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Maybe a date would be fun.

two

SIENNA

The drive to his house was better than the time we’d spent in the bar.

He was much more relaxed, and I was too.

As much as I liked the other women in the pack, I needed a break from them.

“Do you have a middle name?” he asked. The topic was random, but I liked it.

“Yep. Most basic middle name there is. Sienna Ann. What about you?”

“No middle name. Usually go by my last name, as you know.”

“I’ve never heard anyone call you by your first name,” I agreed. “Except the humans I work with. They go on and on about you and Madd. Their voices take on this sultry tone every time they say your name. Beckett Bauther.” I lowered my voice, trying to imitate their seductive voices.

He chuckled. “My parents call me Beckett. They’re the only ones.”

“They don’t just call you Beck?”

“Nope.”

“Hmm. Well, Beck fits you. I’ve never had a nickname before. Tori and Love have always told me I don’t need one, because my name is sexy, which I think is total bullshit.”

“Your name is sexy.”

I rolled my eyes. “It’s really not.”

“I don’t know why you’d think that.”

Probably because I’d spent my childhood with parents who cared more about booze and drugs than they cared about me, and my teenage years as a living blood bag.

And because at twenty-four, I still hadn’t ever had sex.

As much as I wanted to try it, I couldn’t bring myself to trust anyone enough to take the risk.

I changed the subject. “Which part of the neighborhood is your house in?”

He eyed me, obviously noticing my subject change, but didn’t call me out on it. “The opposite side of yours.”

He knew where I lived.

Considering he’d been following me for ages, that was obvious.

“So you’re in the front corner?”

“Yep.”

“Okay. Are you going to tell me more drama now?”

He flashed me an amused look. “You’re an addict.”

“Oh, I know.” I leaned toward him. “Come on, Beck.”

“Alright.” He considered it, his gaze flicking to me in the mirror. “The Finches are moving out of the pack’s neighborhood. They want to fix up an old house in the forest and join Ronin’s pack. Tia is going to ask Tori sometime this week. We warned them they might get turned down, but I don’t think Vex will be against letting his pack grow a little. The entire pack doesn’t have to be government even though it is right now.”