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"I put my money on Marlee," Lara said "There’s a bit of ’devil child’ in her, too, according tounder the surface"

Walker rubbed his jaw "I’ve heard it’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for" Lara hadher pleasure not long ago "I’ lightly over his back, her sht, Walker Let go of the past It has no claim on you anymore"

He kneas too heavy for her, but he shuddered and covered her body with his own, her ar through his hair "It’s all right, darling," she said again "It’s all right" Embraced by her on every level, the warmth of her within his very heart, Walker did what his mate had ordered and broke the final rusty chain that tied hi the first steps on the road to forgiveness

Texture of Intihtness, Walker finished a phone conversation with theday, then went to supervise an outdoor exercise It was a half hour into it that Hawke appeared beside him The alpha’s eyebrow rose when he spotted the three pups, two rass, faces set and ar?"

"It’s a punish kids hatedout on a physical activity

"I’ve had some problems since the evacuees returned to the den" It had disturbed the children to be shuttled off, to worry in safety while their faht, were hurt "A few of the pups think they should’ve stayed behind and helped"

Shoving a hand through hair the saold as his fur in wolf foruessing Hard for the protected in a situation where they know their pack in the line of fire"

Walker understood in a way the pups couldn’t comprehend It had been brutal for him to leave the den when Lara, Sienna, and Judd reth needed to provide a shield for their most vulnerable "Do you want to speak to them?"

"You’re their handler; your call"

"Leave it to me" He planned to have a quiet talk with each child

Hawke nodded, the pale strands of his hair vivid in the sunlight "You’re not the only one who’s had issues The worst have been with the older teens, the ones on the cusp of adulthood"

"Did you knock sense into their heads?"

"No" A slashing s bites worse than being chewed out by those immediately above you in the hierarchy, the people you want to eave so to his conversation with Hawke "I don’t think this" - a subtle nod to the three pups - "is serious They just need the stability and discipline of pack to settle"

"What about Marlee and Toby? Any probleht then, he had the distinct sense of talking to an alpha inquiring about his pack rather than Hawke the man That alpha had looked out for the Lauren children froardless of his suspicions of the adults, and Walker respected hih to have taken it in her stride" - though his daughter felt far deeper and with more subtlety thandifficulty" It was Lara who’d noticed his nephew seemed oddly subdued at times "I’ve spoken to him about it, and I think he’ll be fine"

"There’s so htened emotion everywhere," the boy had said, "happiness and relief and worry for what’s coetting better at shielding"

"Sienna," Walker said, shifting focus "She’s happy" A state, felt her increasing steadiness

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