up and were ready to greet her. Tears burned the back of her eyes. It had been too long. When she’d been Dare’s
girlfriend, the brothers had claimed her as an honorary
sister, and since she’d been an only child, she’d held that attachment very dear. One of the hardest things about
leaving College Park had been knowing that in addition to leaving Dare she’d also left behind a family she had grown very close to.
As she looked at them now, she began to smile. They
stood in a line as if awaiting royalty and she walked up to them, one by one. “Thorn,” she said to the one closest to
Dare in age. She gladly accepted the kiss he boldly placed on her lips and the hug he fondly gave her.
“Ten years is a long time to be gone, Shelly,” he said with a serious expression on his face. “Don’t try it again.”
She couldn’t help but smile upon seeing that he was bossy as ever. “I won’t, Thorn.”
She then moved to Stone, the first Westmoreland she had come to know; the one who had introduced her to Dare. Without saying a word she reached for him, hugging him tightly. After they released each other, he placed a kiss on her lips as well.
“I’m so proud of your accomplishments, Stone,” she said smiling through her tears. “And I buy every book you write.”
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