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"To be fair, she hasn’t exactly gone shopping or anything," added Marlon "And there was no way she was ever going to sit around relaxing when she knows she has the hearing tomorrow She’s actually been pretty cals considered Plus, she has Ally with her They only left, like, a o You could probably catch up with them"

"Where are they headed?" asked Derren

"To see Donnie at the outdoor shooting range"

Zander had seen the range during his patrols It was a pretty sweet setup Donnie had constructed a si benches on the firing line Various hoes The closest was approximately twenty-five yards away, and the farthest was e was a wall of rubber tires to stop projectiles

Zander gave Marlon a curt nod and then strode out of the house, with Derren and Bracken close behind hie, his wolf snorted at the scents of gunpowder, hot ested no one had shot anything recently Apparently, Donnie hadn’t yet begun

Rounding a cluster of trees, Zander saw the two fe through like it was a treasure trove

When his rowled, "What are you doing?"

Chewing guave hi ?"

Even froum on her breath--it was strawberry flavored "Put that down before the daht you were inside the house"

She sighed "This again?"

"Gwen"

"I can’t talk I’ood, because I’ snippy" She eyed him, dubious "You’ve beenon both him and his wolf that they hadn’t yet claimed her Especially because they knew she would be safer with the bond Zander would be able to sense her and feed her energy if need be "You said that you’d stay inside"

"No, I said that if you needed me to stay inside, then I’d stay But you didn’t need me to; you just wanted uebut he couldn’t It had been a sneaky move on her part--a move similar to those he’d seen Shaya use on Nick dozens of tinized it He shot Ally a hard look "I would have thought you’d have kept her inside"

Ally shrugged "I didn’t really want to bring her out here, but I couldn’t clai a promise to you Plus, she has her own mind I’m here to protect her, not smother her or tell her what to do"

"Aweso at the array of weaponry in the box Zander didn’t have a clue what the ht with tooth and claw But Bracken was a Call of Duty addict, so he probably had a fair idea of what he was looking at

Zander turned back to hishis stuff, Gwen, but I really don’t like it"

She pursed her lips "H you--that’s just rude" Gun in hand, she clicked the ets "There are ear and eye protectors in the box, if you want to use the to shoot? Before Zander even had the chance to object, she fired Several tiround By the end, Zander was gaping, because she’d hit every single target dead-on

Bracken gave an appreciative whistle "Wow"