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Are you okay? I’m on my way.”
    “No, I’m fine. Ryan is a sonofawhore. He just served me court papers. He wants joint custody of Trevor.” And…more crying. Shit, she couldn’t control herself.
    “Oh my God. He’s got some nerve, doesn’t he? Get a lawyer Shana, but try not to worry. The most he’ll be able to get is supervised visitation, right? He’s a criminal.”
    “I’ve gotta go, Katie. I just want to be with Trevor right now.” Shana disconnected the phone and sat heavily on the couch.
    She wanted to cry and hold her son tight and keep him safe. But later when he went to bed she would rage and curse her life, and her stupidity. When would things get better for her and Trevor?
    She got herself up from the couch and looked out the window in the kitchen to check on her son, and immediately froze in shock. She was yelling, “Trevor!” as she ran out the back door.
     
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    Jake saw the little boy in the yard playing. He was so happy and you could tell he was well loved. He had an innocence about him that was refreshing. He sat in a sand box making sand castles and crushing them with a toy car.
    Jake sat on his back legs and watched him play for about ten minutes when he picked up a scent on the wind. A couple yards away at the edge of the woods were two coyotes, non-shifters, waiting and watching. They were clearly hungry.
    Jake anticipated the coyotes’ movements and ran for the boy. He stood in front of his future child on all four legs and growled. Normally, the animals would flee when challenged by a much larger predator but these looked so very hungry. Apparently, they would risk going up against him.
    One coyote lunged and Jake stepped to the side and took the animal by the neck and shook, exacting a whimpering sound from it. Jake heard a little voice say, “Don’t hurt him.” Jake threw the coyote up against a nearby tree and growled at the other coyote, who quickly realized Jake was dominant before retreating. The coyotes went back into the woods, one running and the other limping.
    Jake turned and saw the boy with wide trusting eyes. Jake stood completely still as the boy began to approach. The boy put his hand out in front of Jake’s nose and let him get his scent as he said, “Thanks.” He showed no fear of the large grey wolf.
    Jake finished his sniff and licked the boy’s hand. The kid gave a lighthearted giggle and said, “Eew, yucky Jake. Keep your tongue to yourself.”
    Trevor gently patted Jake’s head and ran his hand down Jake’s back, saying, “Wow, you’re kinda soft.”
    Connor was still at the edge of the woods and Jake gave him the sign--which happened to be turning in a circle then raising his head to go back to the car. He saw Conner dip his head in ascent and turn to walk back to the car.
    In his wolf form he was pretty scary, even to his own pack, so it shocked him that this small child would sit and pet him like he was a family pet.
    As he was getting a rub, he finally let the child’s words sink in. He’d called him Jake. He couldn’t possibly know him or about his kind. This was their first meet. As he got lost in his thoughts, he heard an ear-splitting screech that sounded a lot like the word Trevor.

 
    Chapter 5
     
    Trevor saw his mom run out of the back door and he said, “Wait ma, you don’t want to scare Jake. He just saved my life.”
    That’s when he saw and, more importantly, got a big whiff of his mate. She was gorgeous, with the most enchanting shade of light brown hair, with natural blond highlights. Not to mention her brown eyes which he swore saw straight into his soul.
    Right now however she was looking at him like he was going to eat her and her son. As if he’d have room to eat them both. He’d get a terrible tummy ache.
    Jake needed to ease her fear of him so he slowly put his muzzle up to the boy’s hand and gave a big lick.
    The boy smiled, hugged him, and whispered in his ear, “I said no licking but thanks again for