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“Excellent news. Do you think that maybe things will ease up for a while?”
Dillon shook his head.
“It’s just winter time. The quiet before the storm. It actually makes me a little nervous, because I’m afraid that everyone is going to relax a little bit. I’m afraid that some of them will think that since it has been quiet that they can let down their guard and shift on our mountain,” Dillon said.
“I’ve tried to make sure that they stay aware and go out of town when they need to shift, but I know that people are tired of hearing it. They are tired of this whole mess to begin with,” Ethan said.
“I understand that. It would get old after a while.”
“Anything new in your world?” Dillon asked.
Luke grimaced.
“I seem to have picked up an admirer. If I didn’t know better, I would think that she was stalking me.”
He told them about the encounter at the club, gas station, and the steak house.
“And now today, Raf shows up at the hardware store and asks if I want to come to dinner tomorrow night because it is Alexis’ birthday, she really likes me, and it would be a great surprise if I went. I felt like I was back in middle school when Betty Sue’s best friend asked me if I liked Betty Sue, because if I did, then she liked me back.”
Dillon and Ethan laughed.
“Don’t worry about Alexis. She has a thing for all the hot men. For the longest time, she had a thing for Noah. Then, when that didn’t work out, she turned her attention to me. Now, you are the hot new guy in town, so obviously, she is in love with you. It’ll pass.”
“I think I’m offended. She hasn’t looked twice in my direction,” Ethan protested.
Everyone laughed.
“Maybe you should start talking to her and she’ll leave me alone,” Luke advised.
“Mmm, I’ll pass.”
“Damn, and I thought you were a friend.”
“Not that good of a friend,” Ethan said.
“Isn’t it a little ironic that she keeps hitting on shifters, yet she and her family hates shifters so much?” Luke asked.
“Yep. She’d have a heart attack if any of the men she hit on took her up on her offer and then she found out that she had been with a shifter.”
“Believe it or not, my father was trying to talk me into that. He said that I should get with Alexis, make her fall in love with me, marry her, and then let her know that I’m a shifter. That would make the war suddenly disappear,” Luke said, shaking his head.
“Well, brother, if you were willing to make the sacrifice, it couldn’t hurt,” Dillon said, trying to keep a straight face.
“Sorry. I’m not that good of a person.”
The next morning, Luke stopped by to see Jamie at the café. She smiled at him, handed him a coffee, and a danish.
“It’s like you know me,” he said, laughing.
“Don’t flatter yourself. I get to know all the regulars’ orders,” Jamie said, smirking at him.
“I think you just broke my heart,” Luke teased.
“You’ll get over it.”
“What happened to that sweet woman who looks just like you and used to run this register?”
“She’s in the back washing dishes. I’m her evil twin,” Jamie said.
