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Overall?”
    “I think we’re getting closer. Do you remember that girl I took to the office Christmas party last year? Vixienne?”
    Of course. Couldn’t forget a name or a woman like that. She was a complete hooch, salivating over every word Carter said. Faith had only met “Vixi” once, but it was enough to leave a bad taste in her mouth. She’d painted a picture that things were too perfect: her boobs were too perky, their sex was too hot, he cuddled with her all night long, bibbity-boppity- blah .
    “I think so,” Faith said, repressing her gag reflex. “Red hair, Jessica Rabbit type?”
    “No, I like redheads,” he corrected. “She was the blonde, Fatal Attraction type.”
    “Don’t remember.”
    “Wouldn’t expect you to.” He sat upright. “Anyhow, she knew how to put on a good show. How to make everyone in the room think that she was the most gorgeous one there, even if she wasn’t. She oozed confidence and grace, and that’s what made her sexy.”
    “It’s probably also what made her crazy,” Tracy said from the doorway. “But if it’s ‘sexy starlet’ that you’re going for, I can turn our duck into a swan. I’ll need a few hours alone with her.”
    “As long as I know she’s in capable hands.” Carter stood and chucked his coffee cup into the recycling. “I’m out of here.”
    Tracy set down the pup. It made a beeline for Carter’s boot. He high-stepped, but the pooch went after the other. “Call your dog,” Carter said, holding his foot high. “Do something!”
    Tracy erupted into laughter as Faith scooped the dog off Carter’s boot.
    “Okay, okay,” she soothed. “I’ve got you now.”
    “You’d be cute if you weren’t such a little humping freak.” Carter flattened the fur on the top of the dog’s head. “Humperdinck.” He met Faith’s eyes. “I think I’ve just named your dog.”

Chapter Seven
    Carter ran up the steps to Faith’s cabin and knocked on the front door. He didn’t normally knock at her place, but he wasn’t normally picking her up for a date, either.
    This isn’t a date , he reminded himself. It’s an arrangement.
    Was this really going to work? Faith had become a great friend, but were they going to be able to pull off a ruse like this? Would the council believe they were a couple? Every member in attendance would be a werewolf with heightened senses and a keen nose for smelling bullshit. They could sense when a wolf had marked his mate, and when they’d completed the bonding process to seal their fates together. Lucky for him and Faith, they had a perfectly rational explanation for why they hadn’t completed the werewolf’s bonding process: he’d already found and lost his mate, and wolves only had one Luminary in each lifetime. Faith would be a wife, but never his Luminary.
    He doubted anyone on the council would bring that up, but it would be the logical whisper in the back of their head if they started to doubt their relationship.
    To really hit it home, Carter would have to create a spark with Faith where there was none. Remember to gaze at her from across the room all night. Whisper sweet things in her ear and palm the small of her back to guide her into the room.
    They were friends , for Christ’s sake. This was going to be difficult.
    As the door swung open, Carter stepped back. Tracy peeked her head between the screen and the door.
    “You’re not going to believe what I did to our girl,” she whispered.
    Hope she didn’t change too much.
    “Can I come in?” He closed his coat as a chill swept across the porch. The moon was full tonight and a storm was closing in. It’d pour before the night was through.
    Tracy backed into the living room, holding the door open wide. “Faith, he’s here!”
    Faith didn’t need an announcement. With her heightened senses, she’d be able to pick up his scent the instant he stepped on her property.
    Something was missing…ah, the tiny fluffy thing that should’ve been attached to his