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“Logan, you have nothing to apologize for,” Gavin said. “You are the most caring out of everyone.”

“I love you,” Logan said. “I just don’t want anything to happen to you.”

“I love you too,” Gavin said.

Logan knew that Gavin did love him but hadn’t ever heard the words.

“You are the brother that my parents would have wanted for me.” He took a deep breath. “They died. Killed by hunters.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I like to believe that they would be proud of me,” Gavin said.

“I know they would be,” Logan told him. “I’m proud of you. I don’t know anything about parents or their love. It’s not like I was ever on the receiving end of any kindness from my own parents.”

“Your parents are monsters,” Gavin stated. “You’ll still go check on them though.”

“I have to,” Logan said. “I have siblings too. Brothers that I left behind.”

“That abandoned you along with your parents. They could have gone after you. I would have. If you hadn’t got caught in that bear trap, I would never have stopped looking for you. I would have brought you home.”

Tears fell from his eyes. “I never should have tried to run. I was scared. Hurting. I thought Dean rejected me.”

“Then you know how I feel. Why I want to do this,” Gavin said.

“Because even though this is your home. That you love us. It hurts to see all of us finding our happiness.”

“Yes.”

One word. Just one simple word but it meant so much. “I understand,” Logan admitted. “But you will be careful. And you will come back.”

“I was never any good at running,” Gavin said. “And I want this to end. The hunters are gone. Now it’s just the coven that worked with them. The coven that stole mates and happiness from all of us.”

“Okay.” Logan turned to bury his face in Gavin’s neck. The familiar scent of rain and electricity tickling Logan’s nose.

“I’ll come back,” Gavin promised. “But I am going to track down the coven leaders and make sure that my family, the people that I love, are safe.”

“You don’t have to do it alone,’ Logan reminded him.

“I'm not alone. I have a masked biker hacker in my corner.”

“Stryker?” Logan snorted. “You called him a thief!”

“He is one,” Gavin said with a laugh. “He is also brilliant. The information that he’d gotten… That kid could be doing so much more in the world.”

“You mean other than hacking into people’s bank accounts to buy a new gaming station?”

“Yes, that.”

“Do you trust him?”

“I do,” Gavin replied. “And so do Dean and Noah.”

“And I trust you.”

“The others are coming.” Gavin climbed to his feet before pulling Logan up. Gavin hugged Logan. “You remember when you are faced with the people that birthed you that you are loved. You are smart and brave.”

“Thanks, Gav.”

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