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"Don’t freak, baby Just listen and know that no matter what happens this shit won’t touch you," I say softly then tell her the rest, filling her in on Kenton and what happened with him and his wife, Autumn, about Kai and his wife, Myla, and then I fill her in on Paulie and his now dead son, and what that means for me and her

"Holy cow," she whispers when I finish, and I fight it, but I can’t help it; I feelout one of the biggest crias, and her response is ‘Holy cow’

"You okay?"

"I don’t know that I would say I’m okay, but I will say that nomy head, I roll her to her back and looie When the time comes, we’ll stay at Kai’s place Myla and Autuirls will stay put and under radar, where you will be safe"

"So I’, while I sit at horee, and even in the dark, I see her eyes narrow

"Don’t get pissed, baby"

"Too late," she replies, and I laugh "You’re not the boss--"

Covering her s with my knees and sink into her so hard that her breath leaves in a whoosh, and then I spendher quiet

"HOLY CRAP" OPENING one eye then the other, aze focuses on a woman, and it takes aan, to Maggie, who is holding a cup of coffee in her hand close to herthe sie asks, and uys downstairs," Morganthe rooainst the headboard

"Coets into the bed on her knees then scoots towardthe cup fro her forward "Morning, baby"

"Morning," she whispers, studying o dark and her eyes drop toher hair is dao

"An hour ago"

Running my hand up into the back of her hair, I tilt her head toward me then whisper, "You should’ve woke me"

"You needed to sleep"

"You still should’ve wokeyour sister in here to stare atnot to laugh, and her eyesto her about you before I got downstairs and told her you look like a an wanted to see for herself and wouldn’t take no for an anshen I told her she couldn’t co"

"She was in the room when I woke up," I point out the obvious

"Yeah, she made me mad, so I let her in to prove a point"

"To prove a point," I repeat, feeling ether

"It’s not i to pull away, but I hold her in place