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on my head?”
    Before she could answer, she was flipped over on her hands and knees, and she felt teeth at her neck.

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    “ H oly shit , girl, what are you thinking about? You went from red to purple,” Alicia teased.
    “I can’t even tell you. Not here, maybe later after a bottle or two of wine. No, wait, booze got me into this situation,” she moaned, covering her face with her hands.
    “If booze makes you blush like that, I need to start drinking more.” Alicia gave her a raised eyebrow as she sipped her coffee.
    Letting her head drop to her desk, she banged it gently a few times. “I may die of embarrassment if I ever see him again.”
    “From the sounds of it, you’ll be lucky if he doesn’t try to jump your bones the next time he sees you.” Alicia patted her friend on the head and stood up. “I’ll give you a day to recover, and then I want full on gory details. My house, nacho night, and dishing.”
    Becca gave her the okay sign but left her head on the desk. She knew one thing for sure. She was never, ever going back to that bar.

Chapter 11
    “ W here have you been ? I thought you were going to be here over an hour ago?”
    Cage Rochon looked up from his work to his younger cousin. Cage wasn’t trying to be mean to Angel; he just saw how much potential his family and clan member had and it was his job as Alpha to guide the young ones, so they became useful members of society. He could tell Angel didn’t want to be there, that he was working out of obligation for the family. Not that there weren’t enough hands to go around, but Angel couldn’t stay home all day either. It wouldn’t make him or his bear happy.
    Angel had started out rough. His youthful indiscretions often had a tinge of lawlessness about them. Worse, he would wrangle his older brother Eddie into them. It was probably why Eddie was now a doctor. He was trying to make up for his complacency and sometimes willing involvements with anything Angel wanted him to do.
    There was also the fact that Angel didn’t go off to college with his friends. That was what everyone had expected him to do and was probably the reason he didn’t. In Cage’s mind, that was not a good enough reason.
    The Rochons were lucky enough to be in a financial situation that their young clan members could go to and pay for any college they wanted. It was a privilege that Cage didn’t like anyone to turn their nose up at. Angel was always different, though. So many of their clan members had something they wanted to do or be. It didn’t even have to be in the family business. Eddie had become a doctor and Tanner was the Sheriff.
    Eddie had come to him and asked him to talk to Angel about going to school for music. To encourage him to obtain a degree in music, something that he could use to teach with. But that wasn’t what Angel wanted to do. He didn’t see why he couldn’t make a living doing something he truly loved to do, which was just play music. Cage understood that. He loved the forest, outside of his home with his wife and son, it was his favorite place to be. It wasn’t the case for Angel. Still, with him choosing not to go to college that meant he needed to work and contribute.
    “Sorry, Alpha, tied one on pretty hard last night,” he mumbled, stumbling in and falling into one of the seats across from the desk. His cousin Cage was a massive man. He was an even bigger bear as a Kodiak. Sitting in this portable trailer slash office made him seem comically big.
    “I’m not saying you can’t go out and have fun. But you have responsibilities here. You were supposed to be at the county office this morning when it opened. We have three pending permits that should have been approved and talking to them in person usually moves the process along. Wyatt was trying to get a hold of you to tell you that last night.”
    “I couldn’t hear my phone in the bar,” Angel said. In the light of day, he was feeling a little bad that he didn’t answer the