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Penny turned and was about to keep searching when he stopped her "Penny," he called quietly She looked back at him "Yes?" her voice was clear and sweet

"Oron is like me, he can see sprites When ere boys, he always used to hide in oak trees Check for him there Use Felix as a decoy and you’ll catch hi her fist in the air, just like her favorite adopted aunt

Darian chuckled "Don’t let your Morinned and shiht He watched as Felix waved and trailed behind his friend Darian had been faced with his i Penny, it was truly beginning to sink in, he would never see her grow up He would never knohat kind of woman she would turn out to be

For the first tio," he whispered

As promised, Darian exited the forest when he noticed most of the men had been found He approached Aiden "She find everyone?" he asked

Aiden nodded looking proud "Of course The hed and turned to him "Did she find you?"

Darian nodded "She sure did"

"Last one to be found is Colton" Aiden pointed to where the rest of the hter to their right, and Penny burst froht for Aiden She ran up to him arms raised Aiden swept her up and sat her on his ared frohter and scowled

He walked over to theer "She cheated!" Colton accused

Aiden raised a brow at Penny who shrugged Aiden turned back to Colton "What’d she do?"

Colton’s scowl turned into a begrudging grin of admiration "I could tell she didn’t know exactly where I was, so she pretended to trip over a branch When I left ed ood, Colton!" Ben called out

Colton laughed "That she did" He took his daughter from Aiden "Where did you learn how to do that?"

"Aunt Aroaned

"They are infecting the next generation," Sascha corounded than Aetic look to Darian "Sorry Darian, but your ets ’stabby’ and doesn’t think twice about stunning a perfectly innocent tiger," Sascha grumbled

"Okay men, that’s it for the day Alpha Unit, head inside to my office for necklace review," Aiden ordered "The council dropped it off while everyone was hiding"