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. Iswear I didn t mean to do that. Her hands fell to her sides, and herfingers automatically went to fidget with the hem of her raggedy oldT-shirt. Clara, sweetie, I m fine. Lachlan gave her shoulder a gentlesqueeze. That was one hell of a punch.I m proud of you, squirt. Heused the nickname he had started calling her by, and it did the trick.Clare gifted him with one of her huge smiles. Really? Lachlan nodded his head. Really. He caught her just as shelaunched herself into his arms.Lachlan held her in a gentle but firmhold.He imagined this was what it felt like to have a sister.While heand Lawson stilled lived with their parents, they hadn t had any otherchildren.If they had more now, there was no way for Lachlan to haveknown.Just then the sound of a buzzing came from the backpack Claraalways carried around with her.Her cheeks darkened as she rushed tocheck her phone.Lachlan watched as she read whatever messageshe d received. I gotta go. Clara shouldered her bag and started to walk off.Lachlan grinned as she walked away, never looking up from herphone.Lately she d been getting a lot of messages, and Lachlan 54 AJ Jarrettwondered if she d met someone. See ya later, squirt, Lachlanhollered after her, and Clara turned to wave then took off running forthe house.Not ready to go back inside, Lachlan decided to go for a run.He dbeen dying to shift and run in his lion form, but he didn t want tofreak out the locals.The locals being the Carrington wolves.He hadn t had any issues since the first night he arrived, but thatmight all change if he turned into a five-hundred-pound lion andstarted hunting on their grounds.Granted, him being mated to Garrettmade Lachlan co-alpha of the pack, but he didn t want to go splittinghairs or get into a pissing match with any of the wolves.They werebeing respectful of him, and he d show them the same in kind.The path Lachlan followed into the surrounding woods lookedwell worn.Everyone that lived within a hundred-mile radius was ashifter of some sort and, being true to their second nature, liked to runand hunt.It made Lachlan feel free and at one with his lion when he ran andhunted.He d heard the same from his fellow shifter warriors thatrunning was a good release from the pressures of human society.Lachlan kept at an even pace and trotted along without a care inthe world.The sunshine beamed down, chasing away the autumnchill.It made the temperature comfortable and perfect for a middayrun. Are you queer now, too, boy? The sound of shouting in the distance had Lachlan stumbling to astop.The foul and disgusting word got his attention more than theraised voice did. No, Dad.I just like living on my own is all.I swear. Lachlan eased closer to the voices and saw Josh talking withanother man.From the resemblance, Lachlan took an educated guessthis was Josh s father.Wes had been right.The man was a bastard. Garrett s Choice 55 On your own, huh? The man snickered. With all those fagsover there, I m starting to think I raised a fairy.You like theircompany more than your own family, boy? From what Lachlan was witnessing he d say, yes, the company atGarrett s house was ten times better than anything at Josh s house.His home life must have been terrible. No, Dad.I just& Josh never finished his sentence.His father hauled back his handand smacked Josh across the face.The sound echoed in the quietafternoon.Before Lachlan could stop himself, he took off runningtoward the men.Josh might be an ass, but he was a member of Garrett s pack andby circumstances Lachlan s, too.Josh s dad may be a member aswell, but to treat another with such cruelty wasn t okay in Lachlan sopinion.The guy deserved to be bitch slapped right back.Just as Josh s dad was pushing his hand back in the oppositedirection, knuckles out toward Josh s face, Lachlan let loose a loudroar.Both men jumped, but it was the older man who cowered in fear. What s going on here? Lachlan asked as he brought his hand upto Josh s chin to look at the red mark flaming at the side of his face. Are you okay? Josh met his eyes, and for a brief moment Lachlan saw thevulnerability in the young man s eyes
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