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happy about it or not,
has caused some of those worries and doubts to resurface.”
    Fane continued to pace back and forth across
the room. His mind was replaying Decebel’s words over and over
again as he considered the truth that was in the Alpha’s
suggestion. It was true that Fane was over the moon about their
baby, but it was also true that he and Jacquelyn both had worries
over being young parents. They would be foolish to think that they
knew exactly what they were in for. Fane considered the things that
he had thought about in regards to being a father, things he had
pushed back because of the other worries rearing their ugly heads
once again. He made a sharp turn heading back in the opposite
direction and then his feet froze as the truth came crashing down
on him like a bucket of ice water.
    His head slowly turned to look down at
Decebel. “I understand,” he breathed out. The weight was still
there, but he finally understood what the weight was from. “Before,
when I couldn’t get past it, it was because at first I couldn’t let
go of the things I’d seen. And once I moved on from that, it was
because I felt as though I had failed my mate.”
    Decebel nodded his understanding but said
nothing.
    “And after I finally accepted that what had
happened was beyond my control, I was able to let go of the burden.
But now there is another who will fall under the cloak of my
protection. Someone small, vulnerable, and completely dependent on
me and Jacquelyn.” His voice shook as he bowed his head in
surrender. “And it scares me to death.”

     
     
     

Chapter 5

     
    J en walked briskly out of the mansion. A quick retreat was
always best when attempting to pull the wool over a wolf’s eyes.
Jen was a little surprised that Fane had bought the BS she’d been
spewing about Jacque needing space. Granted, there were definitely
times when a girl needed some breathing room from the overbearing
men they were mated to. But, in this instance, Jen knew that was
not what was going on with her friend. Jacque was in too much
turmoil over what Fane was dealing with to want space from him. If
anything, she probably wanted to be by his side, curled up in the
safety of his embrace, just to have the reassurance that―despite
his ghosts―he was still willing to let her in. For Jacque to have
closed the bond after having Fane do that very thing only a few
months ago, instead of letting his mate be what he needed, meant
she was in some sort of deep defecation. Okay, so that was a
ridiculous way to put it, but she was trying to curb her foul tongue
to be a better example for Thia. “Oh, the things we do for our
little drool factories,” she muttered as she climbed into the black
SUV that she repeatedly told her mate was ridiculously cliché’ for
werewolves to drive. He didn’t really care what she thought was
ridiculous—his words. She couldn’t repeat what she’d said back
since she was trying to tame her tongue.
    As she headed in the direction of the
Romanian pack mansion, Jen kept expecting Dec to contact her
through their bond. To her surprise, she pulled up into the
driveway without so much as a ‘get your cute butt home’. It might
have been smart of her to consider why her mate was acting out of
character, but she didn’t want to take the time. She knew it
wouldn’t be long before Fane came to the same conclusion she had
about Jacque shutting the bond, and then he would be a pissed off
Canis lupus who’d been duped by his mate’s friend—and it was not
for the first time.
    As soon as she started up the front steps to
the Romanian pack mansion, Jen let her wolf’s senses take over and
picked up Jacque’s scent. Only it wasn’t headed into the building.
Jen turned and looked out at the forest that had caused her one too
many headaches.
    “What are you up to, little Red?” she
muttered under her breath as she followed Jacque’s trail into the
forest. Jen realized, after twenty minutes of walking, that