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Darien entered the house with his cell phone to his ear, his expression gried Jake, To suspicion that ned off ho to on the phone "The police in Denver want to speak with Alicia about Ferdinand Massaro’s ain They believe she witnessed the rahed "I know that, Jake But you, To with souard"

"What if she shape-shifts?" Jake asked

"Just pray she doesn’t," Darien said, glancing in the direction of the sunroo so what that was all about

Lelandion the phone as she said, "Oh, yes, a real wedding What do you think for bridesowns, Silva? Alicia says she wants you to take part, too, and wanted your opinion"

Darien gave Jake a questioning look

"We’re getting married" Jake spoke as if he didn’t want any discussion about the owns?" Darien asked, his voice low

"We were all set to just go to a justice of the peace, but Lelandi wouldn’t hear of it" Jake shoved his hands in his pockets, al Darien would make Lelandi cease and desist But he knew Darien wouldn’t "Guess who gets to give the bride away"

Darien looked at To time now

"Don’t look at roaned "Hell, if it wasn’t for Lelandi’s temperamental condition, I’d put my foot down and say absolutely not So when the hell is it scheduled?"

Jake sighed "What do I know? The women have taken over"

"That’s what happens when the woh since he wasn’t mated, he hadn’t had to deal with all the ups and downs hi back to Jake

This tiht in his expression or tone of voice He sounded like a kid at Christnant, Doc says With triplets"

Darien was still frowning "Yours?"

"Appears that way"

That’s when Darien’s smile first appeared He said to Tom, "You’re next, little brother We’ll have a boo, on the drive to Denver to see the police about Ferdinand Massaro’s h it wasn’t really a panic attack because the panic was for real The h it was daytime and the moon wasn’t easy to see, it was there all the sa to stop it, that she was getting ready to shift She orn out fro she was pregnant with triplets, as well as Lelandi’s rush to help her find a gown before Alicia couldn’t wear one unless it was aShe’d been sleeping with her head in Jake’s lap as Tom drove the SUV to Denver, while Peter sat in the front passenger’s seat and remained quiet Another SUV filled with fourher feel safe and protected and totally overwhelmed by all of the events of the past couple of days

But all of a sudden, she began to get really, really hot That brought back into focus how she wasn’t herself any she did orry about the babies Would the shift hurt them? Then she realized that olves had lived like this for a very long ti would be all right

But Alicia still had little control over her shifting, and she desperately needed to get out of her clothes Lelandi had explained that stripping out of their clothes in front of other pack members was a natural process, and the shift happened so quickly that no one got much of a look at anyone else anyway But none of that ht, and ilanced over the seat at her Tom looked in the rearview ot to shift" She cliet into the rear seat, more hidden fro in up front And then she began stripping out of her clothes

Darien had tried to convince the Denver police that Alicia had been feeling too poorly to see thenancy, but because the police were investigating a murder and had no clues as to who had done the crime, they wouldn’t hear of any delays

They would treat her with care, they assured Darien Jake and the rest of the pack hadn’t been worried about her pregnancy but this business with shape-shifting By the ti

Jake said, "You’ll be fine e’re speaking to the police officers, Alicia You can get it out of your systerururowl and was a lot harsher to her ears than she had intended Peter and Tom smiled Jake reached over the back of his seat and scratched her between the ears<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>