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asked. “Do they smell her constant need?”
    Lily’s eyes darkened and Joe recognized the signs of
her growing arousal. Just the mention of sex and she was primed. And like
Pavlov’s dog, her arousal kicked his into high gear.
    “It is dat. And something more,” the old woman said,
her expression growing amused. She hadn’t missed the exchange between Joe and
Lily.
    Frustrated with her cryptic comments, Joe blurted, “Why
do they follow her ?”
    “Because she leaves her scent all over the city. She’s
in heat.”

CHAPTER EIGHT
    Lily slid the strap of her handbag over her shoulder
and shivered despite the balmy night air. Still reeling from shock, she wrapped
her arms around her middle and stumbled toward Bourbon Street . “I’m one
of them?”
    “You heard what she said.” His words were clipped, his
face hard as stone. “Not yet.” His hand pressed the small of her back, hurrying
her along. “Although, I’m wondering why you’d fight the change! The wolves don’t
mean you any harm. They just want to fuck you. Something you want.”
    Anger burned away the chill. “So I should just give
into my nature? I should let any Duke or Fido take me because my body is ready
to breed? That’s so hypocritical coming from you! Why do you fight what you
are?”
    “I wasn’t born to be a vampire. You were born to be a
werewolf.”
    “Well, I don’t accept that.”
    “Now you know how I feel. Neither do I.”
    He sounded so angry she felt like crying. Didn’t he
care strange werewolves wanted to mate with her? “I don’t want them. Besides, I
won’t just get pregnant—I’ll whelp! I could have a whole litter of puppies.”
That thought led to another more horrifying. “Oh God, does that mean I’ll grow
a row of breasts?”
    They reached the corner and turned right onto the busy
thoroughfare, blending with the strolling crowd.
    “You think that’s a problem?” Joe asked, his voice
purring close to her ear.
    Cream trickled down to soak another panty liner. That’s
all it took. One sexy rumble from this man and she was ready to shuck her pants
in the nearest alley and have a go. She was insatiable. No. She was in heat!
    “Shouldn’t you be eager to get home and start taking
notes?” he asked. “You’ve obviously been studying the wrong breed.”
    She dug in her heels. “Stop it!” She rounded on him,
her hands clenched. “There’s no need to be snide.”
    The hard set of Joe’s jaw indicated he wasn’t ready to
let go of his anger.
    Lily wondered if he even knew why he was angry. “You
can’t just give me over to them.”
    Joe stepped close, crowding her against a wall. “Course
not,” he said. His head lowered until his face was inches from hers. His eyes
glittered dangerously. “I thought you’d bake them up a bunch of doggie treats
and invite them over.”
    Ignoring the amused stares from passersby, she grabbed
a fistful of his shirt and pulled him closer. “I don’t want them. I want you.”
    He planted his hands against the wall on either side
of her shoulders, trapping her inside his embrace. “Well, that’s too bad. I
told you, I’m not staying.”
    Lily licked her lips, enjoying a little thrill of
power when his smoldering gaze followed the motion. “You could take me with
you.”
    A muscle in his jaw rippled. “Not possible.”
    Her hands swept up to caress the hills of his chest. “You
didn’t seem so averse to that thought when Leveque first mentioned it.”
    “That was before I knew my interest was chemically
induced. You’re not any more human than I am.”
    Lily flinched as though he’d slapped her. “What? You
think this thing we have going is all about werewolf pheromones?”
    “Isn’t it?” The muscle along his jaw rippled again and
his nostrils flared. He ground his crotch against her belly. “Baby, it makes me
as crazy as it does you. You wouldn’t care if I dry-humped you right here,
would you?” He slid his knee between her legs and raised it to