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turn to roll his eyes. “Don’t you dare call me that, especially
around MJ. She wouldn’t let it drop last time. Every time I turned around she
was calling me Big Smooth. It was ridiculous.” Sam clamped his mouth shut. It
was like he said more than he intended. After a moment he said, “His name is
Jett Montgomery-Murphy.”
    Corrine’s
breath hitched in her throat. “Wait. From the Montgomery-Murphy clan? One of the founding shifter families? Jesus Sam, they’re
pretty much royalty.”
    Her
brother shrugged like it was no big deal. “I guess. I’ve never thought of him
that way. He’s just a normal guy I used to hang out with all of the time. We
would drink beer and pick up chicks.”
    She
dropped her head and squeezed her eyes shut. “Holy shit,” she said under her
breath. The thought that she hooked up with a member of royalty was really
throwing her for a loop. Panic set in as she went over what they did last night
and how she treated him after. Did she have anything to worry about? She didn’t
say anything wrong did she? Shit, shit,
shit.
    “Hey,”
her brother said startling her. “What the hell is wrong with you? You’ve been
acting kind of weird all morning.”
    Her head shot up, eyes open. Sam was starting at her with
a narrowed look, suspicion written all over his face.
    She
forced herself to smile. Pushing thoughts of Jett and her away. “Its just a
little freaky to find out a member of one of the founding families lives in
town. He moved here not too long ago you said?” It would account for why she
hadn’t seen him before when she went into town. She and MJ took turns heading
in to pick up supplies. The past couple times when it was her turn MJ begged to go instead. Corrine was more than happy to let her.
    I wonder why MJ did that? Maybe she
knew there was a new shifter in town and she had set her sights on him. Oh no!
    The
smile she worked so hard to keep on her face faded away. Frowning at the turn
of her thoughts she bit her lip to keep from saying more.
    “Why
are you frowning? Something going on that I don’t know about.”
    “Hmm,
oh, no. Nothing’s going on. I just thought of something for Tuesday. No biggie.
Why have I never met Jett?” Carefully she took a sip of her coffee. Just to
have the mug cover part of her face.
    “The
only time you would have met him would have been graduation and you couldn’t
come remember.”
    She
did remember. That was when she had just opened her bakery. There was no way
she could get away. Everyone knew that the first year was the hardest. Corrine
just couldn’t risk leaving.
    Sam
said he understood and a few weeks later visited with Bitsy the Bitch . The one time MJ didn’t scurry off at the mention
of Sam and she ended up getting hurt. Things after that were strained between
them all. It was only in the following six months that life began to go back to
normal. Except for Sam never coming to visit.
    “So
what do you think?” he was asking.
    “Think
about what?”
    “You
were off in la-la land again weren’t you and I wasn’t even talking about
football.” He laughed, slinging his arm around her shoulder, giving her a quick
squeeze. “I said, what do you think about having Murph come out sometime.”
    “Sure
why not.” The words slipped out of her mouth before she thought better of it.
    “Great.
I think I’ll give him a call. I’m sure he’d be thrilled for the invite. We
didn’t cook much back then and I doubt he’s learned much since. I have no doubt
a great meal from you would probably be a welcome change. We should do it
today. Grill some steaks and potatoes. Follow it all up with a night run.” Sam
had jumped up from the bench and was pacing before her. Suddenly he stopped and
pivoted toward her. “It is safe around here right? You haven’t had any issues
with neighbors or animals?”
    Her
brows furrowed in irritation, “Of course it’s safe or I wouldn’t be doing it.
Go give your friend a call and tell him not