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attempting to gain entry but Shannon.
    At five foot two with long blonde hair and wire-rimmed glasses, she looked petite, sweet, and almost a decade younger than her real age of twenty-nine. She smiled and laughed readily, and moved with the grace of someone deeply in tune with her body. However, I’d seen her verbally tear grown men a new asshole and they took it without complaint. She was like Godzilla, only shorter and prettier. At the moment, she was hitting my door with enough force to rattle the hinges.
    I unlocked the deadbolt and threw the door open. “Woman, you scared the shit outta me!”
    Shannon stormed inside. “Why the hell didn’t you answer your phone?” she demanded.
    I stared at her in confusion. “What are you talking about?”
    She walked over to the counter and picked up my phone. Then she turned the screen toward me and held it out. “Look, four missed calls. Why didn’t you pick up, dammit? I thought you were dead!”
    Even more lost, I gaped at her. “What?”
    “Look, shit went down last night. We have to go out to Kerry’s place in Farmersville today. I’ve been trying to call you all morning. When I couldn’t reach you, I called Conner and he told me you were fine and still in your apartment. Do not ever, EVER scare me like that again! Do you understand?”
    I nodded, still processing all the words that she just spat out.
    “Now, get your purse and stuff. We gotta go.”
    “What happened?” I asked as I headed into the bedroom to grab some shoes and socks.
    “The Faction sent some vamps after Kerry last night.”
    I came dashing out of my room, my boots and socks in one hand. “Oh my God, is she okay?”
    Shannon nodded. “She’s fine. In fact, she took almost all of them out by herself, though one escaped.” She didn’t look happy when she said it.
    “I’m glad she’s okay, but what does this have to do with you and me?” I asked.
    Her expression became fierce. “Donna didn’t know, but she did say that Kerry found something that will affect all five of us.” She scowled at me. “Hurry up.”
    Not being in the loop made Shannon surly as hell. I rolled my eyes and quickly put on my boots before grabbing my phone, jacket, and purse. “I’m ready.”
    “Good. Let’s go.”
    I followed her downstairs and hopped in the car with her. As a distraction during the hour long drive to Kerry’s, I told her what happened with Calder yesterday. She knew about what he said to me at Donna’s party two days ago because she had given me a ride home that night and listened to me cry then.
    When I finished the story, Shannon was silent for several minutes.
    Unable to take it any longer, I asked, “Well? Don’t you think that is completely fucked up?”
    She gave me a sidelong glance. “Okay, do you really want my honest opinion? Unfiltered?”
    “Yes,” I answered, completely certain.
    Shannon took a deep breath. “I think you need to talk to him about….everything.”
    I stared at her with my mouth hanging open. “What?!” My voice was loud. “Did you not hear about him sucking face with a girl that couldn’t have been older than sixteen or seventeen? He’s fucking forty-seven! That’s just gross! Plus he’s a liar.”
    “I heard you.” Shannon paused and I could tell she was choosing her words carefully, so I braced myself. She rarely pulled her punches and she always said exactly what she meant, even if it hurt. “Look, Kerry explained to you that shifters aren’t like humans, didn’t she?”
    I nodded.
    “Until you talk to him without freaking out and running away, you don’t really know what he’s thinking or feeling. And I don’t think werewolves are like human males after they mate.”
    I stared at her in confusion, shocked that she was basically suggesting I give Calder another chance. “What?”
    She shifted in her seat. “In the wild, wolves will form long-term bonds with a single female. They don’t always mate for life, but it’s pretty damn