Page 68 of Taken by Moonlight

I forgave him. Such a deep, unselfish love was enviable. “Next time, ask. Don’t play games withme.”

His gaze twinkled. “I promise the games I will play with you shall be restricted to bedsport.”

Heat rose to my cheeks. I remembered why I needed to seek him out. “Felicia knows how concerned you are about her. You need to give her space, Dante. We had a little talk. If you don’t give her more freedom, she’llbolt.”

A frown dented his forehead. “She’s my sister, Peyton. I must treat her as I see fit. I am her alpha aswell.”

“Oh, and she’ll obey, because you’re the alpha. But I’m warning you, her aura is filled with swirling colors and they’re not allgood.”

Briefly, I told him about our conversation. His frown deepened. “I thought the theater production would diverther.”

“Maybe you’re so busy trying to get her in touch with her human side that you forget she’s a werewolf and needs her wolf out now and then. You can’t cage her all the time,Dante.”

He shook his head. “Until she learns control over her wolf, I will not riskit.”

“So you’ll risk her running off instead? Shifting into a wolf and never turning back into a human? That’sasinine.”

Amber glowed in his irises, his wolf rising up. “If she were in danger of that, my people would alertme.”

His deep voice, normally so sexy, had lowered an octave. Any normal human would have squeaked “Sure” and backed off. One didn’t mess with a powerful alpha protective of hissibling.

I did not back down. “Sometimes it’s better to hear the truth from someone outside the pack who has nothing tolose.”

His mouth compressed. “I’ll take it underadvisement.”

It was the best I could hope for now. Dante turned and walked toward the lodge, his aura swirling with angry red and the muddied gray of a woundedanimal.

It wasn’t me. It was Felicia that had him tied inknots.

I was beginning to understand a little of pack dynamics and the troubles that layered Dante’speople.

I was beginning to care aswell.

As much as I didn’t want to get involved, I fear I was alreadythere.