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He looked around at the others to see if she was serious. They all nodded in agreement. He held out his arm, accepting her terms without further question. Jacob picked up his bag and dug out the necessary medical supplies. After he drew a small vial of blood, he slapped a Band-Aid on his arm, and told him he was free to go.

“I feel like this is some sort of trap,” Jack said.

“It’s not,” Liam told him. “My mate has given you your life back. It’s more than you did for her eight years ago. It’s more than you deserve as far as I’m concerned, but I will support her decision and will not track you. I do warn you, though—continue living a clean life and do not make me regret this. You will not be given another chance should our paths ever cross again negatively.”

Chase pulled me closer to him and wrapped his arms around me when my entire body shuddered.

I spoke up as he moved to leave. “Do me a favor, Jack. Don’t tell Tessa what happened today. I need to tell her in my own way.”

Jack looked back and forth between me and Chase as if realizing what I was saying, and he nodded. Jacob and another man I hadn’t been introduced to said their goodbyes and left behind Jack.

“Is he safe with them following him?” I asked when the door closed behind them.

“They won’t follow him,” Kyle spoke. “They will address the other four, though.”

“I hate the thought of sending even them back there,” Maddie said, suddenly looking and sounding exhausted.

“Back where?” Chase asked.

“You don’t want to know,” Kyle assured him, imploring Chase not to question things further, so Chase shut his mouth, and didn’t ask any more questions.

Chase

Chapter 21

Looking around the room, I noticed only my family remained. Having all those strangers off my land helped me finally begin to relax. I turned and hugged Jenna.

“How you holding up?” I asked.

“I’m fine,” she told me. I looked her over as she squirmed under my scrutiny and a light blush stained her cheeks. Satisfied she was okay, I nodded.

“You’ve met everyone, right?” I asked

“Yeah. Hi,” she said awkwardly.

“I’m genuinely sorry we had to meet under such circumstances. We’ve all been looking forward to your visit over spring break. But regardless, it’s nice to finally put a face with the name. I’m not sure how much you know about pack life and hierarchy, but I am Alpha of Westin Pack.”

The other men groaned and rolled their eyes.

“No one here cares right now, Kyle,” Liam teased.

“What? I’m just trying to officially welcome her to the pack,” Kyle defended.

“There’s time for that later,” Patrick said. “Now, where are you hiding the beer?”

Chase laughed. “Dude, we just bought the place last week. You’re lucky we have food.”

“Ah, so you’ve at least been to the messages. Tell me you have some crisps around this place. I’m starving.”

“Crisps?” Jenna asked. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about. What are the messages?”

My brothers and I laughed. “Sometimes he sounds like he’s speaking a foreign language. He’s asking if we went to the store and bought some chips.”

“Crisps, not chips,” Patrick clarified.

“Chips, dumbass,” I told him. “He’ll argue chips are fries, not chips. Crisps are chips. It can be confusing at first, but you’ll catch on and learn to ignore him after a while,” I assured Jenna.

She laughed. I led her over to the couch and we sat down. Liam and Maddie sat at the other end while Kyle and Patrick took the adjacent chairs.

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