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me, how many scenarios did you come up with, Cade?”
    “Five hundred and forty-seven.”
    “And just how did you come up with five hundred and
forty-seven ways to kill me?” Sam asked incredulously.
    Christ, why did I let Cade come to this meeting? Connor
thought. Hell, why do I let him talk to other people at all?
    “Oh, I thought of all the ways I might assassinate you,”
Cade replied matter-of-factly. “I’ve eliminated most of them from being a
possibility.”
    “But not a rocket launcher.” Sam sounded almost faint.
    “Well, the probability is low, but there is always a
chance.”
    Did he almost sound cheerful? Connor shook his head at his
brother who sent him back an innocent look.
    “Umm, so you know of the Sunnyland pack?” Connor queried,
desperate to get the conversation back on track.
    Sam turned his attention to him. “Yes, they’re one of the
closest packs to here. Their Alpha doesn’t like humans, though, so I wouldn’t
say I’ve had a lot to do with them.”
    “So you have no idea why a wolf from this pack would be
spying on you?” Connor asked.
    Sam sighed and ran his hand over his hair. “No.”
    “You’re lying,” Cade stated.
    Connor glared at her brother. Great, way to alienate the
boss, bro.
    Sam crossed his arms over his chest. “You don’t need to know
everything about me, Cade.”
    “We need to know anything that might affect your safety,”
Connor told him, trying to smooth things over. “If you hold back on us then you
put us all in danger.”
    A weary look crossed his face as the senator moved back to
his seat. “All right. I did know someone from the Sunnyland pack. A long time
ago. She and I, well, we had a relationship. But it ended over twenty-two years
ago. She couldn’t leave her pack to be with me and I couldn’t move there to be
with her. Her pack wouldn’t have allowed a human to live with them.
    “We used to meet up when we could. I had a cabin built in
the woods and we would meet there. Then one day, out of the blue, she called me
and told me it was over, that our relationship could go nowhere so why were we
kidding ourselves. I tried to change her mind. I tried to talk to her, but her
pack closed rank around her.”
    “You loved her,” Connor said.
    “I did. I’d have given up everything for her. But she
obviously didn’t feel the same way. After a while, I gave up. I never heard from
her again. A few years later I moved to Washington to help further my career. I
thought I’d sell this place, but I just couldn’t do it. Six months ago, I came
back.”
    Cade frowned. “How could you just give up? If she was your
mate then you should have just ordered her back to you.”
    Sam grinned slightly. “Ahh, Cade, I hope I’m around when you
meet your mate and try to tell her what to do. That will be a sight to see.”
    Cade sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. “I will
protect my mate and see to her care. In turn, she will acknowledge who is
dominant in our relationship and she will do as I say.”
    “I’m going to spend all my time keeping her from killing
him,” Connor said dryly.
    Some of the sadness in Sam’s eyes disappeared. “So the two
of you intend to mate the same woman?”
    “Do you really think any woman would take him on his own?”
Connor replied, nodding his head at Cade. “Sir, is there any reason this woman
or her family might spy on you? Do they hold a grudge against you about
anything?”
    “No, not that I can think of. I’m sure Annabeth is mated by
now. Plus, we’re talking about more than twenty years ago, why would they be
interested in me now?”
    A good question Connor had no answer to. But could it really
be a coincidence that the two women came from the same pack?
    “The cabin where the two of you met, is it still there?” he
asked.
    “Yes, but I don’t know how that would help you.”
    Connor shrugged. “Can’t hurt to have a look.”
    Sam gave them the directions and they left the study.
    “So what