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KESKA: and starts climbing the swinging ropes, and hits the poles, she was a little higher then I was, runs the poles makes the jump and shreds the target on the way down jumps and grabs the rope and starts the swing back to the balance beam, times the bags and crosses the beam. She tied my last time. “Good job.” I say to her. “I want to try.” Liam says. “Go ahead.” I tell him.

TREVER: Dutch and I watch as the girls run the obstacle course, and then Liam runs it. I get a link from Barett. *“Where are you?” “At Lilly’s.” “What are you doing there?” “Watching the girls run the obstacle course.” “Any progress on learning her story?” “Not yet, but I am hoping that she will tell me more.” “Good luck.” “Thanks.”* As Liam is running the course, I go stand behind Keska and wrap my arms around her. “What are we going to do after lunch?” I whisper in her ear and can feel the shiver that runs through her body. “I told Ailea that I would bring her some food, but I also want to bring some to the orphanage.” She tells me. “Do you always help the pack like that?” I ask her. “I try.” I kiss her neck and watch her shiver again. “Trever are you, my mate?” she whispers to me. I can’t help it; I kiss her neck again and whisper, “Yes.” She nods. Keeping her eyes on her brother to help coach him. I then notice that her eyes glaze over. I wait when I see her eyes clear. “Trouble?” “No, just a secret.” She says softly. “Can’t wait to hear it.” I say to her. We hear a horn blare. “What’s that?” I asked. “The lunch horn, we use it when there is a large group doing multiple things, to call everyone for the meal.” She says. “What gets used if there is a rogue attack?” I asked. “It’s a higher-pitched horn to help disrupt their sense of hearing.” She says. I just nod my understanding.

KESKA: I call out to Liam. “Time for lunch.” “Can’t we just eat here?” He whines at me. “Liam, now you are sounding like Jessie.” I tell him. “I am not.” He says. I just shake my head. “You know we have to go eat with everyone.” “Fine, but that means you and Mackie have to eat with the rest of us too and can’t go hide in the kitchen.” He says. I look over at her, and she and I sigh and nod. “Nana, will you come to the pack house and have lunch with us?” I ask her. “Of course, I will come and eat with you.” She answers. We all head back to the pack house. When we get there, I link Sarah. “Sarah, I will take all the leftovers. I will make a delivery to the orphanage.” “Always thinking of the rest of the pack. Of course.” She sends back. I then overhear some people talking about the run after lunch. Shit. I turn to Trever and pull him with me as I link Mackie. *“Mackie, bring Dutch and come into the garden.”* I close the link. I head to the garden. I see that Mackie and Dutch are going through a different door, and we meet in the middle. I put my back to the main door, and I sign (There is going to be a run after lunch, I need to get to the hunting cabin before they can get there, so I can keep Ailea and Joey calm.) I turn to Trever. (You wanted to know the secret Trever? Come with me. Mackie, you and Dutch need to stay and cover some for us.) I hope that they understand what I just said. Mackie just nods to let me know she got it. I look to the other two. They both nod. I take a deep breath and head back to the dining area with all of them following behind me. I get in line to get a plate, inside the pack dining hall, I know that the Marquee is going to be filled with, all the guest, and still wanting to keep out of sight of Jessie I opt to stay in the pack dining area, knowing that she won’t come in, unless she has to. I link Liam. *“Hey little bro, I am going to need you to help Mackie and Dutch, I will tell you a secret when we get done, but right now I need your help.” “Whatever you need, you got it.” “Love you.” “Love you too, but you’re scaring me right now.” “No, little bro, nothing like that, I promise.”* 

*TREVER:* I link Barett. *“I am going to find out a secret, a rather big secret, but she seems a bit fidgety right now, we are going to some hunting cabin, so she can help Ailea and her son, but do you think you can slow the run down, or delay it?” “I will try.”* I close the link.

BARETT: I link Trent. *“Trever just linked me, he said he was going to be finding out a secret but needs us to help them out to slow down or delay the run.”* 
*“How do you propose to do that?” “I will tell them that we want to go on the run with them, but we have to get our mates. I will write a note to the girls to go be busy, maybe tour the training grounds or something in that regards to help them get a head start.”* I borrow a pen from one of the omegas, I scribble a quick note to the girls. (After lunch, go to the training grounds. I think Keska needs some time to get something done before the run.) I hand it to my mate and then nod towards Trent’s, as a sign to let her read it too. They both nod to me to show they understand. I take the note back, and as we finish with lunch, I stuff it into a half-full glass of water. We all get up, and the girls head out, down to the training grounds. I head over to where I see James standing. “Did you say that there is a run this afternoon?” I asked him. “Yes, Dad has the gamma set to lead this run. It will start in about 10 minutes.” “My mate said that she wanted to go on the run, but then she took off with Rachell. I will have to go search for her. Can you wait for us?” I asked. “Of course.” He says. I nod my thanks and head out. I link Trever. *"I have bought you a little time, not much, so make the best of it.” “Thank you.”* I close the link.

KESKA: I go directly to the kitchen and grab some containers and fill them with the leftovers, and grab a couple of backpacks and put the food in them, I then head out to the garage really quickly and grab a couple of hammers and put them in one of the backpacks. I head back in and hand one backpack to Mackie. I sign, (take Dutch and Liam, and go to the orphanage, and make a show giving them the leftovers, and tell them it’s from us.) She takes the backpack and grabs Dutch’s hand, and grabs Liam and heads out. I grab Trever’s hand and head to the back of the pack house and out to the tree line. I can’t afford to be shy right now, I strip down, fold my clothes, and put them in the backpack with the food and the hammer. \[Ok Corla, he is our mate, so he is the exception to everyone else that might know.\] I tell her. I feel the familiar push, and she is standing in front of Trever. {You must hurry.} she tells him. After the initial shock, he shakes it off. Shifts into his Lycan. Corla picks up the backpack, and we both take off with him staying close to her. We get to the hunting cabin and shift back, get dressed, I go to the door. “Ailea, it’s Keska, open the door, I have some food for you.” I call softly through the door. I hear movement from inside the cabin, and then the door opens just a crack, and then she opens it farther to let us in. I hand her the backpack and watch as she takes the food out and starts to heat some of it up for her and Joey. “There is going to be a pack run, so I need you to stay inside, I will be here, I am going to try and get the windows opened so I will be here a while, so if they do come this way I will be here and will talk to them, they won’t bother you. I promise.” I tell her. She nods at me.
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