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Do for them to settle, and as I watched him, I was certain that this was not the first ti his role ofthat Tammy may not have been the first alpha female Ray had had Dominic seemed … practiced Sure of himself, and what needed to be said

"Ray’s death has not, and will not be leaked," Do out the words so loudly it was as if he had a one, a new alpha feht of a new alpha a out through the night, and Do for the, "Once the alpha pair has been established, ill let the news travel You all need to be vigilant with your patrols If any of you pick up the scent of Bruce’s pack, we need to know immediately He can’t know that the females don’t have a leader"

"You sound pretty cocky there, Dominic," someone shouted "Last I checked, you lose your status when a new alpha hed, a cruel sound "You want to fightabout him was relaxed as he spoke, his shoulders loose, his sh fell out and he said, "Yeah, that’s what I thought" Then he turned toto appoint a new beta?"

The pack erupted in a h!" I yelled over the chaos "Do for any objections, but when none cain"

CHAPTER 7

~ JADE ~

I woke up feeling gross and greasy The KFC had been delicious going down, but I wasn’t used to eating thatwell at all

Last night had been … weird Dad hadn’t co a boy’s weekend, and there was nothing to worry about, but the whole fact that she said that there was nothing to worry about, had me kind of worried And it had been clear that I wasn’t the only one Mom had been hyperaware of every bu the leather squeak beneatha full bowl of popcorn all over the floor

Mo in stride and even when she was nervous, she always hid it well It was a survival technique, one that I used frequently while dealing with the oddities of our town But last night, she had been a nervous wreck

Rolling over in bed, I looked out the big bayThe sky looked as if a dirty ball of wool had been unraveled, covered in clouds I couldn’t say how long I had lain there watching the little rivers of rain slide down my hen my door squeaked open and Moet up"

"It’s Saturday, Moroan, and rolled over

Mom pursed her lips, pushed the door wide open, and flicked the light switch on The pot lights seeainst the dreary day outside "You have coroaned "She’s been a permanent fixture here for a year now" Since her mother took off last year, Marcy had pretty much moved into our house, and my mom had unofficially adopted her into our family The only time she went hoged her It wasn’t that she didn’t want to spend time with her dad, it was , and Marcy wasn’t really a solitude kind of person She needed people, noise, and action

I rolled up on my elbows, and scrunched my forehead, as uess I took too long, because sheabout Mac," she said with her hands on her hips, scowling down atfor you"

"What?" I asked, squinting at her "Who’s ‘he?’" I scrubbedthe sleep froether today, not as jittery that was for sure She had her dark brown hair tied up in a loose bun, and she was dressed in a long, siure loosely She arched a brow and a s smile curled her lips "Dominic’s downstairs"

"You let hiht against s like a cocoon "What’s wrong with you?"