12 Brandi released her breath slowly, ordering her body to relax. Ariel and Matt had accepted her story about Sheldon Crane without doubting a millisecond’s worth of it. Yet now they looked over at the children in stunned surprise. The shock went both ways because she couldn’t get the kids to come any closer to the Alphas. Aggie and Stewart were so scared they reeked of adrenaline. Kent wasn’t as bad, but she could tell the boy was frustrated at having to deal with yet another situation he couldn’t do anything to fix. He stood with his arms crossed, staying near the other two, which would have made the hardest heart melt. She’d have been lying if she said she didn’t respect the little sucker’s protective urges. Truthfully, it was like watching recent history repeat itself, except Aggie

