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that I’m not responsible for them, but I can’t get an order placed because of the location. And I’ve been trying to reach…well, that explains why I can’t get in touch with Slone. Fuck.
    He heard the elevator ding a few minutes later and looked at Addie. She was fighting tears, he could see that, and she was afraid. The way she kept looking at the door made him think she was expecting Jarrett to come through it at any moment, and when he did, she backed away from him.
    “What are you doing here?” Jarrett took a step toward her, and she put up her small fists. “If you think you’re going to touch me and then back off again like you did this morning, you’re going to be in for a big surprise. I’m ready for you now.”
    Jarrett stopped moving and looked at him. With a short nod, Luke stood up and moved to his door, pushing Hap with him. When he closed the door behind him, he heard her crying and wondered if his little brother was any better at handling tears than he was. Luke was a failure at it. When he told Hap that he’d be down to clear up the money issue in the morning, he looked at Allen.
    Two weeks ago Allen had been converted to a wolf. His change had gone smoothly and without any incident. The man was glowing with good health now, and his confidence level was through the roof. Luke sat on the chair near his desk and looked at Allen.
    “You know what’s going on? I mean between them?” Allen smiled and nodded. “My dad says that she’s fighting depression. Do you know much about it? The illness, I mean.”
    “Yes. I would suggest that you find her someone to talk to. Tim, Tim Leaders that works for Slone, could give you more information than I can. I understand his mom suffered from depression a great deal.” Luke made a mental note to contact him about Addie. “Is Jarrett going to help her? I think that she needs it.”
    “I do as well. In fact, I think we can all help her.” Allen nodded and handed him a file. Earlier today he’d asked him to find out what he could about her. “Is there anything in here that Jarrett needs to know right now?”
    “Not right now, but soon. Her mother died when she was born. Her father, a successful inventor, died five years ago. Cancer. He was also very rich in his own right on a few patents that he holds, small things. Addison Parker is his sole heir. She is also the heir to her mother’s family estate. She’s very wealthy. But….” Allen looked at the door when there was a loud crash. “She cut her wrists on the night that her father finally succumbed to the illness, and had it not been for a box being delivered to her home and a very curious delivery person, she’d be dead. He was in the habit of going into the unlocked house when he had something to be left. Her father…he worked in his basement on things and had worked it out with him. He found her on the kitchen floor bleeding to death.”
    “It says here that she was in a mental hospital for over three months. What happened to her then?” Allen looked at him and shrugged. “Will you keep looking? And find out the name of her lawyer. He might have some information that can help us keep her safe too.”
    Allen said he would, and Luke told him that they should both go home. Another crash in his office made him wince and hope that whatever was being broken was replaceable. But he had to smile. Damn, she had a nice temper that would keep his calm brother hopping. Luke locked the office doors on his way out and told Hunter what was going on. Both of them had a good laugh and closed the connection. This would either be a good thing or not, but he had a feeling that Addison wasn’t going anywhere.

 
     
    Chapter 4
     
    Jarrett looked at the way she was dressed and wondered how hard it would be for him to get her to stay mad at him until they got to his apartment. But when she came toward him, full of fury, he knew he was screwed. What he didn’t expect, and more than likely should have, was the