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concerned.
    Leonora stood staring at him with her hand pressed against the door.
    “What?” he asked.
    “Held many babies in your life?”
    “Not that I can remember.”
    “Huh.” She stepped into the restroom.
    Arnold stood waiting outside the door for a moment, and then realized he could be using his time more productively. He needed to be getting caffeine into him, for one thing, and he didn’t want to spend another ten minutes dawdling in the store when Leonora was done. He wanted to be back on the road as quickly as possible.
    Stepping in front of the drink coolers, he called up to the bored clerk, “Can I just make a pile on the counter? I’d get a basket, but I’ve only got one free hand.”
    “Yeah. Sure.”
    He grabbed some sodas, cold coffee drinks, and juices. Packs of nuts, jerky, and dried fruit. He was squinting at the display of prepared sandwiches trying to make out the expiration dates when Leonora emerged from the bathroom hall.
    “Let me have her.” She held out her arms.
    She’d fixed her hair a bit. Her pale ponytail was straighter, and face a bit dewy. She’d likely cleaned up the best she could using the sink.
    “I bet you’d love a hot shower,” he said.
    “ Excuse me?”
    He slid the case open and pulled out what looked like the newest two sandwiches. “A hot shower. You were tromping through the woods with a baby. I’m sure you’d like a hot shower and a soft bed.”
    “Oh. I thought you were trying to tell me I smell.”
    “I’m doing all I can not to sniff you on purpose.”
    “Because I stink of my mate, right?”
    He ground his teeth and gave a slow nod as he straightened up. “Yeah. That’s why.”
    Basically a lie. The mate scent was the least of her issues. Her milk scent was driving him to distraction. The fact of the matter, though, was that she was some other wolf’s mate, and her baby was some other wolf’s problem.
    He gave Kinzy to her. “Want anything in particular? I’m going to check out.”
    “Um.” Leonora scanned around her, then shrugged. “Just water, I guess. Need to stay hydrated.”
    “Right.”
    Because she’s nursing.
    She padded away, cooing at Kinzy as she went, and Arnold backtracked to the drink coolers.
    His phone buzzed as he grabbed two water bottles by their necks. He shifted everything to one arm and rooted his phone out of his pocket as he walked to the counter.
    “Yeah?” he said after accepting the call.
    “Gods, Arnold. Where the hell are you?”
    Petra .
    He grunted and set the new items in front of the clerk. “Actually, I’m glad you called. Could you tell A—” He’d been about to say Alpha , but the clerk was staring Arnold right in his damn mouth. “Uh. Adam . Tell Adam I’m bringing someone back? Clear it with him?”
    “I asked you a question.”
    “I’m near the border in Colorado.”
    “Doing what?”
    “I’ll explain when I get back.”
    “You had a vision, didn’t you?” His sister’s tone was only half accusing, which meant she was probably in a good mood. He’d worried about her when he’d taken off in a rush. She’d been recovering from severe injuries. Normally, he wouldn’t have abandoned her to near-strangers—and especially not in a brand new pack—but his visions didn’t wait. He’d had to act.
    “Yeah, I did,” he said. He rooted out his wallet and watched the total price tick higher and higher.
    Gonna have to get a job sooner than later.
    Petra sighed. “When should we expect you?”
    “Trying to get there before nightfall, for obvious reasons.”
    “Is the person you’re bringing back aware of your obvious reasons?”
    “Yep,” he said.
    “Does this person have his or her own obvious reasons?”
    “Yep.”
    “Gotcha. I’ll tell Adam. Be careful.”
    “I always am.” He ended the call and stuffed the phone back into his pocket just as the clerk looked at him expectantly.
    Arnold sighed and swiped his debit card.
    If his new alpha didn’t place him into a gig