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“It was only my second time. Once out of two times isn’t a bad average.”
“Ugh.”
“To be fair, I did mention my lack of cooking skills and my complete ineptitude around any kind of kitchen equipment.” Lucy laughed.
“I just asked you to flip the sandwich. I didn’t think that you could do any damage doing that.”
“Surprise,” Lucy said.
The forgotten sandwich started to burn, filling the kitchen with smoke. Clara rushed over and pulled it off.
“You’re a menace,” Clara said, in mock seriousness, shaking her finger at Lucy.
“Thank you.”
Lucy smiled. She really liked Clara. It would be hard to leave her when it was time to go back to Livingston.
They were about to leave for the night when Dean called.
“What’s up?”
“We are on our way back home,” Dean said, his voice tight with anxiety.
“We?” Lucy asked, her heart sinking at the thought that Micah would leave without saying goodbye.
“There was an incident,” Dean said. “I was on the phone in my room talking to Father about the upcoming ceremony. Apparently, Alexis had been in the hallway and overheard the conversation. She busted into my room and started yelling that she knew that I was a shifter. She told me she was going to call the hunters and that they were going to kill me.”
“Oh, no. what did you do?”
“I forced her to write a letter to her brothers, telling them that she had fallen in love and was leaving town, and to not try to find her. Then, I took her out through the back door.”
“Dean, what have you done? What are you going to do with her?”
“I did the only think that I could have done. I can fight a couple of hunters, but not an army of them. Plus, if she told everyone that I’m a shifter, they would come after you and Micah, too. I’m taking her back to Montana.”
“And then what?”
“I guess I’ll keep her at the cabin until I can figure things out,” he said. “She’ll learn to live with shifters and be happy about it, or she’ll stay in the cabin. I really don’t care.”
Lucy sat heavily on the stool, completely flabbergasted. This was the last thing in the world that she would expect from Dean. She had no idea what to say.
“Luc, are you there?”
“I’m here. Just be careful.”
“I will. I wish you and Micah the best of luck.”
Clara’s face was ghostly white. Lucy was worried that she was about to pass out.
“Did I hear that right? Your friend kidnapped Alexis Faison?”
“You heard correctly,” Lucy said, grimly.
“I can’t believe that. Do you know what kind of trouble that is going to cause?”
Trying to stay positive, Lucy said, “Hopefully, none. Maybe her brothers will buy the explanation.”
“I don’t know,” Clara said. “Maybe they will. She does have a history of falling in love with every good looking man who crosses her path. And it’s not like that family has much of a close bond. Everyone talked about how they practically celebrated when their folks were killed because that meant they got their inheritance. Money was the only thing that connected them.”
