Emily ducked into the kitchen to avoid any more projectiles, while Emmett faced her mother, Anna, across the dining room table. Anna was in full toddler tantrum mode, and kept grabbing random things from the table to throw. It didn't seem like she had any particular target, though most of it was directed in Emily's general direction. She had been hiding behind the short wall that separated the kitchen and dining room, so Anna turned her attention to Emmett. The problem was, she didn't know Emmett at all, and her nescience gave her pause. She studied him, still seething at her tantrum being foiled.
Emmett watched the sparkle in her eyes as Anna spoke with her wolf silently.
'She might be regrouping for round two,' Jack warned.
Anna's frown deepened and tears filled her eyes.
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