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blindfold. The tape was removed first, a hand holding the blindfold in place. Then I was hugged, Angel first, then Elisabeth, then each of the other women. After the hugs, Lara and I were urged slowly forward a little further, and my hand was placed on a wooden railing. We stepped forward until we were leaning against the railing.
    Then, at the same time, the music was turned off, the ear buds pulled out of my ears, and the blindfold raised from my eyes.
    I blinked in the bright morning light.
    We were standing on a wooden deck. Out in front of us, but below, were the tops of trees. I realized we were near the top of a hill. And beyond the trees, I saw the Apostle Islands.
    I glanced at Lara. She looked confused. “We’re in Bayfield,” I said. “Well, just north of it. That’s Lake Superior.”
    I turned around. We were at someone’s house, a large, beautiful house. The women were watching us carefully while smiling broadly. I looked around, and I recognized my outdoor furniture from my house in Bayfield. I’d left everything there when I’d given the house to the enforcers last year. It all looked cheap compared to the grand house.
    I looked at Elisabeth, then Angel, and they couldn’t have looked more pleased with themselves.
    I started to cry.
    Lara didn’t understand yet.
    “You rented a house for the week?” she asked.
    “No, Lara. They didn’t rent it. They bought it. And I think they’re giving it to us.”
    “Technically,” Elisabeth said. “It belongs to the pack and is held for the alphas. But yes.”
    “Everyone in the pack chipped in. Some more than others,” Angel said.
    “The council bought the land across the road,” Elisabeth explained. “It connects all the way to the rest of our property out of town. As long as you cross the roads carefully, you can run from here all the way there, the whole way on pack land.”
    “It is fairly isolated,” Karen said. “There are no immediate neighbors, and we’ve been doing everything we can to buy all the immediate land.”
    “Vivian bought the parcel to the north,” Elisabeth said. “Dominick has the piece south of us. All told, pack owns almost three quarters of a mile of lake front.”
    “Michaela,” said Angel. “We know you miss the water. Even being at the lands Lara bought, while good, wasn’t the same.”
    “We wouldn’t have done this without the connection to the land Lara bought.”
    Lara turned to her sister. “You’ve been snatching up the land I’ve been trying to buy!”
    Elisabeth grinned. “Yes.”
    “No way did you have this kind of money,” Lara said.
    “I was tired of running the grocery stores,” she said. “I sold them. And I am about to sell the shares I just won from you when she cried.”
    “Have the enforcers searched the house?” I asked.
    “Before we let you out of the car,” Elisabeth said.
    “Then I want a tour. But first.” I grabbed Angel into a hug, then Elisabeth and all the rest. “Thank you.” I started crying again. “Is there access to the water?”
    “Yes,” Elisabeth said. “Over the hill, but you need to ask the owner.”
    “Who?”
    “Me, as soon as I sell the rest of the grocery stores. But today we’ll drive to Bayfield to go kayaking.”
    “Angel, may I have a tour?”
    She grabbed my hand and pulled me away. Elisabeth took Lara. They went in one direction; we went in another, Scarlett following behind.
    The house was rustic, in keeping with its environment, and huge. The kitchen was amazing. “Mom designed it,” Angel said. The living room had an amazing view of the lake. Also on the main floor was a generous bathroom and two offices, side by side, one clearly for me, one for Lara.
    “We gave her the lake view, because when she sits in there, she’ll see the lake you love and think of you. We gave you the side facing the woods so you’ll see the woods and think of her.”
    Downstairs was a recreation room and two bedrooms plus utility room, laundry, and storage.