He couldn't believe she'd talked him into this but now that she had, Dave was glad he was here. They sat in Eric's comfy living room watching Lori open the packages they'd brought. She still looked beat but happy, curled up in sweats on her couch, leaning on Eric. The rugrat was snoozing in a little cradle-thing by her feet. It - he - didn't look much like a person but something still grabbed Dave by the throat when he saw the pudgy red little bundle. Suddenly there was another person in the world he'd kill or die to protect.
The first thing they'd done when they arrived was use Drake's spell to ward the house. No way did Dave want his or Anissa's presence to lead Murdoch here. That had been his biggest argument against coming. But after he'd finally remembered to set the wards on his pla
