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“I didn’t do your bathroom,” Dani told her.
Kammie nodded. “Let’s start there.” She tugged Row with her down the hallway. When they were out of sight, Dani whispered, “The alphas are having a going-away party for Kammie tonight. When they stop by in order for Kammie to leave the pack, we need to go into the house with them.”
“How nice,” her mom whispered back. “I’ll just tell them that I want to meet the alphas because of you.”
“You’ll like them. Brynn is very down-to-earth and Acksel’s not too bad, either. We’d like you to stay with us tonight, Mom.”
She hummed. “So I can make you my famous chocolate chip waffles tomorrow morning?”
“That’s what I’m hoping for,” Dani said.
Her mom kissed her cheek and smiled fondly. “Whatever my baby girl wants.”
Dani cast her blue eyes to Adam and winked.
They spent the rest of the day packing. By the time they were ready to leave for dinner, everything was in boxes, except the sheets on the bed, two coffee cups, and the coffee maker.
“You can take whatever’s left in the fridge and pantry,” Kammie said as she buckled up in Row’s SUV. Dani was sitting between Adam and her mom, and he put his arm around his mate and squeezed lightly.
“Thanks, Kam,” Adam said.
Row parked in front of the alphas’ house, which was dark. “I’ll leave the SUV on so you guys don’t freeze out here.”
“I’d like to meet the alphas,” Dani’s mom said.
Row turned in his seat. “Why?”
“I’ve never met alphas before. Plus, I’d like to meet the people who run the pack that Dani’s a part of now.”
“I’m not really in the pack,” Dani pointed out, “since I’m not a wolf.”
“But you’re going to be working with Adam as a steward, and…oh really, do I have to explain myself? I’m your mother and I said I’m going,” she said, her voice huffing at the end.
Kammie chuckled. “It’s fine with me. Brynn’s really sweet.”
“I’m sure she is,” Alice said.
Row helped Kammie and his mom out of the SUV. Adam made sure that Dani didn’t slip getting out, and kept a firm grip on her elbow as they walked up the sidewalk. Kammie rang the bell. After a long moment, Acksel opened the front door and said, “Come on in,” then disappeared into the darkness.
As soon as Kammie crossed the threshold, an overhead light clicked on and a cheer rose up from the crowd that had gathered to say goodbye to her.
“So that’s why you didn’t need to explain yourself?” Row asked his mom.
She winked. “Sue me for liking surprises.”
Brynn and Acksel stood in the center of the front room, with a group of other wolves gathered around them. Brynn said, “We’re sorry to see you go, Kammie, and we wanted you to know that you’ll be missed greatly.”
Brynn and Kammie hugged, and Brynn pulled Kammie away from Row and into the crowd of pack members.
When Brynn had contacted Adam and Dani about the going-away party, she had told him that some of the protectors were going to be cooking and serving at the party. Her reasoning was that they should understand a little of what the omegas went through to put on a party and take care of others. Adam wasn’t sure that spending a couple hours making a cake or cutting up carrots for a veggie tray would make a difference to the males, but he was all for anything that helped even out the workload a little.
Adam took a moment to introduce Dani’s mom to Brynn and Acksel as the crowd mingled. When Jeremiah and Honey appeared a little while later, he and Adam chatted while Honey and Dani talked like the best friends they were becoming.
“Without Dani, I wouldn’t have become a steward,” he said to Jeremiah.
“I was actually planning to ask Acksel if you could join us anyway. I wasn’t sure you’d like the idea, but I thought you would be a good fit. Turned out I was right on both counts.”
“I like working with the retirees, and I especially like working with Dani. She’s so happy here.”
