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“You’re kidding,” her mom said. “You met your heart-match? That’s amazing!”

“I’m so glad you’re safe,” her dad said. “When can we meet him?”

“We’re cleaning up here and then he’s going to run me home to pack a bag. He’s the interim alpha and has to go back to his pride in Indiana.”

“Are you moving there already?” Lee asked.

“We haven’t talked about it yet, but I will let you know when we decide.”

“We’ll be waiting at your house,” Vikki said. “I can’t wait to meet your heart-match and thank him for saving you.”

“See you soon,” Lee said.

When the call was finished, she smiled at Oz. “They like you already.”

“It probably helps that I saved your life.”

“Most definitely.”

Benecio’s body was laid in one of the SUVs, hidden underneath blankets to obscure the fact there was a dead man wrapped in a blue tarp and secured with bungee cords. Oz instructed the males to return to the campsite with the others and that he would meet them there when he was done in Kedrick.

“China!” a female called out.

“Abbie!” China rushed to her and gave her a hug. “Thank you for everything. Come meet my heart-match.”

China and Abbie returned, and he shook her hand. “Abbie’s our pride match-maker,” China said. “She tried to match Benecio and saw a vision that included someone’s death. It also involved me. She didn’t know who was going to die, only that me coming to meet him would end with bloodshed.”

Oz hummed. “I didn’t realize that match-making was so prophetic.”

“It’s really not. I think the circumstances were just so strange and awful that I got a little boost from what my power would normally do when it comes to matches. I’d hoped to find a match for Benecio to get his mind off of Demi, but instead I saw someone dying, I just didn’t know who it was,” Abbie said.

“You set off a chain of events,” he said, looking at China. “If you hadn’t shown up, he wouldn’t have tried to kill you and I wouldn’t have killed him instead.”

“If you hadn’t been here,” she said, shaking her head and shivering. Oz put his arm around her and drew her close.

“I was here, though. And you’re safe.”

“Thank goodness.”

“What are your plans?” Abbie asked.

“We haven’t had time to talk much, but I’m going to go with him to Indiana. He’s interim alpha. We’re meeting Duke and my parents at my house and I’m going to pack up some things to take. I don’t know when we’ll be back, or what the future holds, but I’m really happy with how it all turned out.”

“I’m thrilled for you, my dear,” Abbie said.

The two embraced again and then Abbie left with the two males.

“Ready?” Oz asked.

“Yeah.”

They walked to the truck, and he opened the passenger door and helped her into the back row. He climbed up and sat next to her. “Give me your address and I’ll pop it into the GPS,” Angel said as he turned on the truck. The massive engine roared to life, making the whole vehicle vibrate a little.

China rattled off her address and then settled back in the seat, tucking her hair behind her ears. “This has been a super crazy day.”

“It has, but with a happy ending.”

“That’s the best kind of ending,” China said. She tipped her face up to his for a kiss and he willingly gave it to her, complete with a purr from his lion who was the happiest furry fucker on the planet.

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