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When Griffin and Serena walked into the Last Chance after driving in from the airport, Jake took one look at them and herded them around to the outdoor smoking area behind the pub.
“What happened?” he demanded. “Something’s up.”
“Nothing too bad,” Griffin assured him. “A little piece of Serena’s past surfaced. Just to be on the safe side, Serena’s going to stay at the lodge for a while.”
“Also I should tell you that my first name isn’t really Serena.” She sounded almost giddy—probably because he’d driven them from the airport at top speed, employing his skills to the max, practically two-wheeling it around the curves. He told her it was to acclimate her to the feel of winter roads, but really it was to show off.
She’d shrieked and whooped and at the end, when they’d jerked to a hal
