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before he could suggest a second round. “One
moment,” he called out. Then he slipped out of her and pulled up his jeans from
around his ankles. “There’s a bathroom through there if you want to dress while
I deal with him.”
    Not
wanting to greet Tex naked, she gathered her clothes and took her escape.
    “Come
in.” He called as the bathroom door shut.
    Tex
pushed open the door, a smirk painted on his face. “If you could spare a few
minutes, there’s something I need your assistance with.”
    “Sure.
What’s going on?” He pulled the papers out of the drawer that he’d been trying
to get into the computer and looked up at Tex.
    “Actually,
I was hoping you’d accompany me to speak with a clan member.”
    “I
should get these numbers into the system before Lukas arrives. Can it wait a
bit?”
    “Go,
I’ll do that,” Summer hollered a second before the bathroom door opened.
“Sorry, I wasn’t eavesdropping, it’s just…”
    Tex
waved away her apology. “You’re the Alpha Female of the West Virginia clan,
it’s your business too since I’m asking for your mate’s help.”
    Not
wanting her to dwell on her new status and what it could mean when visiting
other clans, he spoke up. “Are you sure you don’t mind dealing with these?”
    “No,
it’s fine.” She crossed the space to the desk, and looked at the papers. “Then
they’re done and Lukas can get started on the systems. Plus, I don’t
mind…anything I can do. I just hate just sitting around here doing nothing.”
    He
stood, wrapping his arm around her and kissing her. “I’ll be back soon.”
    He
strolled from the room with a smile on his face. A quick afternoon lovemaking
session was just what he needed to get his old bones moving again. He turned to
Tex.
    “What’s
going on?”
    “We
had a clan member, Cliff, leave. Ben and I weren’t sure where his loyalties
were. He was Avery’s cousin, there was an unhealthy devotion between them. No
matter what Avery did, Cliff never went against him. Cliff was brainwashed. I
suspected he might have a goal of becoming Alpha.” Tex explained, quickly
moving down the hall. “He left behind his two daughters with a note saying that
a life alone wasn’t for them. They needed to stay in the clan, to be raised
properly and find their mates.”
    “Their
mother? How old?”
    “Their
mother was one of the women Avery killed. While I was gone, he killed more then
a dozen members in his fits.” Tex shook his head.
    “You
know none of this is your fault.”
    “I
can’t help but feel responsible. From everything we gathered, it’s clear Avery
went off his hinges in those weeks. If I had returned…”
    “He’d
have killed you.” He took hold of Tex’s arm and stopped him. “Don’t give me
this shit, you know he would have and then where would the clan be? You’re
their Alpha now. It doesn’t matter how many people Avery killed, or why, it’s
your responsibly to put the pieces back. You can’t do that if you’re feeling
sorry for yourself.”
    “The
girls are nineteen and two.” Tex continued down the hallway. “It’s a large age
gap because they were forbidden to have any more children after Ashley. Claire
was an accident, which is why Avery demanded the woman’s life.”
    “Wait.
If Claire is two, and the mother was killed while you were in Alaska, why did
Avery wait so long?”
    “He
had her sequestered with Claire, away from her husband. It was part of the
punishment. Cliff was told if he did everything to please Avery that his mate
and child would be returned in two years.” Tex clenched his fists. “The two
years passed while I was in Alaska. It seems that Cliff demanded his family be
returned. That’s when Avery demanded the woman’s life. Still he kept the child
locked away, only allowing one woman to visit.”
    “Who’s
the woman?”
    “No
one knows. Only that Avery allowed her to visit the child, to care for her and
play with her.” Tex stopped in front of a

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