The Dom Unleashes His Wolf [Unchained Love 1] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) by Cara Adams

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    “Oh, now I’m with you,” said Cameron. The server came then and they ordered their meals. After she left, Carey asked, “What particular section of my brain would you like to pick?”
    Jubilee reached for another cookie. “Maybe he’d rather pick my brain. It’s sharper than yours.”
    Cameron jumped in quickly to avert any trouble. “I wanted to ask about how your community works, what the rules are for joining, that sort of thing.”
    “Our community?” Carey looked surprised.
    “Yes.”
    “Does your Dom want to join with us?” asked Jubilee.
    “It’s a little more complicated than that.”
    “Spit it out.”
    “I recently had occasion to meet a person who…had um…paranormal aspects to their persona.” Cameron hadn’t planned on giving so much away so early in the conversation, but he’d underestimated how very perceptive these two people could be.
    Jubilee grinned. “And up until then, the great and mighty attorney hadn’t known shape-shifters existed. Wolf or panther?”
    Only years of experience in court stopped Cameron’s jaw from dropping when Jubilee spoke. He cleared his throat and said, “Both.”
    “One person both cat and dog? That is unusual,” said Carey.
    “Actually it was two people. One of each.”
    “Oh, not unusual at all. These people are looking for somewhere safe to live, I suppose, and so you thought of us. I’ve heard whispers of a rogue group of panthers looking to acquire female full-blood shifters and not being too careful about how they acquire them. We would need to be very sure the people looking for safety were not spies for the rogue group. They would need to come with exceptionally high personal references. But having said that, we would be amenable to giving them refuge for a short time, until the trouble blows over. Anyone wanting to join us on a permanent basis needs to pass much stricter checks. We’re a community, and each new member has to prove they can fit in harmoniously with the rest of us.”
    “Yeah, with so many Doms around, the testosterone goes to their heads some days,” added Jubilee.
    Cameron laughed. “Do people buy into the community, purchase their house? How does the system operate?”
    “It operates like many other communities. There’s a shared annual fee for communal areas and community-use items like the barn, the dungeon, and so on. Each resident buys an empty home from Carnal Connections, or builds their own home with the help of the community, and agrees to sell it back to us if they decide to leave. Everyone pays their own utility bills and so on.”
    “That sounds fair.”
    Jubilee finished eating her meal, laid her fork down, and said, “Now, tell me where you met the wolf and the panther.”
    “She’s a puma, and it was at a basketball match. A fight broke out during the match, someone pulled a knife, and while most people were busy fighting, a couple of people tried to kidnap her. She’s a friend of Gaynor’s, and Gaynor ran after her, so I followed Gaynor, as did Tor.”
    “If she turned into the puma, then who’s the wolf?” asked Carey.
    “Tor.”
    “No shit! And I’m guessing that was news to you,” said Jubilee.
    “Yes.”
    “Ever the lawyerly reply,” quipped Carey. “If she needs a place to stay she’s welcome, but as I said, she also needs references. Likely a waste of time as I trust you and Gaynor, but the rules are there to protect everyone.”
    Cameron nodded. The meal had gone better than he’d hoped. He supposed he shouldn’t have been surprised they knew all about the rogue panther clan, but hell, he’d hadn’t even known shape-shifters weren’t just out of the movies himself this time last week! And as for adjusting to the news about Tor himself, only his professional persona prevented him from showing just how much that piece of news had disturbed him.
    “Once a