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“Mind if we take this little guy to meet the family?”
    “I’m surpris ed they aren’t in here already,” she laughed. “I need to apologize to both Willow and Xavier.”
    “Why Xavier?” Maverick knew she had to apologize to her sister for growling and kicking her out.
    “I told W illow he got taken down by a girl.”
    “I missed that. You mean he has a new girl?”
    “No . I mean, when I went out on the porch to wait for him, I found him sprawled across the lawn and pinned to the ground by a female police officer. She’s the one that drove us here.”
    “ You’re kidding, right?”
    “ Nope. Come on I’m sure if you ask, he’ll tell you the whole story.”
    “ If I were him, I’d lie about the whole incident. Seriously, a woman took him down?”
    “ Yup, and she was no bigger than Willow or me.”
    “Shifter?”
    “Don’t think so,” Rory smiled.
    Maverick laid the sleeping baby in Rory’s arms, ignoring her protests, “I can walk Maverick.” She was annoyed that he insisted she ride in the wheel chair. Shifters healed quickly. By that afternoon, she would be back to normal. For now, he needed for her to allow him to indulge her. She had just given him the ultimate gift. He wheeled her out into the waiting room. As he had expected, his entire family was there. His mother was just coming in the door and rushed past the others to greet the newest Cheveyo.
    “I’m really too young to be a grandmother you know?” she said while bending to pull back the blanket.
    “Mom , meet Maddox.”
    “Maddox , it’s a boy?”
    “ Hey, Nina was right,” Ranger said. Maverick noticed for the first time that his family was not alone.
    A small woman in uniform was surrounded by his brothers. Rory smiled at the female. “Maverick, this is Nina, the officer I was telling you about.” Rory was trying to contain her laughter.
    “ Nice work Rory. He’s beautiful,” Nina said stepping forward with Ranger close behind.
    “ Nina, my wife tells me you drove her here… among other things.”
    “You told him about that too? Will I ever live this down?” Xavier exclaimed.
    “NO !” the men shouted.
    “ It was my pleasure. Hotshot here was in no condition to drive.”
    “Hotshot?” Maverick asked raising an eyebrow . Nina just shrugged.
    Maverick watched as the family all fussed and cooed over his son. The pride that filled him was greater than he could ever imagine.
     
    “ Maverick, I hate to do this, but I need you for about an hour. That is if it’s alright with Rory,” Royal said as he slid his finger into the hand of the squirming bundle in Rory’s arms in an affectionate gesture.
    “ Why, what happened?” Maverick looked to his wife for permission. Royal may have been his Alpha and his father, but his priorities had shifted.
    “ We need to meet with Malcolm Blackwell.”
    “ The Mage, why? Has one of theirs been taken?”
    “ In a manner of speaking, yes. Nina is Malcolm’s daughter.”
    Nina smiled at the huge man while noting how much Maverick, Ryder, and Ranger looked alike.
    “Xavier , what did you do?” Maverick barked. Yup, he was Alpha alright. Nina thought with a laugh.
    “I d idn’t do anything. It was Ranger.”
    “Ranger ?” Maverick swung his head around to look at his brother. He watched as Ranger took Nina by the shoulders and hauled her back against him. “Oh shit!” he said. He realized immediately what the possessive movement meant.
    “I don’t know why everybody keeps saying that?” Nina quipped shaking her head. “Seriously Maverick, I’m not that bad.”
    “I … I’m sorry. I didn’t mean. So she’s your…?”
    “ His mate, yeah,” Nina  felt Rangers pull. There was no way she wanted to be discussing this. She was a girl of action and the action, she wanted to take needed to be done without an audience.
    “ Royal?” Gemma squawked and looked to her mate for conformation. Rory was unsuccessfully trying to stifle a laugh.
    “Yes dear . It would seem