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this. Nina loves you and she only wants the best for you and the Pack. Pellini
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had her brother killed.
Warren Pellini did. Grace had nothing to do with that. And Nina has a fucking
criminal record, I didn t flip out about that. What has Grace done except have
the bad luck of who she was born with?
The cars began to pull up the long drive to the house. Two more checkpoints
had been added since the declaration of war so it took longer than normal and
by the time Megan got the car pulled into the garage, Grace was already on her
way inside with her bags being carried by one of the other wolves.
I ve decided to assign Evan to you, Cade and Dave will work with Grace. It ll
be best that way. He knows her and likes her. She ll be more comfortable I
think. Someone needs to think of her comfort, Megan snapped before she got
out and scanned the area while Lex and Cade went into the house, following the
noise.
The nerve of the man. Grace sat as far away from Cade as she possibly could,
right between his mother and grandmother. She wasn t going to run in and check
on Nina, that was for sure.
Lex disappeared and Grace could tell Cade wanted to follow but instead
approached her. She turned to listen to his grandmother but Cade just knelt at
her feet and took her hands in his.
Honey, would you like a tour of our house? See the deck in the moonlight? Let
me apologize?
She withheld an undignified snort but his grandmother laughed. Very nicely
done, Cade. Your grandfather would have been proud. Saw him on his knees like
that to me more than once. I suggest jewelry to go with it next time. And
there will be a next time, Grace. That s who the Warden men are.
Beth put her arm around Grace and squeezed. Things won t be easy for a bit. I
know people will judge you for your name. But your name is Warden now and
they ll have me to contend with. Go on, forgive him and then go meet Nina.
She s having a bit of a sulk I imagine. I ll go in when you two go on the
tour. I m sure you ve heard this but I ll say it too, Nina is a good person.
She s protective and she loves this Pack. She s had Cade to herself for a long
time and she won t want to share at first but she ll realize she has to.
Because Cade is yours as surely as Lex is hers. Now that you ve got an anchor
perhaps you might understand that a bit more. I don t make excuses for
rudeness, believe me some people named Lex and Nina are going to hear from me
on that score. But I do believe in second chances and I hope you do too. She
kissed Grace s temple and waited for Grace to look at Cade, sigh and hold out
her hand to let him help her up.
Grace did understand a bit. She felt a connection to Jack, even with the
distance. He felt hers in some sense and if they all lived under one roof it
would have been more difficult. But still, Cade was hers, even if he was being
an ass.
He tucked her hand in the crook of his arm and led her through to the kitchen.
A woman s touch was evident in the large space. Not a decorating choice she d
have made, but it wasn t bad.
The kitchen. He opened French doors and they went out onto a huge deck that
wrapped around the entire back of the house.
She moved to the railing and looked out over the trees and the city beyond in
the distance.
Beautiful isn t it? This is all Cascadia land. Safe to run on at any time.
We ve stepped up security of course but just let Dave know and feel free. I d
like to run with you but if I m not around. He shrugged. I m sorry. I really
am. I didn t mean to make you feel bad. I ripped Lex a new one in the car on
the way back. He realizes he misjudged you and I expect he ll say the same to
you himself. I love you, Grace. I want you to be happy.
She sighed. He was an Alpha, a worrier and he clearly cared about his family.
They d only been together a few days so she could get past a few missteps
until they got used to each other.
I love you too, Cade. And I forgive you.
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He kissed her softly as the sound of the trees in the wind wrapped around the
noise from inside. The beating of hearts soothed her jangled nerves.
Let s see the rest.
He took her back inside, showed her the security offices where Lex s Enforcers
worked and back up to his office. Around a corner and large double doors stood
open and she saw her bags.
This is our room. I m sure you ll want to change the décor. It s been this
way since the house was finished ten years ago. On the opposite side of the
house from Lex and Nina, by the way. Bulletproof glass on the windows and
there are special sensors on the deck. Motion lights, all that jazz. So we get
the quiet but it s locked up tight over here too. I m giving you one of the
Mercedes to drive, by the way. At first though, I d ask that you be escorted
everywhere. We ll get you to the lab within the next few days. But I want you
to myself for a bit.
The lab?
I assumed you d want to be there. If I m wrong, well, you can do anything
you d like. Stay home, work. Whatever.
Grace leaned into his chest, loving the way his arms automatically slipped
around her. No. I want to work in the lab. I just didn t want to make any
assumptions.
You re obviously qualified, Grace. You did the work with Warren s virus
samples, you re the logical choice. I spoke with our lead researcher briefly
this morning and he s quite interested in meeting you. We sent the data ahead
and he says you took a lot of risks. He frowned down at her as she looked up
into his face.
She shrugged. I did what needed to be done. I wish it had been more but he
had so much security when I finally got access it was hard. I shouldn t have
left so early.
Stop that right now. I wouldn t have met you if you d waited. You re mine,
fate brought you to me, Grace. You re where you need to be. Do you want to
rest or go back out?
Let s go and meet Nina. She sighed. The woman needed to know a few things.
First that Grace was her Alpha. Second and more importantly, Cade was hers and
the time for two sort-of husbands was over. And hell, everyone seemed to
really like Nina so she d have to give the woman a fair shake.
You sure?
Yes.
He smiled and kept his arm around her as he guided her back across the house
to where Lex and Nina s room was.
Nina s face split into a grin when she saw Cade but she frowned when she
caught sight of the tiny, classy, beautiful woman at his side. He had his arm
around her like she was a precious and fragile thing. Their bond emanated from
them and it hit her square in the gut.
Lex had explained to her that the background check was clean and that Grace
Pellini had done a brave thing and risked her life to help them. Nina had to
give the woman props, what she d done scared the hell out of her just hearing
it and after knowing what Warren Pellini s thugs had done to the Enforcer of
Great Lakes, it was even more frightening.
Still, Nina felt territorial. This was her house and she d known and loved
Cade longer.
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