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"I need tonight and tomorrow off" The words were forced out past the violent e his throat

Hawke frowned "We’re already going to be down a few people with Eli and Yuki taking Sakura to Disneyland too to visit her parents for a couple of days"

"One night, one day," Andrew repeated It was all he trusted himself to say

Hawke’s pale blue eyes drilled into hi out at the corners "Go," his alpha finally said "And if you need Pack, don’t be a dipshit and try to hack it alone Call me"

Pack was One Pack was faht now, he wanted to be alone It fucking hurt that Indigo had chosen soed that off and continued to court her, to challenge Riaz for the right to her, if he hadn’t seen that glowing expression on her face during the run, heard her laughter after it

Riaz made her happy

Really, truly happy, with none of the worry or anger that colored her relationship with Andrew

And though the knowledge had his wolf clawing violently at the inside of his skin, Andreould slit his own throat before he did anything to savage her happiness--as would inevitably happen if he saw her touch the other ain control over the violence of his e his abilities as the pack’s tracker to spill SnowDancer blood

Most people tended to forget that the tracker was also trained to kill the rogues he tracked Andrew never did It hy he hadn’t shifted, didn’t intend to shift until he had a handle on hiave in to theHawke’s office without another word, he walked down the tunnels with his head bent, not inviting conversation

He didn’t count on Ben

The five-year-old barreled around the corner and wrapped his baby-soft ar face lifted up to his, absolute trust in those dark, button brown eyes

Andrew could no more squelch that joy than he could cut Indy out of his heart "Mr Ben" Bending, he picked the sweet-natured boy up and turned hihter attracted the attention of passing packmates, made smiles break out on their faces Andrew smiled, too, but his heart was too bruised to ht side up, he settled the boy on his arm, his eyes on Ben’s soft fleece paja toward Ben’s home

A nod, one ar led his head into the curve of Andrew’s neck, sitting patiently until they reached the open doorway of his home "Knock, knock," Andrew said "I have an escapee to return"

Ben’sher head "Slippery littleBen, she sent Andrew a s my little man back"

Andrew nodded and was about to leave when Ben said, "Wait! I wanna give Drew so out of his mother’s arms, he ran to the back of the apart when there was a cry fro area "Oh, that’s the baby," she said "I better go pick her up"

Andrew stayed in the doorway as she did so "How’s Ben with her?"

"He plays with her for hours" Ava’s cheeks dilanced over her shoulder "Such patience my Benny has, you wouldn’t believe it"

Ben tus would take him When Andrew crouched in front of hiure of aimprobable muscles "Thanks"

"It makes me happy when I play with it" Ben tapped him on the cheek with one baby-soft pal eyes and wondered who Ben was going to grow into Whoever thatthe whole pack would be damned proud of him "Yeah? Okay"