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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

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