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to undress and pull down the covers. With the unpredictable hours that her job required it was hard for her to maintain a relationship. If she met a man that wasn’t in some kind of public service career she found that they quickly got tired of her having to leave in the middle of a date or the night. The only serious relationship she’d had had ended over a year ago. She’d dated a police officer who was also a member of the Pack. Evan had understood the obligations she’d had as he also had the same. Lily didn’t know when it had happened but somewhere in the time they’d been seeing each other their relationship had turned more to friendship instead of them being lovers. They’d tried a little longer to bring the passion back but it had been a fruitless effort. They remained the best of friends but that was it.
    She had hope that Garrett wouldn’t be threatened by her work like some of the others. He didn’t seem like the type that’d stray because she wasn’t around. Add in the fact that he was putting his case before the start of anything with her, as he should, spoke of like-mindedness.
    That hadn’t stopped her from pulling out her favorite vibrator that morning and fantasizing that it was him pleasuring her instead of her toy. She’d climaxed hard with his name on her lips. Now she couldn’t wait to see him again. She knew that he wouldn’t be at his sister’s this morning but she could still pick up traces of his scent in the air.
    Julie came around the corner and smiled. “You better hurry or Nick’s likely to eat all the food.”
    “He was pretty excited,” she agreed. She held up the carrier with the three to-go cups. “I bought the adults lattes.”
    “Awesome!” Julie took the drinks and turned back toward the kitchen.
    Lily hurried to follow behind. Nick was pulling out the wrapped packages and setting them in the middle of the table. Tom stood over his shoulder helping as Nick talked non-stop. “My dad takes me to the café every Sunday to get these sandwiches,” Nick said as he climbed onto his knees to be higher in the chair.
    Lily was even happier that she was able to bring something to Nick that meant so much. She hoped that Garrett, Cooper and the others were closer to finding Randy. The last few days had been hard on the boy but that was nothing compared to what Nick would go through if Randy wasn’t found.
    The Pack was searching the city up and down but last she’d heard there’d been no sign of where Randy could have been taken. She’d placed a call to the Alpha on her way over and even he had sounded more worried than he had before.
    “Well, I hope to see you both there soon,” Tom told Nick. “I’ve only been there a couple of times but every meal I’ve eaten has been fantastic.”
    “My dad says we go once a week ’cause it’s a tradiction,” Nick shared.
    “Tradition?” Julie corrected gently.
    “Yeah! That!”
    Lily laughed. “That is important,” she agreed.
    Nick started to put his food toward his mouth but paused. “I’m gonna see my dad again, right?”
    “We’re doing everything we can,” Lily assured the boy.
    “Okay,” he said then stuffed his sandwich into his mouth.
    The smile on her face didn’t seem to want to go away. Lily opened her own breakfast and began to eat. “So what do you have planned for today?” she asked after swallowing her last bite.
    “Tom’s going to show me how to breathe,” Nick answered.
    Lily glanced up at the other shifter.
    “Relaxing techniques,” Tom clarified.
    “That’s a good idea,” she said and meant it. With everything that Nick was going through, the last thing they needed was for the boy to shift. The trauma of not knowing how to control the animal or transform back to human could devastate the boy.
    Most shifters changed for the first time when they hit puberty. Of course, a small percentage transformed earlier or later than that. But as young as Nick was, he hadn’t started the training