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her shields. It had nothing to do with his telepathic abilities. He’d confirmed that when he admitted he couldn’t read her and she was a haven of sorts for him.
    No, Keegan Andrews was her mate.
    She’d known this from the first time she’d met him, but his heart still belonged to a ghost.
    With a groan, Addyson pushed herself to a stand and went to the kitchen to start dinner. She really needed to get a grip and shove her schoolgirl fantasy of Keegan and mating out of her mind, no matter how much it hurt.
    She reached the kitchen just as the stone door slid open and Keegan walked in with his youngest son, Alec, and Luna’s middle son, Dane, following behind. She smiled and nodded at the enforcers. “Are you two staying for dinner?”
    Alec gave her a crooked grin. “Sure. I’d never turn down a meal.”
    Keegan growled low in his throat. “Addyson is working on building her shields, so she won’t be wearing her gloves. As long as you are careful you may stay.”
    Addyson ignored Keegan’s grumpy tone and asked, “Any special request?”
    Dane, carrying a black case, stepped forward to stand even with Alec. “Anything for me is good.” He turned to Keegan and asked, “Where do you want this set up?”
    Keegan pointed to a desk along the far wall. “Over there.”
    The wolf Beta nodded and proceeded to the desk, set the case on it, and opened it to reveal a laptop and other equipment Addyson didn’t recognize.
    “What is that?” she asked as she watched Dane pull out cables and a small black box.
    “It’s our security system and a secure way to communicate with the Pack,” Keegan replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
    Addyson pursed her lips and started pulling things out of the fridge. She really didn’t know what the sudden shift in Keegan’s mood was all about, but as soon as they were alone, she’d find out.
    Will climbed up on a stool on the other side of the counter. She offered him a smile then studied him for a few moments. A thought came to mind, and she couldn’t believe she hadn’t asked him before. “Are there others? Scribes, I mean. What about your family?”
    Will looked away from her to watch Alec and Dane work on the security system while they talked to Keegan. “I’m not sure. I’ve never heard anyone mention it inside Onyx. As for my family, my whole den was destroyed.”
    Addyson’s heart broke for the boy. She reached over the counter and covered his hand and squeezed. “Oh, hun, I’m so sorry.”
    He shrugged. “They live in my heart. When I’m stronger, I’m going to ask Blaine if I can join the next round of soldier training. I’m going to fight in the war.”
    Keegan walked over then and sat on the stool next to Will. “I think you’ll make a good soldier.”
    Will sat a little straighter and smiled. “I want to help bring Onyx down.”
    Addyson met Keegan’s gaze for a moment before bending to put the roast in the oven. She heard the pride in Keegan’s voice as he said, “You’ll get your chance one day. We’ll all get our chance.”
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    Keegan stepped out of the cave and found Alec, in leopard form, stretched out on a large branch in the nearby oak tree. Keegan knew his son wasn’t sleeping. The male was too calculating and lethal to let his guard down. Alec might be the leopard Beta until Blaine announced otherwise, but Keegan’s youngest son held the power of an alpha.
    Alec flicked his tail in a sign that he knew Keegan was there. Keegan sent his son a thought. “I’m meeting Kieran. I shouldn’t be gone long.”
    “She’ll be fine. Dane is running a perimeter check.”
    Keegan nodded and started off toward the west to a neutral part of the mountain that had been left unclaimed by the Packs in the Smoky Mountain/Blue Ridge Mountain region. There were only a handful of neutral areas now thanks to Onyx and their bastard mutants.
    He stopped at a small stream about a half-mile from the cave where he’d left Addyson sleeping, peered into the water