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apartment complex’s parking lot was nearly full, but they found an empty space toward the back.
    They closed the doors carefully so the noise wouldn’t disturb anyone and left the truck unlocked.  Then Ray and his brother walked quickly to the front of the building.
    There were a ton of buttons.  He and Wes scanned them quickly and found a lot of Jamisons.  His finger hovered over an S. Jamison, but Wes grabbed his wrist.  “I think it’s this one,” he said, pointing to an empty one next to a C. Jamison.
    Ray looked at him.  “Why do you think it’s that one? The name is missing.”
    “Exactly.  I think it’s because she’s going to be mated soon and they’re moving her out of this place.”
    “What if she’s moved already?”  Ray felt like his stomach had dropped into his feet.
    “I don’t think so, or Melody wouldn’t have been addressing a thank you card to her at this address.  She’s got twelve brothers.  Maybe the ‘S’ is one of them, and if we push that button then we might wake him up and make problems for her.”
    Ray hesitated.  He didn’t want that at all.  Exhaling loudly, he said, “Okay.  Blank button it is.”
    The buzzing sound was so loud he cringed, wondering if everyone in the building had heard it.  His heart began to pound as they waited.  He half-expected police cars to show up, or some of the pack members, who would escort them out of town, but the only thing that happened was nothing.
    And then…a miracle.
    “Hello?”  Scarlett’s sleepy voice came over the intercom and Ray could have cried in relief at finally hearing her again.
    “Scarlett, it’s us.  I mean it’s Ray and Wes Fiero.”
    There was a significant pause and he looked at Wes in concern.
    “I’ll buzz you in. Turn right in the foyer and come to the hallway.  I’ll buzz you through the security door.  My apartment is the last on the right, A13.”
    Ray could have hollered in victory, but he wasn’t going to be an idiot.  The front door clicked and Wes pulled it open.  They hustled inside, turning right.  As they drew near a security door, he tugged on it and it opened easily.  Wes walked through and Ray made sure the heavy door didn’t slam shut and alert anyone they were there.  Only a long hallway separated them from their mate.  They couldn’t walk fast enough.
     
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    Wes kept pace behind Ray as they moved down the hallway as quickly, but as quietly, as they could.  The doors all looked the same except for the gold numbers in the center of each one, just underneath the peepholes.
    The last door on the right swung open before they could knock and she urged them to come in quickly, closing the door silently once they were inside.
    She was panting for breath and he could scent the fear coursing through her.  “How did you find me? What are you doing here?”  She folded her arms around her middle in a hug, fisting the thin t-shirt she was wearing until her knuckles turned white.
    “We’re here because you’re ours, Scarlett.  Tell me you fucking know that,” Ray said, his tone demanding but with a hint of worry.
    Her eyes widened and her head tilted slightly.  For a moment she said nothing, and time hung suspended between them.  Suddenly she launched herself at them.  It was no hardship to catch her and bring her close.  Wes had dreamed about holding her again for so long that he felt like he was still in some kind of insanity-induced fantasy.  But no, the beauty from his dreams was here in the flesh.
    Ray pressed against her back and the two of them caged her between them in an embrace that was new yet old at the same time.  She shivered as her body pressed against Wes’s, one arm tight around his neck and the other fisting Ray’s shirt.
    “I can’t believe you’re here,” she whispered, her voice thick with emotion.  “I dreamed you’d come.”
    Wes stroked her hair and met Ray’s eyes.  “We’re here now, but we know it’s not