felt Aislinn shift. He knew she wasn't upset or in trouble. But it concerned him that she would be in a situation that cause her to change forms. He was trying to get a sense of what was happening to her but she was wrapped up in whatever it was and was concentrating enough that she wasn't open to a conversation."Cullen?"He looked up at Cadifor's voice. "Sorry. What?"Cadifor sighed. "Maybe it's time for a break. We've been at this all day. We missed lunch. How about an early dinner. I think we're mostly set anyway."Cullen nodded and all the others in the room were looking hopeful at the suggestion. "I think I need to find Aislinn anyway." They saw Cullen's vision fog over again before he looked around the room. "Why don't we all meet in the Taigh-Oèsda in half an hour."There was an easy consensus and the group dispersed. Cadifor got up to go with Cullen. "Last I saw Makeda she had her eyes set on your woman. I believe I'll be most likely to find her still with Aislinn."Cu

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Cullen had decided that the less time Jenna had the better. Cadifor called in quite a few favors. But it looked as though they were going to pull it off. The group had eaten dinner, finished their phone calls, and the mating was set for the next day at sunset. Cullen sent as many lycans ahead to the reservation that evening as could be managed. The rest would follow the next day.There was some argument as to whether Keith would be joining them. He refused to allow Jaylyn to leave the Madadh-Allaidh Saobhaidh and he didn't want to leave her with just omegas to look after her. In the end she insisted that he go and leave her in peace for the night. She had her hands full with Eiros and Eira. Even so Keith decided to remain behind and with Jaylyn for as long as possible. Mostly he held her gently while she slept.The den was eerily quiet that night. Cullen, Cadifor, Aislinn, and Makeda sat with bottles and glasses in hand in the main room of the penthouse. Cullen and Cadifor had been la

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