Grace of a Wolf by Lenaleia

Chapter 173

Chapter 173: Grace: White Cat (I)

It takes three hours to get the truck fixed, but we’ve run into a tiny dilemma.

Actually, it’s not very tiny. At least to Caine.

"Damn it," he curses, running a hand through his hair. "I didn’t think about this."

"I didn’t, either."

Andrew and Caine are both staring at the set of keys on the dinette table, which they’ve been doing for the past five minutes since we got the call the truck was ready.

I rest my hand on my chin, watching their impasse with mild frustration.

Caine lets out another huge sigh, and Andrew follows suit.

"I should have gone with him," Andrew says, rubbing at the back of his neck. "Didn’t even think about the logistics."

"We’ll be fine for thirty minutes without you guys."

"No," they say in unison.

I roll my eyes at their stubborn veto. "So, how are you going to pick up the truck then? Caine, even if you shift, you’ll take at least an hour to get there, right? Wouldn’t it be more dangerous for you to be gone for so long?"

"I could shift," Andrew offers.

"It’ll still take you at least an hour to get there," I point out. "This is ridiculous. It’s not even a big deal. The drive there will take ten, fifteen minutes at most. Just go and come back. Thirty minutes and you’re done. What do you think is going to happen in thirty minutes?"

Caine grimaces. "Leaving you here is dangerous. Any crazy person can come off the road—"

"So leave Fenris here. He’ll scare anyone off."

"But—"

"Just Fenris is fine."

"If there’s a—"

And go get the

hard line of his

us shimmers, and suddenly his wolf is there—the slightly-less-terrifying "dog" version of him, anyway. And the first thing he

swings his head toward

onto the couch in a rush of honey-colored

convinced than ever Sadie’s a shifter child who won’t return to her human body for

establishing his dominance, belly crawls under the dinette table until he reaches me, then sits up to plop his head into

murmur, scratching behind his

snatches the keys off the table and stomps to the door, and I swear the man is

the great and powerful

threshold. His shoulders tense before

one of you sets foot outside while I’m gone. Unless this

mildly exasperated in the

with their obedience, Caine turns to me. "Lock

know how doors work, Caine. Just

and walks out. I follow, watching him and Andrew

if someone really wants

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don’t faze her. The growls evolve into high-pitched barks, and all the kids

to wake her up!"

needs to go potty. I’ll take her out. You guys stay in

said—" Sara

the door. She bolts out, nearly pulling me

end of the leash as Fenris comes out with us. I close the door behind him, and Sadie yanks so

"Calm down, Sadie!"

twice around my hand to

coming out strained and phlegmy. We hit the grass, and I expect her to squat immediately, but she doesn’t. She keeps lunging

dig my heels in, yanking back on the leash. "Just potty here. Right

ignores me completely. Not even a glance in my direction. Her bark turns frantic, high-pitched yelps, sounding more like an alarm than nature’s

dog. Would a

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