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apartment isn’t all that nice. Maybe we should invite her to stay with us, and Louisa and Beau-”
    “Honey,” Mr. Bamey said more firmly as he sat up in bed and rubbed the back of his neck. “The power ain’t gonna go out. You’re working yourself up over nothing, Charlotte. Come back to bed.”
    Mrs. Bamey bit her bottom lip, glancing towards the window once more. Something didn’t feel right. Something was going to happen. Her nerves were on edge and she knew she couldn’t get any sleep tonight.
    “What about Lorcan and Presley?” She asked. “Presley doesn’t need to be in the cold right now.”
    “Lorcan is plenty capable of taking care of her,” Mr. Bamey replied as he pushed the covers away from his body and stood. “Charlotte, Baby Doll you’re worrying too much and that’s worrying me.”
    “I’m sorry,” she huffed, closing her eyes. “I can’t make it stop. I haven’t felt this nervous since….” Her voice drifted off. She wouldn’t let her mind wander that far back into the past. She couldn’t.
    Mr. Bamey’s arms wrapped around her as he pulled her against his chest and pressed his lips against her forehead.
    “Nothing like that will ever happen again,” he promised quietly. “Breslin can try, but he’ll never destroy Kadenburg. As long as I have a breath in my body, I’ll keep you safe.”
    “I’m not worried about me,” Mrs. Bamey promised in a small whisper. “I’m worried about our family. Who knows what Breslin is planning right now…..”
    “It’ll be all right,” Mr. Bamey stated reassuringly as he ran his fingers through her hair in an attempt to comfort her. “There are more of us than there are of them. We’ve got Dimitri and Rutley, and Greg too. Nobody’s going to infiltrate this town again.”
    Mrs. Bamey tensed in his arms then, and Mr. Bamey pulled back to gaze at her. He saw the fear in her wide eyes as her mouth fell open.
    “What is it, Charlotte?” He asked quietly. “What do you feel now?”
    The lights flickered off and on before the room went dark. Mrs. Bamey’s anxious breaths filled her husband’s ears as she clung to him.
    “They already have,” she whimpered. “Something is already here.”
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    “W hat in the hell are we supposed to do with that ?!” Dimitri asked angrily as he pointed towards the living room.
    “I don’t know. Maybe let her stay the night so she won’t freeze to death?” Rutley scowled, crossing his arms over his chest. “Jesus, Dim. Do you take me for a heartless prick who tosses girls out in the middle of a snowstorm?”
    “She bought a fucking kerosene heater. It’s not like she’s going to freeze,” Dimitri growled. “She has no reason to be here. And how did she even find us, huh? Did you stop to think about that or were you too busy getting a stiffy over her scent?”
    “Oh, fuck you!” Rutley spat with a roll of his eyes. “It has nothing to do with that. I’m just trying to be a hospitable Tennessean-which you obviously know nothing about, you freaking uptight douche.”
    Dimitri had the mouthy beta pinned against the wall in an instant, baring his fangs as his eyes began to glow.
    “If you ever speak to me like that again, I promise I’ll rip your tongue out,” Dimitri muttered. “She’s not staying.”
    Rutley held the wolf’s gaze, his eyes glowing in response as his fingertips dug into Dimitri’s side. The tension between them was ridiculous. As angry as Dimitri wanted to be with him, he couldn’t. All he could think about was Rutley moaning his name as their bodies rubbed together less than an hour beforehand.
    “Fine. You can throw her out then.”
    “No problem,” Dimitri promised as he stepped back. The lustful memories dispersed immediately and anger took over. The room suddenly went dark and he growled in frustration. “Turn the fucking light back on, Rut.”
    “I didn’t turn it off.” Rutley replied in annoyance.
    “Hey!” The female’s