Denying Dare
Denying Dare
Moon Pack, book 4
Amber Kell
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Denying Dare
Amber Kell
Chapter One
"So, how long have you been in love with my best
friend?"
Dare Moon dropped the bottle of alcohol he was
twirling. Luckily the expensive top shelf vodka landed on
the anti-fatigue mat. The spongy rubber prevented it from
shattering on the cement floor.
"What are you talking about?" he gasped, trying to
still his pounding heart. "I'm going to tell Silver to cut back
your alcohol limit." There was no way he was going to
admit any attraction. Not when the man he was interested
in showed no sign of returning his affections.
Anthony gave a graceful shrug as he sipped his
fruity alcoholic drink. "Silver's not overly concerned about
my alcohol limits. I don't drink all that much." He batted
his stunning amber eyes at Dare. "Now, about Steven. If
you're not in love with him, why do you stare at him like
you want to pounce and take him down like a squeaky
mouse?"
Sighing, Dare gazed across the room where the
dark-haired wolf trolled for someone to take home;
someone not him. "Nothing's going on with Steven, and
looking is as far as I'll ever get. He's made it clear he
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doesn't want a cat."
Fuck if that didn't break his heart. He couldn't
change the fact he was a weretiger, even if he wanted to,
any more than he could help pining for the handsome
werewolf.
Anthony looked unimpressed by Dare's heartache.
"As much as I love him, Steven's an idiot. In the past three
months none of those pieces of ass he's picked up have
touched a fraction of his heart. He's only determined to
have a wolf mate because his adopted parents are human
and he wants to belong to a pack."
Dare blinked back tears, dipping his head so the
empathetic alpha mate wouldn't notice. "I can't give him a
pack, weretigers only meet to mate."
"Shit, Dare. I can give him a pack if he wants a
pack. What he needs is a soul mate and it's my job, or so
Silver keeps telling me, to watch out for the packs' best
interests. Well the pack's best interest is for its fabulous
bartender to be happy."
Small bolts of lightning flashed in the beautiful
blond's eyes; a sign of a storm of the worst sort, an
Anthony storm. Shit. It took a lot to upset the sweet-natured
alpha mate but he was an unstoppable force when he was
crossed. Dare looked nervously at the wall of bottles. He
hoped he wouldn't have to explain to Silver what happened
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to them. Anthony's anger had been known to shatter glass.
Before he could say anything else, Anthony slid off
the bar stool and marched across the busy dance floor.
Using some strange, mystical ability he walked directly to
Steven while everyone moved out of his way in a smooth,
natural style as if they were never even there. Dare shook
his head. Although he'd seen the phenomenon many times,
the process still amazed him.
Dare watched the smaller man approach his friend.
He briefly got a glimpse of Anthony pulling something out
of his pocket, but by then it was too late.
* * * *
Fury followed Anthony's every step. How could
Steven not see what was right in front of him? Every
weekend he came to the club and picked up a different
wolf. Every Monday he mourned to Anthony about how
that wolf wasn't 'the one', and yet here was this sweet-
tempered man with sable hair and stunning green eyes
Steven completely ignored. Well no more, he was done
with this.
"Steven," Anthony shouted over the crowd.
The familiar dark-haired head turned towards him,
away from the were-twink he was talking to. What Steven
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thought he'd have in common with a skinny submissive
growing something on his chin that should've been allowed
to die gracefully, Anthony didn't know. The kid was at least
ten years too young and thirty IQ points too stupid.
"What?"
"I've got something for you."
Steven looked at Anthony's empty hands, searching
for his present. "What?"
Anthony slipped the envelope out of his pocket.
With deft fingers, he popped open the flap and dumped the
contents into his hand.
"This." Taking a deep breath, Anthony blew the
entire handful of green powder onto Steven's blue silk top
and brown leather pants.
"Shit." Steven tried to brush the stuff off but it
clung like mad to the silk, just as Anthony planned when he
recommended the shirt earlier. "What the fuck did you do?"
He glared at Anthony, his blue eyes bristling with ire.
"Enjoy your night." Giving his friend a wide grin,
Anthony turned on one booted heel and sauntered off,
letting the crowds swallow him up.
* * * *
Steven watched his best friend ditch him after
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ruining his outfit.
What the hell?
Members of the Moon pack might be fooled into
considering his best friend sweet, but Steven knew the
ruthless manipulator that lived behind that innocent smile.
If Anthony thought something was good for you, it was
best to either sit back and take it like a man or run like hell.
And usually running didn't work for long.
"Shit, man. What does the alpha mate have against
you?" The twink looked at him with suspicious eyes, as if
Steven was marked for death and he didn't want to get
involved.
A loud roar snapped his attention to the bar. Dare,
the cute bartender with pretty green eyes, looked ready to
shift. Steven searched the area wondering who could've
upset the even-tempered man. He usually kept away from
the sexy weretiger because he was incredibly attracted to
the man. Something drew him to Dare like a magnet to
metal, a sensation stronger than any he felt for the many
men he bedded each month. He searched the room for
whomever was giving the sexy man a hard time, ready to
take the bastard out. He might not want Dare for himself
but he wasn't going to let some asshole bother him.
Then the smell hit him. Catnip. That devious little
bastard had doused him in catnip powder like a damn chew
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toy.
Shit!
He barely had the time to curse before his back hit
the floor as four hundred pounds of white Siberian tiger
knocked him over. Luckily, the tiger splayed over him with
only his front paws on Steven's chest. Once he was down, a
soft chuffing noise blew his hair away from his face.
Looking into those amazing green eyes, Steven
realized the sweet bartender had given himself completely
over to his beast and probably wouldn't be surfacing
anytime soon.
Damn it to hell.
Anthony was so going to pay for this. Steven would
have to be crafty so Silver didn't rip him apart.
"Hello, Dare," he said cautiously, hoping he could
reach the man hiding inside the enormous beast.
"Remember me, Steven? We're buddies." Not a complete
truth; he tried to avoid the cute kid because he was so
fucking tempting. He wanted a wolf mate, not a cat, no
matter how gorgeous, kind, and sexy…
He was so screwed.
A long tongue swiped up one side of his neck
leaving a streak of scraped skin behind.
"Ouch."
He got another amused chuff for his comment.
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"Dare, get off of me. There's a good kitty.
Remember, you like me. Eating me would be bad." He
hoped like hell the cat understood him. The feral tiger
didn't give him much hope. In the corner of his eye he saw
Ben approaching the white tiger with slow, careful
movements. Sweat beaded his forehead as the young man
continued walking towards them.
Dare growled, crouching over Steven like an animal