Mated to the Wilde Bear

Chapter 31: Xavier

He looked from face to face, but none of his crew argued. Not even Harley.

Laurel hugged him and nuzzled her cheek against his. “I can wait outside if you need,” she said.

“No.” He shook his head and laced his fingers through hers. “Stay. You’re one of us now.” He kissed her full on the mouth, just in case there was any doubt among them. When he pulled back, Laurel beamed up at him, and the rest of the crew whistled and cheered.

“Can we just get on with this?” Harley grumbled.

“Yeah, Harley needs his beauty sleep,” Jake said.

Nash snickered.

Lucas leaned his back on the couch and closed his eyes, but Xavier knew he heard every word.

“Here’s the deal. We’ve talked about it for a while now, and everyone’s made their opinions clear,” Xavier began. “But the fact of the matter is that we need to hire a sixth. And we need to do it before the season opens, so we have time to train properly.”

“We don’t disagree, boss,” Jake said, and Xavier shot him a glare.

and before I do, I need to hear from all of you that you’ll bite

the wall, arms crossed, glaring. “So we don’t get to say what we think? I thought this was

the chair by the

“Me too,

eyes, also nodding. “I think we need

for words. “I

by one, they all shifted their gaze to Laurel. “We had a chat about that on the way home from the call earlier,” Jake said. “Laurel shifting to protect you showed us

but Nash cut him off. “Laurel’s as strong and fierce as any one of us. If

Jake murmured an agreement.

“Lucas?”

Lucas said. “Woman or not, Laurel just proved how much stronger we

to think of it, boss, why can’t Laurel be our sixth?” Jake asked.

to keep my position at DOT,” she said.

complaints,” Harley said, his eyes

it is. And make sure they don’t get any farther with the

Xavier had ever seen. “Damn right,” Harley said—the equivalent of

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