“Okay, you two. What is up?” Sherry finally asked.
After Janine stared at her for several minutes, she finally spoke. “I have something to tell you, but I’m not sure how you will take it.”
“You look as if you’re going to tell me someone died or something.” She frowned. “Nothing terrible happened, did it?” She inched forward on her seat and watched her sister intently from across the table.
“No. No one died or anything horrible like that. It’s just that, well…”
Janine trailed off and stared at Sherry.
“You’re scaring me. What is wrong, hon?” The way she stared at her made her anxious. She reached across the table and laid her hand over one of Janine’s and squeezed gently.
“I’m just worried that you will feel differently about me after I tell you, and it’s going to be a bit of a shock, I’m afraid.” Janine tried to smile, but failed miserably.
“No matter what you tell me, you are, and will always be, my sister.
Nothing will ever change that, or the fact that I love you. Now you are really worrying me. What is wrong?” Butterflies of alarm danced around her belly.
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“Promise me that you will keep an open mind because what I’m about to tell you is going to be very hard to believe. Trust me, I know.”
“Okaaay. I promise.” What the heck could she possibly tell her that would cause her to be worried that Sherry’s feelings could actually change for her?
After several more minutes of silence, and Sherry looking back and forth from Raze to Janine, she’d had enough. But when she finally started to say something, she and Janine spoke at the same time.
“For crying out loud! Tell me what is going on—”
“I’m a lycan.”
“What?” She stood.
“We both are.” Janine nodded at the same time Raze did. “Well, actually, he always has been, and he recently turned me, with my permission.”
Sherry plopped back in her chair and stared at her sister with her mouth gaping wide open. Had she gone completely insane? Had they both? Wait, they must be playing a joke on her.
“Okay, okay. You got me. Ha ha.” She started laughing, and put her hands up in surrender.
It didn’t take her long to realize she was the only one laughing. She immediately stopped and sat in quiet contemplation for several minutes.
“Do you really expect me to believe this?” She raised a brow in question and looked at them both with what she hoped to be her best I-wasn’t-born-yesterday look.
“It’s the truth. Believe me, I can prove it, but it might be a bit much for you at the moment.” Janine reached for Raze and he wrapped his long fingers around her small hand.
“Seriously? I mean, you are seriously telling me that on the night of the full moon you two turn into big scary monsters and run around killing…”
Her eyes snapped up to her sister’s. “Oh my God. Tell me you don’t kill people.”
“No! And we don’t turn into to monsters, and we don’t have to wait for the full moon. We can change at will, after the first time anyways, and we shift into wolves. We don’t kill people. We know exactly what we are doing 13
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at all times. We can control ourselves just like when we are in our human forms.”
“Why are you telling me this?” Sherry cried, her brain on overload.
“I have to. You are a destined mate, and you need to know what could happen. You may be in danger.” Janine watched her nervously.
“A destined mate? What the hell does that mean?” Her voice rose with each word.
“Take it easy, Sherry,” Raze said in a low, soothing tone.
“Take it easy? Are you serious? You are sitting here telling me that you are werewolves and that I’m what? Destined to be one?” She shook her head.
“I don’t think so. I hate nature.”
“Just let me explain everything, and then you can sleep on it and we can talk about it more tomorrow.” Raze smiled.
“Fine. Tell me.” Sherry leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms over her middle.
What the hell was happening? Were they serious? If this didn’t turn out to be a big freaking joke, or she didn’t wake up from this dream soon, she might seriously have a nervous breakdown. She leveled her gaze on Raze, tapped her foot, and waited.
Janine nodded at Raze when he raised a brow to her. He cleared his throat and began talking. “I’ll start at the beginning when I met your sister.”
“I’ve heard this story. You two met and fell madly in love when she went on vacation last year.” Sherry rolled her eyes in frustration.
“No. We left out some details.” Raze shook his head.
“Like?” She was going to have to have her sister and Raze both committed after this, maybe herself for sitting here and listening to this ridiculous story.
“Janine was kidnapped by the leader of a rogue pack I belonged to.
Understand that I was a member of this pack long before it turned rogue.
After that, I was stuck in it. Every time I tried to escape, I was captured and punished. I decided to try once again, and of course, was caught. It is very hard to get away from a pack of lycans. They are attuned to every sound and smell and they could make any expert tracker look like an inept fool.”
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Raze lifted his hand when she started to ask a question, and she snapped her mouth shut and glared at him.
“My punishment for my latest failed attempt at escape was your sister.
Damon, the leader I mentioned, kidnapped your sister from a rest stop, brought her to the den, and insisted that I was to…” Raze’s face turned red, and he took a deep breath.
Sherry was pretty certain the sudden ruddiness of his skin had nothing
