"I assume it's part of the reason Simon wanted your sister."
"It is. It makes us kind of unique. I actually thought he was going to talk her into mating with him after he convinced her to end things with Jonah, but they never sealed a bond."
"Hmm."
Sable and Audrey played for at least twenty minutes before they collapsed next to each other, laying on the dirt halfway between Callum and the chair Gwen had occupied.
Sable nudged Audrey when Jonah went up to fight, and both wolves watched closely as he took down and knocked out the other werewolf without any kind of struggle.
Audrey lowered her head to rest on her paws, staring out at him.
Sable snuggled up closer.
"I invited them to dinner,"she informed me.
I groaned inwardly."Sable."
"Audrey said Gwen is scared, Kat. She needs us. Callum can protect her too."
"I don't want Callum to protect her too."The words were half true. I was possessive enough to want to keep him to myself, but I also still cared about Gwen enough that if she needed protection I could offer, I kind of wanted to help.
"Of course you do."
"Don't you remember what happened the last time Gwen was involved in something that belonged to me? We nearly lost the café."
"Simon was responsible,"Sable reminded me.
"Gwen is the one who made the choice."
"She's your sister."
"Some sisters are better off as acquaintances."
"You miss her, Kat. Let go of the past and tell her that."
"What did Audrey say about dinner?"
"Gwen said no."
I rolled my eyes inwardly."I told you, she's not interested."
"Maybe next time."She paused."Gwen wants her to shift back. Do you want me to shift back? Audrey said Gwen thinks it looks bad if she's in wolf form for too long."
"She's a werewolf. How could that look bad?"
"That's what I said."
"I don't care if you shift back, but try not to make Gwen hate us any more than she already does."
Sable made a noise of agreement. A few minutes later, she trotted back to the fae, and plopped down at Callum's feet.
Gwen took over as the announcer again, with her clothes stretched out and disheveled.
Callum scratched Sable behind the ears, and she snuggled up close, her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth while she got comfortable.
fifteen
KAT
