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“I’m really good,” I whispered. “They’re my pack.”
She laughed. “I would hope so.”
“No, Mom. They’remy pack. When my heat kicked in, so did the scent matches. They already knew, but hadn’t told me because—” I cut myself off. The six of us hadn’t talked about how we would break that particular news to my family. If we would be up front and honest about how we met or keep a white lie in place.
I didn’t want to say anything more before I talked to them.
But mom stared at me in utter shock. She was quiet for so long I thought I might have broken her. But then she was standing, her eyes filled with tears as she sat beside me and pulled me into a hug. “Oh, Isolde, I’m so happy for you.”
“Really?”
“Yes.” She swatted my arm. “I’m a bit sad someone’s going to take you away from me again when you just got back, but you deserve this kind of happiness.”
I really smiled then. “I’m not going far. You know that house up on the cliff?”
“Yes.”
“It’s their house.”
“No it’s not.”
“It is. I came out of the heat haze and wandered outside and nearly lost my head.”
Mom took one of my hands in both of hers. “That’s such good news.”
“Do you think Ellie will care if I don’t stay here?”
“I think if your sister were here she’d be pushing you out of the house faster than I will. As long as you’re here for the rehearsal on Friday, and you know, the actual wedding.”
I huffed a laugh. “Don’t worry, I wouldn’t miss it. I’m glad the heat didn’t happen later.”
“Ellie would have understood.”
“I still would have felt bad, though.”
Mom stood and crossed to her desk, pressing a button to call one of the staff. “Where is your pack?”
“They’re packing everything up in the suite.”
“So you have time to talk for a bit? We haven’t had a chance.”
One of the staff stepped in and mom ordered a tea tray.
They wouldn’t care if I spent time with my mom. I nearly rolled my eyes at the automatic thought. There had been times with Beau where spending time with my family had been an issue. That worry was long gone. “Yeah, I can do that.”
“Good. I want to hear more, because I know my daughter, and even over those video calls, I know there’s a lot you haven’t told me.”
I made an innocent face. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
“We’ll see. But first, tell me more aboutthem.”
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
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CADE
It didn’t take us long to pack everything up and get it into the car. Not with all five of us here. Geoffrey told us Isolde was still with her mom, and that was fine with us.
