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The Shine records had listed the nah they had been unable to trace her father Talin had no intention ofcontact with the woman She had no need to chase love, not when she was adored by a predator ould take on the world for her But"I think knowing is better than not knowing, don’t you?"
"Even if e learn isn’t so ant to know?"
"Haven’t you ever wondered why you can do the things you can do?"
He shrugged "I can’t do shit"
"Watch your language" Clay kept his tone quiet but infused it with steel He knew teenage boys They needed Talin’s kind of softness, but they also needed discipline
Jon’s spine straightened "Or you’ll throw ry pride "No, we’re like the et out Try it and see"
The boy’s eyes widened, then shifted to Talin "Is he joking?"
"I don’t think so," she whispered "They’re a bit possessive" Her words were for Jon but Clay knew her mischievous tone was for him "Would you really leave Noor?"
The boy shook his head "How come you want me?" he asked Clay point-blank "I’rowl "I mean I’m a troublemaker"
"So was I," Clay said "I cahteen"
"But you’re a sentinel"
"Being a sentinel isn’t hereditary Earn your place and no one will deny you" It had been eight months into his stay with DarkRiver that he’d truly accepted his neay of life That was the day he had walked out with Luc, Nate, Vaughn, and several others and destroyed a bloodthirsty pack called the ShadowWalkers No one had e on blood It was the leopard who had decided - this was his new family and he’d do whatever it took to keep them safe
"What if - " Jon paused "Kit told me about pack hierarchy I can’t shift into anih rank, huh?"
Clay raised an eyebrow "Ask Dorian"
"He can’t shift?"
"No"
"But he’s a sentinel, too!"
"Exactly" He left the kid that inforhout the conversation, knowing the i on When Jon nodded and returned to his previous position, his head against her knee, she relaxed
That hen Sascha and Lucas walked into the room It had been decided the alpha pair needed to hear this, since by accepting Jon and Noor, they were allying themselves to Shine by default
Clay stirred behind her, his hand sliding down to cup the side of her neck in a hold as protective as it was possessive She sed, reached up to close her hand over his wrist His fingers played over her skin "I already input the code," he told Lucas
Nodding, Lucas pressed the Enter key and sat down in the other ar into herloosely on her hip It was an easy pose, the pose of a couple that had been together long enough to have created their own patterns, their own secret language
She wanted that with Clay, she thought, would do everything in her power to gain it Pulling his hand away from her neck, she pressed a kiss to his palainst her ear "Behave, Tally Or are you calling in your winnings?"
The husky rehed in pleasure when he pushed aside the neckline of her V-necked sweater to close it over her bare shoulder That hen the comm screen cleared to reveal Dev’s face
"Sorry for the delay Had a last-h her like fire "Not another abduction?"
"No" His eyes looked over her head "I think that problereed "We need to cut this off at the root - the Council Long as they hold power, civilians will keep dying"