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Chapter 19

Night

Bryn and I left Dom, Lance, and Tavi to make their plans and headed home. As we closed the door behind us, we let out heavy sighs.

“I’m happy,” Bryn murmured. “But it was tough. I feel like I’ve been carrying the entire world on my shoulders since yesterday, and now I’ve finally let some of that burden go.”

“I hear you.” I pulled her close and then lifted her into my arms, carrying her like the queen she was. She was coming up on eight months already. It seemed these last few weeks of her pregnancy had passed so quickly. “My meeting with the council went really well.”

“Did you tell them off?” she asked, wrapping her arms around my shoulders.

“I didn’t have to.” I carried her into the living room and sat on the couch with her in my lap. “The pack did that for me.”

“That’s awesome!” She nuzzled under my chin and slipped her hands down to my chest. “Tell me everything.”

“At first, they were very resistant to the third phase of the merger, but many of our pack members def