Saunders was a doctor Gage had developed a friendship with over the years. As crazy as it seemed, Gage had actually told Saunders they were werewolves, figuring they would need a doctor they trusted in case he or any of his pack ever needed serious medical attention. Jayna was already starting to realize the alpha of the SWAT pack was light-years ahead of her when it came to thinking of all the different ways to take care of your pack. She looked forward to learning from him.
“Sit,” Zak said to Megan. “I’ll go grab us some food.”
Eyes twinkling behind his glasses, he flashed her a grin, then jogged over to where Cooper was working the grill.
“Seriously, Megan,” Max said. “What’s Zak got that we don’t?”
Megan blushed but didn’t say anything.
“A brain,” Khaki said, and everyone laughed.
“Maybe it’s as simple as Zak being The One for Megan,” Eric said.
Megan’s color deepened even more at that, but luckily Zak came back just then and saved her from any more embarrassment.
“One what?” he asked, setting down two plates on the table, then sitting down beside Megan.
“I’ll tell you later,” she said softly.
Jayna caught the flash of green in Megan’s eyes as she hastily took the can of soda Zak held out. She hoped Eric was right and that Zak was The One for Megan. It would be like icing on the cake if her best friend could find the same kind of love she’d been lucky enough to stumble on with Eric.
“Hey!” Moe called from over by the volleyball net. “We’re starting another game. Any of you guys want in?”
Trey downed the rest of his burger in one bite and eagerly headed over to play, along with Xander, Khaki, Max, and Alex.
Jayna looked at Eric. “Aren’t you going to play?”
He leaned over and kissed her. “Nah. I’d rather make out with you instead.”
She laughed, not sure how much making out they’d be doing with his pack and hers barely twenty yards away, not to mention Megan and Zak sitting at the other end of the picnic table. Although they were so into each other, they probably wouldn’t have noticed what she and Eric were doing.
Jayna was the one who leaned in to give him a kiss this time. “Thank you.”
“For what?” he asked.
She gestured with her hand. “For all this. I don’t even like to think where my pack and I would be if you hadn’t gotten us out of the mess we were in.”
Eric brushed her hair back from her face with a gentle hand. “You would have gotten them out all by yourself. That’s what an alpha does.”
Jayna wasn’t sure about that, but it made her feel all warm inside to know that Eric thought so. She might be her pack’s alpha, but Eric was hers. He saw things in her that she never would have seen for herself. But she guessed that’s what happened when you found The One. They made you better than you could ever be on your own.
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Here’s a sneak peek at book four in Paige Tyler’s sizzling SWAT series
To Love a Wolf
It must be payday. Either that, or God hated him. As Cooper strode across the bank’s lobby and got in line behind the twenty other people already there, he wasn’t sure which.
He’d been so exhausted after work he hadn’t even bothered to shower off and change into civvies at the SWAT compound like he usually did. Instead, he’d come straight to the bank in his combat boots, military cargo pants, and a dark blue T-shirt with the Dallas PD emblem and the word SWAT on the left side of his chest. He couldn’t wait to get home and throw everything in the wash so he could grab something to eat and fall into bed.
He bit back a growl as the man at the front of the line plunked a cardboard box full of rolled coins down on the counter and started lining the different denominations in front of the teller.
“You’ve got to be kidding me,” he muttered.
A tall, slender woman with long, golden-brown hair a few people ahead gave him a quick, understanding smile over her shoulder. He smiled back, but she’d already turned around. He waited, hoping she’d glance his way again, but she didn’t.
He hated going to the bank, but his SWAT teammate had finally paid off the bet they’d made months ago about whether his squad leader and the newest member of the team would end up being a couple. Instead of giving Cooper the hundred bucks in cash like a normal person, Brooks had given him a frigging check.
When Officer Khaki Blake had walked into the training room for the first time, every pair of eyes in the room immediately locked on her—except for Cooper’s. Oh, he’d noticed she was attractive. But he’d been more interested in watching how the rest of the SWAT team reacted. While most of the guys had checked her out with open curiosity, none of their hearts had pounded as hard as his squad leader’s, Corporal Xander Riggs. Cooper had immediately pegged Khaki as The One for Xander, and vice versa.