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As he trailed off, she set her cup down "Others what?"

He looked at her for a long , but finally he spoke "We have some places set aside as safe houses of sorts No one knows about theested what he’d told her If he was telling her this, itto truly trust her And trust is she wasn’t sure she wanted to face If he started opening his wouldn’t just be about the physical Not that their relationship was It was just easy to tell herself that’s all she wanted fro her not to let hi down, she stared at the cup she’d set on the counter

"Are you all right?" His voice was low and concerned as he placed a gentle hand on her forearht off a shudder

Turning from him, she opened the oak cabinet above the coffeepot and found a travel ?" she asked as she poured the coffee from her cup into it

He let his hand drop, but her hands still shook If he noticed, at least he didn’t let on

"I’d like to show you around the ranch and introduce you to everyone if you feel up to it"

Since he didn’t see back to the bedroom and she didn’t want to stay cooped up in here all day, she nodded "Sounds good"

Jayce put the truck in park and glanced at Erin "You okay?" She’d been exceptionally quiet on the ride over and he hadn’t ainst the passenger door, as far away froray eyes flashed warily "Why did you want to bring me with you? Are you here to kill me?"

The bold question made him jerk back "Why would you ask that?"

"Uh, you’re the enforcer and I’ht you wanted to talk to , but you never did, so…why’d you ask Connor if I could ride with you today?" She unsnapped her seat belt and kept her position close to the door

Everyone always assu random pack members It annoyed the shit out of hiotten blown out of proportion if she actually thought he had a reason to kill her "For backup"

She snorted loudly in a ht"

He bit back a smile "Why did the Murphy pack report you as dead? Did you run away?"

It was so brief heat her intently, but a flash of raw fear sparked in her bright eyes, then disappeared "They probably reported me dead because they think I am"

He’d talked to Connor about the petite she-wolf and he kne they’d found her Behind a Dumpster, beaten, bloody, naked, likely raped, and obviously left for dead Huuessed shifters had hurt her The thought of his own kind hurting any feainst females or those weaker was rare If she’d been abused, he couldn’t understand why she hadn’t reported it He’d have wiped them all out "Should I eliminate the Murphy pack?"

Her eyes widened at the question and for the first tiotten in the truck with him, the tenseness in her shoulders loosened "Wait, what?"

"Do they deserve to be judged?"

She sed hard "I…don’t want to talk about them They think I’m dead and that’s fine with me" Her voice sounded so small in the truck cabin and pulled at his et a visit from him after this shit was over "So if you don’t want to killlook She really had no clue what she was At their firstdifferent about her All enforcers, regardless of race or location, had similar qualities about them and he’d picked up on sohed wryly "I’m so not in the mood to be messed with and I don’t care who you are Cut the shit and--"

He growled at her disht in your human forured he knew the answer but wanted to hear her response anyway