“Like you’ll have to get used to my bond with Layla?”

“I have no other choice, do I? And you’re awfully flip. We’ll see how you feel after this.”

She shrugged. “You don’t live nearby have a typical anchor relationship. In fact, with the way an anchor bond usually works, the anchor needs to be as powerful or more than the mated pair and/or related to the male. I’m really only convinced this will work because you’ve lived outside a Pack so you don’t really have any hierarchal relationship and Adam is your cousin. But you know, it’s harder when the bond is new and the anchor isn’t mated yet. I just want to talk about this up front. We rushed into the bond and I want this to work.”

“You’re assuming we’ll live inSeattle ? I have a life inLas Vegas .”

She nodded. “I know you do. And I know your job is important to you, I respect that. I honor it because it’s important to you. But I’m going to tell you up front, I won’t live Packless. I’m a werewolf and I am not ashamed of it. I want to live around other wolves.

It’s who we are, Shane.”

“We should talk about this after the tri-bond when Adam is gone.”

She chewed her lip and looked to Adam who shrugged. “I’ll take care of you, you know that. If Shane stays in Vegas, I’ll be there for you every day. We only live five miles apart. You two can visit back and forth. You need the anchor, Megan. You already Claimed her, Shane, it’s too late to try and negotiate on this. You aren’t dating, you’re mated. You Claimed her and you may not live as a wolf but you sure as hell know what you did and you did it anyway. You know there could have been others for her if you

hadn’t Claimed her. Eventually she’d have found another mate out there. You took that step knowing you can’t take it back. Man up and deal.”

“If you like, you can leave while we do the tri-bond. I’ll call you when it’s over or we can meet downstairs or whatever.” The warmth that’d crept back into her eyes ebbed away when she looked to him again. He didn’t like it one bit. He may not know what the hell they’d do about their living situation but he knew they’d be together somehow. His parents made it work somehow, didn’t they?

As for the tri-bond, there was no f**king way on Earth he was going to let her have sex with Adam without him there. He didn’t mean to hurt her, didn’t want to. They had to work this out and it wasn’t going to happen if he let her distance herself.

He moved to her and she lay back on the bed, looking up into his face. Her hair tumbled around her head, her lips slightly parted.

She reached up, touching his face and he turned into her palm, pressing a kiss there. She smiled and he did too. Megan Warden was truly.

Adam stayed where he’d been sitting, waiting for them to make a decision and Shane turned back to his cousin after brushing his lips over Megan’s just to steal a taste.

“I want to be here when you seal the tri-bond.”

Adam nodded. “All right. Is this okay with you, Megan? Do you trust me?”

She sat up and took Adam’s hand, kissing it. “I do. I’m honored you’d do this for us.”

Adam laughed and then looked to Shane, who joined him. “Megan, do it’s a punishment to serve as your anchor? To touch you that way? You’re…” he shrugged, “…incredibly desirable. Smart. Strong. I’m the lucky one. It’s me who’s honored.”

“And you’re okay with seeing me with another male?” Megan turned back to Shane.

He thought it over carefully. The anchor bond was he accepted. Clearly it was a safety issue for her and God knew he wanted her protected. He remembered how on edge Layla

had been when he’d stepped in as her anchor because she’d gone several days after the claiming without an anchor. At the same time, it did it for him that another man found her sexy.

Not a very typical fetish, he supposed, but common enough. He liked to watch and he knew no one would ever be to her what he was so it took away any real fear of losing her to anyone else. All the thrill, none of the negatives.

“Yes,” he said, knowing from the way her eyes were lit that she’d picked up just how aroused he was.

A smile bloomed over her lips, bursting into his gut. He watched hungrily as she lay back down. Slowly, she trailed fingertips up her thighs, her skirt sliding upward, and then over her mound and br**sts. After that, she stretched her arms up above her head and left them there.

“Then I suppose someone should help me out of these sandals.”

The breath rushed from Adam’s lips and Shane knew exactly what he meant.

“You get the sandals, I’ll get the shirt and bra and meet you in the middle.” Shane sent her a wicked grin and she laughed.

“I’m all yours. But I’d like to put in a request for you two to be naked as well. We rushed before, I haven’t been able to see much.”

Adam whipped his shirt away and got off the bed. Megan’s heart thudded in her chest to be the center of these two males’ attention. Both of them so sexy and clearly attracted to her. She’d never had a threesome with two men before so she sure as hell planned to make the most of it.

Shane took her chin in his fingers and turned her to face him. Which she happily did as he got rid of his shirt and then slowly unbuttoned and unzipped his jeans and stepped from them.

“Whoo,” she whispered. His boxer briefs slid down impressively hard thighs and he