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"I’ll take rabbed a beer froe Outside he settled on the rocking chair beside hers "Sweet setup you’ve got here" Especially with the hot tub and theshe’d made the sculptures One was a black, twisted, rickety, evil-looking tree that contradictorily had beautiful white blooe black chess piece that was peppered with moths and had six crows perched on top Neither sculpture should have looked right in such a beautiful garden, but they gave it an edge and made it look better Balanced out the natural perfection of the flowers

"How’s your day been so far?" she asked

"Dull, really" Trick tossed her a smile "Much better now" He drank some of his beer "What was the first sculpture you ever ood Or very big It was a volcano So out of the top You can irandparents were They even sent me to a therapist"

"A therapist?"

"Yeah I re really frustrated that he asked why I’d chosen toit until it started to coether He see art as a fore the hobby In that sense he didyou’ve always done?"

Trick used the heel of one foot to gently rock his chair "It was edto do with ht help relax me, and it did Still does But I can’t say I have a drive to create art I can’t even call it a hobby It’s just so I do sometimes" He paused to sip at his beer "The first time I saw one of your sculptures online was a few years back I wondered if you made them to purposely disturb people But I can see now that it’s more than that"

Frankie frowned "You saw one of o?"

"I looked you up, curious about what you were doing with your life"

"Why?"

"I’rated yourself in the human world I wondered why you hadn’t ever contacted the pack In your position I’d have wanted to talk to the other half of s I didn’t think for one second that you’d been fed lies What exactly did the Newmans say happened to your parents?"

"That they both died in a car crash They saidand loyal and devoted topissed that they lied for so long" She rubbed at her te contact with the pack The way they see it, shifters stole Caroline from them"

"That so? Well, they stole you from me, your paternal family, and the rest of your pack mates I don’t think this will ever be a situation that works for everyone You just have to do what you feel is best for you So what do you want?"

Frankie took a long breath "Pizza I want pizza"

Hisout her cell phone, she asked, "What do you like on yours?"