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He stifled a smile "It’s not easy to settle into a pack, especially if you’ve been living a time, but Harley’s found her place"

"Good But if you ever need me to talk to the ready to leave, Tess shook his hand "Well, it was really lovely to meet you, Jesse Now take care of ive this to the little pup who saved Harley" She put a stuffed bear in his hand

"I will It was good to meet you, Tess"

"You don’t mind if I have a quick moment alone with my niece, do you?"

Harley almost smiled at the way his mouth flattened He totally did runt, he headed to the rental car Harley waited until he was inside the vehicle before she turned back to Tess "What’s up?"

"Nothing I approve of your choice, and he certainly cares for you I worried when you told me his true mate died It reminded me of Matt and Sandra"

Matt, Tess’s cousin, lost his fiancée in a boating accident Four years later he married Sandra, a soman who he truly loved, but he was never able to let his deceased fiancée rest Harley reh, but she’d also been curt and self-centered; the couple had argued often Matt seeotten the bad stuff He built up Darla and put her on a pedestal,Sandra feel inadequate and second best

Harley re to Tess about how painful it was to be with a guy who regarded his past partner as his soul mate In Harley’s case, the female who Jesse lost literally was his soul mate It was little wonder that Tess worried

"Matt still speaks of Darla as if she was saintly," said Tess "I can understand why a person s when they lose someone, but Matt takes it to the extreirl he lost?"

"He doesn’t He only really spoke of Torrie once, but he did reassure ht her up in conversation a couple of tiuess I’m just curious about her, and I don’t want his But he just changes the subject"

"He strikes me as the type of person who doesn’t easily share"