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It didn’t take her long to find him. Each member of the pack seemed to have their own special coping mechanism after a pack meeting had gotten a little heated. It was always the same way meeting after meeting, William didn’t like what was going on in their town or how Noah wanted to handle the situation. Noah’s plan of attack usually considered less attacking and more political moves. Will wasn’t the political type, he was punch first and avoid the arrest warrant later. Cara had observed it time after time, and she had watched them all sulk away to process their anger and annoyance just as many times. Quinn would disappear into one of the many vacant rooms, usually accompanied by Tristan and an influx of curse words she could never repeat around her students. William tended to grab the keys for his motorcycle and take matters into his own hand, punching the problem square in the nose and Noah..
“Brooding in silence again?” Cara inquired, brow raised sympathetically as the gravel crunched beneath her boots. “I knew I’d find you out here, neglecting a perfectly good beer. You’re lucky Quinn’s upstairs kicking things and probably taking her frustrations out on poor Tristan. Otherwise I’m pretty sure she’d be out here, throwing tyres at you for letting one of her beers go warm.” She climbed onto the back of the ute, taking him up on his offer as she moved the forgotten bottle of beer to one side and sat down next to him. “No lectures. Scouts honour. I just thought I’d come get some fresh air and join you.”
Noah welcomed the company because he did want to ask Cara a question. He couldn’t ask Quinn, as she was otherwise preoccupied making Tristan’s life harder and Will and Noah already had enough discussions for the day and perhaps the week. Now there sat the newest member of their pack, observant and calm. He embraced it. Calm was a hard thing to find in their household. His body tilted back and his hands met the cool metal. Noah could only inhaled and exhale the fresh air, his head tilting back.
“You know... When we took you in, I was unsure where you’d fit. It wasn’t that I didn’t want you in our family. But Quinn is terrifying when you don’t know her, Tristan has his own demons and Will is a handful. Then comes you, happy to brood in silence with me, working beside children each day. Despite the rocky start of having to get you out of a troublesome situation, you were a piece I didn’t realise we were missing.” He glanced over at her. “So I need your input as a member of my pack. You know how it is to be on the outside of everything. You know what it is to be a wolf that is alone. I need to know. Why did you vote against Nadia staying?”












