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It took three days for Frankie to finish the hellhorse sculpture, but it was a further two days before she illing to lue was dry Trick hadn’t been happy about the delay, but he’d surprised her by not voicing his frustration During that tiraduallyher coinally planned to sell the house, but Makenna asked if she would be willing to rent it out to a fereed and intended to leave much of the furniture for her new tenant, ouldn’t beinto the house until the Drake situation had been taken care of

According to Trey, Morelli had sounded pissed on hearing that Drake had harmed her So pissed, in fact, that he’d cut the asshole coain, Drake was a lone shifter Or so Morelli said, anyway Neither Frankie nor Trick was convinced of that

When the day finally arrived that the sculpture could be moved, Trick and some of the Phoenix wolves cas and take her equipail looked coarden, where Frankie was supervising Ryan and Tao as they disassembled the hot tub--Trick wanted that for their balcony

Frankie slanced at the , Frankie?"

"Yeah I forgot to mention it on the phone" More accurately, she’d been a little distracted by Trick’s tongue stabbing into her pussy "This is Ryan and Tao, by the way"

The antisocial Ryan did no runt Tao, not a fan of humans or anyone outside his pack, ail asked her "Please say New York, because it willover here to see you And who is that guy who just escorted me out here?"

Frankie led her into the kitchen as she explained "Marcus is a friend ofin California I’ail’s mouth fell open "Shifter territory?"

"Yes I found one on and, uail settled on a stool "I have tient shook her head "Wow Do your grandparents know that the wolf claimed you?"

"Not yet But they’ll know it’s prettyof theood to you?"

Frankie nodded "Very He badly wanted to claim me from the start, just like any shifter would do if they found their mate But he was so patient with me Didn’t push Didn’t try toiail whispered

"Maybe"

Abigail lightly tapped a hand on the table "Well, I’d like to meet him before you show me your latest sculpture Is he here?"

"Yep He’s in the studio" Frankie walked ahead of her as they made their way into the studio, where he and a few others werethe last of her equipment "Trick?"