Drake had made his living keeping secrets since he left home as a teen. Why then had he found it so easy to reveal such intimate details about himself to a woman he’d just met? He’d had long-term lovers who didn’t know as much about him. And that’s the way he preferred it. Wasn’t it? Why did he suddenly feel an inexplicable longing inside for a woman to share his secrets…especially about Jenet, the most precious member of his family? The thought rocked him. “She has pretty manners,” Jenet cooed in his mind, “and not a little power of her own. She is a strong woman, able to hold her own in a fight.” “Don’t get too attached,” he warned Jenet, not liking the way his thoughts were churning at all. “She’s only human, after all. You can’t keep her as a pet, Jen.” “And why can’t I be friends with her?” Jenet blinked one jeweled eye at him. “It’s not unheard of, you know.” “Friends?”
