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"I know, baby," Gavin said soothingly

"Did Nicky tell you about m-my mother?"

"Yes, baby It almost killed your dad to hear it He knew, of course, that she’d been ave hi him it was an episode in her life she wanted to put behind her All he kneas that she’d been in an abusive relationship and that she’d left behind a child with her ex I guess that child was Logan Your father never really knew his name Your motherwouldn’t discuss it much Told himhe’d threatened to kill her and the child, as well as her parents if she hadn’t left the boy with hio back for him, and they’d made plans to do just that before the accident He would still have gone through withit if her parents hadn’t disappeared, taking you with theht randparents passed away, I thought I was all alone in the world Now to find out I have a father and a half brother And an or enjoy her life with my dadIt’s all just so sad She had her whole life in front of her, and she was finally happy"

"I knoeetheart, but at least you knoyou’re not alone at all You have an, too Marco talked toHe said Winters told Logan before he died that he killed his lad to know she had a little happiness before it happened And that it gave him a brother"

Tucker nodded "I only uy"

"He is Marco says he’s Nicky’s best friend"

Tucker gave in to a ainst it, he could feel his eyes closing

"You need to get soht here"

"No, get in bed with me Please, Gavin I want you to hold me"

Gavin climbed onto the bed beside him as Tucker scooted over to make a little room "Mhtly around hi anywhere, sweetheart I ue

A week passed Nicky and Tucker had been released froe to recuperate Richard and the other wolves froone home, and Gavin and Tucker were scheduled to leave the next day Dr Cornsilk had asked Tucker to stay nearby for a week or so toeffects froiven, a crazy corowth horh dose of ression the pets exhibited, but he wasn’t sure what caused the pets to have sos like superhu tests, but he thought that the combination of substances in extremely heavy doses reacted somehoith the Werekin metabolismMelinda’s body was yet to be found, but human remains had been recovered from a burn pile at the rear of the safe house, and it was feared they were hers

No trace of Jeremy Tate could be found either by the authorities or the wolves, who had their own fors Tate had told theh, he’d be back They had little doubt of that

"I don’t see why I have to stay in bed," Tucker said, feeling grouchy and out of sortsIt was late afternoon, six days after he and Nicky were released fro he’d been receiving, and ready to get back on his feet Gavin was lounging on a recliner next to hi a NASCAR race Tucker despised NASCAR races "Nicky’s been up and around for a few days now," he said, trying to get Gavin’s attention

"Nicky wasn’t hit by a Taser, nor was he hit on the back of the head and knocked unconscious by overzealous police officers You had a mild concussion, baby, and the doctor said you needed to rest for at least a week"

"Rest, yes, but not be confined to a bed, naked and helpless"

"You told me you liked to sleep naked"

"I can’t sleep all the ti that your teeth"

"I was only resting my eyes"

"Mm-hm"