In Heat for My Stepbrother novel · Chapter 32 of 32
Chapter 32: Twenty Seconds
The hall went quiet.
Judd came down off the stage.
He walked across the floor to the breaker panel, in front of two hundred wolves, and stopped in front of me.
"A pack needs a Luna," he said.
Somebody on the stair said, "Oh, here we go."
"Ket," Judd said without turning around.
"Sorry."
He looked back at me.
"I'm not asking you to be anybody's stepdaughter," he said. "Or anybody's wife who sits a half step behind. I'm asking you to stand next to me and run this mountain with me. On your terms. Whatever they are."
The whole hall was holding its breath.
I could feel my crew at the back, not breathing either.
"I keep my job," I said.
"Done."
"I keep my bucket truck. I'm on call Tuesdays and every storm. If the clinic goes dark in the middle of a council meeting, I'm leaving the council meeting."
"Done."
"I keep my name. I'm an Ordway."
"Done."
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