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not. Do you know how to get this thing off of me?” Carter held his arm up, showing of his latest fashion piece.
    Teaky looked shocked, and then he quickly masked it. His head bowed with a nod as he looked at Carter’s wrist. “How did you…did Ahm put that on you?”
    Carter nodded.
    Teaky examined the trinket, holding Carter’s hand as he turned his wrist. “I think I can. Hold on.” Teaky let go of his arm and left the bedroom.
    Carter continued to pack until Teaky came back into the room, a small key in his hand. “Let me try this.” Carter gave his best friend his hand, watched as Teaky inserted it and the bracelet fell free. The feeling of total freedom once again washed over Carter. He hugged the man to him, placing a quick 58
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    thank-you kiss on his cheek. “Thank you.” He shoved the bracelet in his pocket, telling himself he was going to bury it as soon as he got back. No one should be held prisoner like that.
    He wasn’t going to leave it lying about so someone else could get trapped in it. Although the idea did cross his mind to slap it around Shanta’s damn wrist.
    It would teach him to judge people just because they didn’t mate within their own race.
    Barbaric bastard.
    Teaky wrapped his arms around Carter, pulling him close. “I’m going to miss you,” he whispered into Carter’s ear.
    Carter hesitated, Teaky had never acted this way before. It made him extremely uncomfortable. He cleared his throat, pushing at Teaky’s chest, and stepping away from his roommate. “Well, I have to go. I’ll visit.”
    He grabbed his bag and tossed it over his shoulder, taking one last look at his bedroom and his best friend. He had other things that needed to be carried out, but he’d enlist the help of the brothers for that. Teaky stood there with a stoic expression, but Carter knew it was a façade.
    He chose to ignore it as he walked toward the bedroom door.
    “You done?” Law and Dagon stepped into the room, Law eyeing Teaky, a look of disapproval crossing his face.
    “Yep, I’m done.” The brothers, along with Teaky, helped him carry his things to the SUV. They filled the back of it up, Carter taking a last look around before closing the back of the vehicle.
    How had things changed so drastically? Not only was his tribe trying to adjust to a new environment, the one they left behind having been their home since the dawn of their existence, but now he was leaving it to start a whole new life somewhere else…again.
    He felt displaced. Where did he really belong? Since the war, home hadn't felt like home. And then when they moved here, he never really unpacked his things.

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    Would he ever get a sense of home again?
    He had no one now. His family was dead and he was leaving his best friend and tribe. He didn’t even feel like he really had a mate.
    Not with the way Tryck was acting.
    So who did he have?
    Carter climbed into the SUV, watching the village he once thought of calling home as it slowly slipped away.
    They made it back to Brac territory, pulling into the gravel drive.
    Carter stared up at the enormous house, a place that was now his permanent home. It looked more like a prison to him rather than welcoming arms.
    He ignored the feeling and pulled his things from the vehicle, the other mates coming out to help. He had them put his belongings into Tryck’s room, a room he wasn’t so sure he was welcomed in anymore after his harsh words.
    “Thanks.” He gave a weak smile to the mates that had helped him.
    “You are welcome.” Keata smiled up at him. “Come to den later.
    We play games.”
    Carter smiled at the little man. “I will.” Well, at least he had the mates to pass the time with. It seemed as though Tryck had disappeared.
    He didn’t blame the guy.
    Who would want to stick around and be insulted again? His fight for freedom had backfired on him, and now he was going to pay the price for it.
    Carter yearned to be back in Tryck's arms, to be