I double checked the house in Vince's pack was still secure. I could tell that someone had been trying to get in. There were boot prints on the front door, and cracks in the glass door. Thank you for werewolf proof glass. I used a little magic to fix the glass door and then I reenforced the house before I sealed my bedroom and closet doors.

I grabbed my second phone, the only one I could contact my dad with, and left the other. There was really no reason to bring it around any longer. I sent a quick message to my dad, letting him know I was about to head to the pack house. Then I headed downstairs.

Toya was waiting near the front door. My mother and Lynn were still walking around outside, but it was Carly's patient face that had my steps slowing. She looked up when she heard me and smiled, but I could see the sadness in her eyes. "You're leaving again?"

I nodded. "I have to." She nodded. "You understand, right?" I walked over and sat next to her, pulling her to my side.

She nodded but picked at her little fingers. "I know." She sounded so small. "I just miss you."

"Oh sweetheart, I miss you, too. Once all of this is over, I promise you will have me every day. We will spend our days here, in the pack, and traveling. You will get to go to school and make friends."

She perked up at that. "I can go to school?"

"Of course!" I ruffled her hair. "Once all of this mess is cleared up, we will be able to do whatever you want."

She smiled, but I watched it slip away. "You promise you will be careful? Even when it's all done?"

a hung before I leave." She jumped into my arms and I squeezed. "Be good

She pulled back. "When you come back,

on the couch. "I'll see if I can get him here to sit down with you and catch up...how does that

“Be careful tri-spirit.” Her voice was deeper than normal. "The end is

and all is

Toya, and I could see her mind spinning. But I just

cleared, and

Aunty Toya." Carly launched herself up into Toya's arms and

you,

her to her chest. "I

have pups of my

you will

muchmine as you are Amy's. You know that, right?"

know." Then her face grew solemn again.

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