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For some reason, Kerrick’s throat seized He was headed down a new path, and Thorne would go to the Blood and Bite for one last drink before Central started burning his ear with death varabbed Thorne in a hard eht

"You lucky sonofabitch," Thorne shot over his ear

Kerrick’s throat tightened up a little more and his eyes burned

Christ

Of course the an Kerrick released hi their heads in quick flurries

Thorne’s gravel voice rattled the air between them "You want a lift back to Scottsdale Two?"

Alison drew near, sliding her arm around Kerrick’s waist He wrapped his arot it," she said

"Actually," Kerrick said, looking froot it"

They both stared at him Thorne’s eyes popped "What the fuck? You can fold?" Of course this brought all the brothers’ attention in his direction, and within two seconds they’d formed a new arc around him

"You can fold now?" Alison cried

He nodded He couldn’t stop grinning He felt like a kid at a T-ball game who’d scored his first home run

All the brothers pounded his back, his ar," Alison cried "How? When did this happen?"

The warriors stopped to listen but his eyes were for her "About the ti to live my life without you"

He heard her quick intake of breath and saw her eyes shi her forehead "There’s no crying in ascension" Would she get the reference?

She chuckled "A League of Their Own I love that aze locked with hers and he could sust of lavender He breathed in, his nostrils flaring, his eyes closing Oh God

Thorne took the cue without having to be told He ordered a full-scale assault on the Blood and Bite The brothers cheered as they folded one after the other, each casting a raised fist of triu

The sudden emptiness, the quiet in the room affected him He loved the Brotherhood, the jibes, the cheers, the solid coone He looked around the beat-up hovel of a rec rooed leather sofas, spit wads on the ceiling, the pool table that looked like roosting chickens would show up any minute, new bottles of Ketel One and Maker’s and all the other preferred drinks of the warriors, now spread out on the bar

His brothers

As he glanced down at Alison, he knew all that would change, from this reater would be to this woman, to their child, to his family

"So you can fold now," Alison said once ather her into his arainst his weapons harness and sether and his heart was so full "I want you to know I meant what I said--I won’t live hter But those are s, my wishes,to be with you, I won’t force my will on you I would never do that"

As she put her hand on his cheek, her eyes glistened "I want to be with you more than life itself and I refuse to live apart from you So I have only one question I need to ask you"

"And that would be?"

"Can you take hed "I don’t know but I’ive it a try"

"Then do it, Warrior"

He nodded and with both arht

He materialized a couple of seconds later next to his bed with Alison still in his arms She sniffed twice then threw her arms around his neck and wept

He wasn’t sure why she was crying so he waited He stroked her hair, her shoulders, her back His neck greet "I just thought," she said at last, dragging a breath into her lungs, "this would never happen" She sighed and sniffed a little ht movement of air--oh, she’d folded a tissue--then she blew her nose "But I didn’ther body pressed up against his "I love you so ether, either It seelad you’re with uardian My wonderful therapist guardian"

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