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to find a way to save them all.
    “We’ll figure it out,” she promised.
    He gave her one last squeeze before letting her go and standing. “In two days? I’ve been trying to come up with another way for months now. And I don’t want you to get involved. I just wanted you home. I wanted to have some time with you.”
    She bit her lip at the lost look on his face. She had never understood before how much responsibility her brother carried.
    “I love you.”
    He smiled, just the corners of his lips curving up. “I love you too. I gotta get ready for work. Just yell when breakfast is ready.”
    She watched him go. There had to be something she could do.
    She didn’t have long to think about it before the back door open and the whirlwind of her best friend entered. Hands full of bags and children, Sabrina swept in, distracting her from her problems.
    Breakfast was a noisy but wonderful event. The kids had woken Justin up, so he’d made it down right behind Brandon. They shared a look of worry but both remained quiet.
    Both men eventually left for work, leaving the women and kids. Sabrina ushered the two older kids into the den to watch television as Nikki sat with another cup of coffee at the table holding baby Julian.
    Sabrina topped off the mugs before sitting down beside her.
    “How are things around here?” her friend asked.
    Nikki was glad she had brought it up. She didn’t want to confide too much but she needed to talk to someone. “As well as can be expected.”
    Sabrina sent her a sympathetic look. “I know a lot of the other members of the Pack are worried, but I don’t know that a challenge is the way to go. Cameron is giving his blessing for the new Alpha. He has been working on the transition being as smooth as possible. I think it was a great idea of Dylan Cross to bring the Pack members in before he took over so everyone could merge together.”
    Nikki was glad her friend agreed. “How’s it been around here since the new members came? Any problems?”
    “No, as far as I’ve heard, they’ve brought in more money, businesses, and are a pretty good bunch.”
    “Then why all this talk about the challenge?”
    Sabrina shrugged. “It’s mostly the older generation. You know how they are about change. And this is a big one.”
    “Yeah, but Cameron wouldn’t bring someone in he didn’t trust. It couldn’t have been easy to decide. He even consulted the Alpha council.”
    “I know. But you know how it is. So much has happened within the shifter world in the last few months. Talking about going public, the feline Prince being kidnapped, and now a new leader here. They are just trying to control something.”
    Nikki thought about the new information. “Does Cameron know? He should be able to do something.”
    “I don’t think so. He wouldn’t want a challenge. He would for sure try to talk to Brandon. But what can you say? I haven’t actually heard if Brandon is going to challenge. Just the rumour that he should.”
    “Someone has to tell Cameron,” Nikki insisted.
    “And if Brandon doesn’t challenge it could put him in jeopardy. What would you do in his position? He can’t act on a rumour.”
    “What do you know about the new Alpha?”
    “Just that he was an Enforcer at his old Pack. He showed all the signs of being a great leader but their Pack had several wolves descended from the Alpha who would want the position. To be an Alpha, he had to go somewhere else.”
    She had to ask, Nikki knew, but she dreaded bringing up the name. “What do you know about his brother, RJ Cross?”
    Sabrina grinned. “Good-looking, smart, but a little rough around the edges. He owns the tattoo parlour in town, drives a Harley, and has every woman in town lusting after him.”
    “Hmm,” Nikki murmured, not exactly happy that the thought of every woman in town making eyes at the stranger made her feel extremely jealous. Damn, she’d just met the guy.
    “He has another brother, too,” Sabrina