  I need to have somewhere to go because I&quot;m not going to live the lone wolf lifestyle. My best bet is to get a place in my uncle&quot;s pack even if it&quot;s only temporary, at least it&quot;ll be something. If you don&quot;t want to come with me to this ceremony and maybe try and get yourself an alliance out of this then fine. But I will be going in the hope of increasing my odds of getting a place in that pack because the alternative is taking a chance being out there on my own and that&quot;s not acceptable to me.&quot;
  He could tell her the truth of why he didn&quot;t want her to go to the ceremony, he could, but now wasn&quot;t the time or the place. Alright that was in
  fact an excuse but it was an excuse he was sticking to. Rather than piss her off any further, he went to her and tugged her to him. &quot;I didn&quot;t think of it that way. If you want us to go, we&quot;l

  Danica&quot;s uncle and his mate were a lot warmer toward her than Gio had been expecting. They seemed pleased to see her and they were happy and relieved to know that she was away from Carrick. If her uncle had anything to do with it, she would definitely be welcome here if she asked to join the pack. In fact, the damn Alpha would probably be just as welcoming. He had been staring at Danica for most of the evening and it was beginning to seriously piss Gio off. Had she not made Gio promise to &lsquo;behave&quot; seen as he was apparently intimidating enough, he would have threatened to gut the ogling bastard. Even his promise to her wouldn&quot;t have stopped him if the
  Alpha hadn&quot;t been so careful not to cross any lines. It was only then, as he sat lounging on one of the reclined deckchairs, sipping beer and watching her play with some of the pups that Gio realized he had secr

  Gio kept her just as close when they slid into the backseat of the car, sensing that she was feeling a little off-kilter due to the bag that she was staring at as if it was a ticking bomb. He gave her the comfort she needed and would probably never have asked for, running the tips of his fingers along her bare upper arm and rubbing his jaw along her temple.
  &quot;Well, does it feel good to finally have the alliance you&quot;ve been wanting so badly?&quot; she asked, forcing her gaze away from the bag. She wouldn&quot;t have thought being given a gift from her mom would have made her feel anything but incredibly happy, but this particular gift had had a purpose.
  Her mom had been starting a fund for her so that when Danica and Zan were ready to begin their life together they would have some money to help them along. And that was why Danica was as unreasonable as it might be feeling g

I need to have somewhere to go because I&quot;m not going to live the lone wolf lifestyle. My best bet is to get a place in my uncle&quot;s pack even if it&quot;s only temporary, at least it&quot;ll be something. If you don&quot;t want to come with me to this ceremony and maybe try and get yourself an alliance out of this then fine. But I will be going in the hope of increasing my odds of getting a place in that pack because the alternative is taking a chance being out there on my own and that&quot;s not acceptable to me.&quot;
  He could tell her the truth of why he didn&quot;t want her to go to the ceremony, he could, but now wasn&quot;t the time or the place. Alright that was in
  fact an excuse but it was an excuse he was sticking to. Rather than piss her off any further, he went to her and tugged her to him. &quot;I didn&quot;t think of it that way. If you want us to go, we&quot;ll go.&quot;
  &quot;Really?&quot; she drawled, suspicion dripping from the word.
  &quot;Really.&q

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