Lover Beware (15 page)
Authors: Christine Feehan,Eileen Wilks
Tags: #Literature & Fiction, #United States, #Romantic Suspense, #Mystery & Suspense, #Romance, #Fiction, #Thrillers, #General, #Contemporary, #Suspense
And she was likely to be involved.
Some traits were passed through the male line. Some through the female. Very few of the women in Lily's family inherited Grandmother's abilities; Lily hadn't, and she didn't think anyone alive today had, either. Probably it was a recessive trait. But Lily carried that heritage in her genes. She would pass the possibility on to her daughters.
All her life she'd had issues about just who was and wasn't considered human, and here she was, more or less proposing to a werewolf. "Rule, you know that we sometimes call Grandmother 'Tiger Lady'?"
He smiled. "I can handle being related to your grandmother if you can."
"That's good. Because she's not a witch, like you thought."
"Lily, I felt her power."
"I know, but..." She settled herself more comfortably and began, "You see, lycanthropy isn't just a guy thing."
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