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Chapter 1

Austin

“You’ve always been my favorite friend.”Curling up against Tanner, I batted my eyelashes at a slightly confused Shanewho just stood there staring at me. He was so cute. Dominant and sexy withTanner but still easily startled and fun to tease.

Tanner snorted. “You can’t go.No unmarried omegas.”

“You’re no fun.”Ihuffed and pouted at Shane prettily, changing tactics. “I bet you can think ofa way to get me in. You’re so smart and I bet the owner would love to help astrong alpha like you.”

Laughing, Tanner shoved me away and movedbetween Shane and me. “No, be gone, witch.”

I grinned. “I have to see it.”

I was tired of having to bribe customspeople to get sex toys. It was a ridiculous waste of money when there was astore on the other side of town.

Tanner snorted. “I can’t even get in.There’s no way he’s sneaking you in.”

Just to make him crazy, I gave him a sweetsmile. “I know a way Shane can get you in the store. All very nice and legal-like,too.”

One.

Two.

Thre—

“Go find someone else to torture.”

I had to duck the notepad he threw at myhead as I laughed. Shane was still looking at us like we were from a differentplanet, but his eyes started to widen once he got it. If they were married,Tanner would have no problem going in.

Shane wasn’t as startled by the idea asTanner seemed to think he should be. But Tanner was too busy trying to decidewhat was more important, throwing something else at me or guarding Shane.

“There has to be a way around the law.” Iwas an upstanding citizen who followed the laws—mostly—but there had to be away to bypass one that was silly and completely unnecessary. I was a grown-up—forthe most part—and I paid a hell of a lot in taxes. That should mean something.

But no, I was toopreciousandinnocentto risk in someplace vulgar like that.

Innocent, my ass.

“If you get arrested, we’re going to beunder too much scrutiny to go ahead with the club.” Tanner raised one eyebrow.“And we’re supposed to meet Graham to go over the plans later this week.”

I hated it when he was an adult.

Aboringadult.

“You take away all my fun.” Giving him aperfectly sexy pout, I looked up at Shane. The big hunk was trying not tolaugh, but I could see the smile peeking out around the edges of his sternexpression.

“How about you and I go to Vegas? I bet wecould get married, come back here and shop, then get divorced again beforedinner. I know a guy with a private jet.” I waggled my eyebrows and then dodgedanother notepad.

“Go drive someone else insane.” Tanner wasso sexy when he got worked up. It really was too bad he was a sub too.

“I can’t. I’m supposed to be driving youinsane because we were going to dinner to talk about the outline that Grahamsent.” Graham was polite and didn’t mind working for a group of omegas. He alsodidn’t ask too many odd questions we couldn’t answer. Which was helpful.

And also a bit sketchy.

But if he wanted to pretend to keep his headburied in the sand, I wasn’t going to be the one to point it out. He’d evenbought the stupid meditation room lie.

Very sketchy.

But Shane said he was family and he cameacross as trustworthy, so I was going to go with my instincts. My luck withdating might have been shit, but I knew when a partnership would work.