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Liam shared his smile "Next time, take a picture and show me She’s a treasure, that one"

"I know" Sean’s entire body sang, thinking about her She’d soothed his hurts and aze wandered to the house next door, and he caught Liaood for you, Sean I’ve not seen you this interested in--well, anything--in a long tied "I’ myself that Andrea hasn’t rejected the mate-claim because she adores o Tell her you release her We can keep it to ourselves so Jared will stay away froe flared For some reason he wanted to launch hiesting Sean release the mate already bound to his heart Andrea’s scent was so mixed with his that he couldn’t separate the Laughing hard

"Da "I’d react the sa her people"

Sean sat back and took another drink of beer "I’ I’m so screwed"

"That’s the mate bond, that is You know you’d die if she went away You’ll fight the world to keep her at your side and keep her safe"

"Exactly"

Sean thought about what he’d explained to Andrea, that his father still struggled with the pain of his broken mate bond Dylan hadn’t been able to keep his first mate safe, and recently he’d slipped in the hierarchy, so what made him think he could protect a second one? That must eat him up

"Kim told me Glory kicked Dad out," Sean said

Liam nodded "And he hasn’t co the label froood at it"

"That’s what I keep telling hed "He’ll expect us to take care of this Shifter proble him for advice"

"That bites" Sean savored the dark taste of another sip of beer "Why do we get stuck doing the hard work?"

"Because Dad raised us well, and now it’s up to us not to shame him"

"Sure, no pressure" Sean took another drink, sank back into the swing "Calluured out how to override the Collars How’s that going, then?"