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Silently, the Pack watched as the car spun out and sped out of there.
No one moved until the engine sounds faded to nothing.
Bay hung his head and stared angrily at the ground. Tabian reached over and gripped the back of his neck, said something tohim, and twitched his head toward the woods. Bay glanced at her and said, “I’m okay.”
She was standing so still, her hand over her heart as it raced. What awful things for that boy to hear from his father. Those were words that would haunt.
Bay strode for the woods and his wolf exploded out of him before he even reached the tree line. Dammit, that was his best pair of jeans, and now it was just tatters of denim. She was going to have to go shopping again. She one hundred percent blamed that on Zane. Asshole has some nerve showing up here wanting money from Tabian. He really thought they were going to give him money for Bayen? What was wrong with him?
“I’ve got him,” Tabian told her, and headed for the woods. “I love you, Tru,” he said over his shoulder.
“I love you too.”
Liam nodded at her and then followed them.
Bridger said, “I’ll stay with the girls,” but he didn’t move any closer. He just stayed by the truck, looking out at the woods. She guessed he was waiting to see if Zane would return.
Nory told her, “Bay will need to run some steam off. The boys will probably do a hunt with him and wear his wolf out a bit. He’ll be okay. It’s hard on them to pull off a fight when the wolf is ready.
“What’s up, sluts,” Vic said from out of nowhere.
Tru startled hard. “Geez, Vic, where did you come from?”
“My mother’s womb, but before that, I was just a little sperm, swimming around—”
“Oh my gosh, stop talking,” Nory told him.
“How’s Alien?”
“Once again, we aren’t naming the baby Alien,” Tru gritted out.
“I’m going to be calling him Alien. It can be his nickname. Don’t you think babies look like aliens when they’re born? Ialready bought him a video game console. I’m using it while he grows up though.”
“Why don’t you go Change with the Pack?” Nory asked tiredly.
“Wait, the Pack is Changing?”
“Yep,” Tru said. Already she’d seen Lyric and Delta and Destiny slip into the woods right behind Dodger and Nathan.
A howl lifted into the air.
Vic gasped dramatically and started speedwalking toward the woods. “Bye bye, bit—”
“No!” Nory demanded.
“Bitch is the proper term for female dogs,” Vic defended himself.
“Well, we are humans. We don’t like the word. I’m telling Lyric.”
“Don’t! I’ll be good! Bye, Alien!” He disappeared into the woods as Tru bit back a smile.
“That stupid nickname is probably going to stick, just so you know,” Nory muttered as she sat down on the porch stairs.
Tru sat down beside her and rested her head against Nory’s shoulder. They’d become dear friends over the past year.
“I hope Bay is okay.”
“Have you met him? Toughest kid I know,” Nory said. “I bet he would’ve won that fight.”
