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 Can we do that? Ellie asked as she ran her hands up and down Charlotte s black.
Usually only the Alpha could bring a new member into a Pack if it wasn t a full mating, but
they d done it before with Willow, and later with Hannah and Josh, through partial matings and
through forcing the bites.
They d just have to chance it.
Hell, they didn t have another choice.
He looked around for a sharp object and cursed himself for not have brought the knife with him.
Apparently, blood loss had officially made him an idiot.
He found a sharp stick and forced Charlotte to face him.
 I m going to bring you into the Redwoods, Charlotte, he explained to the little girl with tears
in her eyes.  It s gonna hurt, baby girl. We re going to have to sever the bond with the Centrals you
were born with, and then we ll form a new one with my blood. In fact, to make sure it works, we re
going to bond you with Ellie too. I don t know another way to make this work, baby girl. My dad
could do it with just his wolf and magic, but we need the blood.
She nodded, her little face blank.  Okay. I want to go home with you. You guys are nicer than
Corbin. I don t want him as a brother anymore.
He watched as Ellie bit her lip, trying not to cry, and he swallowed hard, trying not to cry
himself.
 Okay then. Ready? he asked.
She nodded, and he cut his palm then Ellie s. Since it was only a sharp stick, he had to press
hard, and it hurt like hell. He then took both of Charlotte s palms and cut them. He and Ellie each took
one of her hands, and he closed his eyes, letting his wolf do what he d know to do.
The bond between him and Ellie pulsed then branched off toward Charlotte. He d seen bonds
form during the birth of his brother s children and knew that this was the child s bond, one that would
fade away over time when the child grew up. His wolf was marking this child as his and, therefore,
Pack It wasn t easy to bring in a Pack member, only the member of the Alpha s family could even
attempt it.
Charlotte leaned into him and screamed in pain. Ellie murmured reassurances and leaned into
Charlotte s other side. He held back his own anguish at hurting this little girl, knowing he had to be
the strong one.
Finally, he could feel those sweet emotions threading through his Omega powers, and he knew
Charlotte was now Pack.
Goddess, they could go through the wards now.
He looked up at Ellie and let out a breath.
 Let s get the hell out of here, he said, picked up the little girl, and gripped Ellie s had.
This time when they walked through the wards, though the pain was heavy and clawed at all of
them, Charlotte didn t cry.
She wasn t a Central anymore.
She was a Redwood.
She was theirs.
They made their way to the end of the wards, and Maddox put Charlotte down.  We re going to
have to move fast going back, he said.  We should run as wolves. I take it you can shift, right?
Charlotte nodded then walked behind a bush, pulling off her clothes to shift without being asked.
He and Ellie did the same then shifted to wolves. A little brown wolf came out of the bushes and
yipped at him.
He bit the scruff of her neck as Ellie licked her little muzzle, and then they were off. They ran
toward the Redwoods as wolves, away from the Centrals that had taken so much of each of them.
They ran as the family he d never expected to have had never known he d wanted.
Corbin and Caym would pay for what they d done, and by the looks of their weaknesses in that
room, they were already on that path.
It was only a matter of time and with any luck, he d be there to see their end.
Chapter 20
 Good morning, Ellie mine, Maddox said, smiling because he hadn t opened his mouth to do
so.
 Good morning, my wolf, Ellie said back, a smile in her own voice.
It had been almost two weeks since they d come back from the Centrals, panting, their paws cut
and bleeding, but alive. They were still just getting used to this new power of theirs, but they both
loved it.
He could hear the thoughts she pushed to him as if she were talking, and she could do the same
with him. They couldn t, however, hear random thoughts or anything from another person, nor could
they hear each other s wolves.
Thank the goddess.
With his own thoughts, his own wolf, and now, Ellie, he had enough in his mind. He really didn t
need another in there.
Of course, they also had their new bond or rather their old one infused with whatever Caym
had cursed him with to learn to deal with. After he and Ellie had completed the mating with their
marks, they d shared the emotions that went along with his being an Omega. Now, it was as if this
new way to bond had settled them both.
He could focus more now.
He could breathe again as he had before he d become the Omega, when he d been younger.
He no longer had that constant barrage of emotions that forced him to hide away in a corner and
fear touching anyone in case it intensified their emotions. Unlike he d feared for so long, Ellie wasn t
in the fetal position rocking in pain as she dealt with all these new energies.
Everything was calmer.
He could now pick out individual emotions and help his Pack easier because he wasn t fighting
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