."She thought to herself as she hid in a dumpster, it's lid was slightly propped up to allow her to see out through a small crack in from it's rim to ...t's lid. She watched a big Brute slap a Grunt a good few feet after it had seemed to speak up against it, in whatever it's orders had been. The Grunt hadn't seemed to get back up, and the rest of them started to rapidly search the courtyard they were in, which made her think they were looking for something or another. And that was quite. He peeked out the window and saw Brock getting out of a jet black 2016 Ram 1500 Quad Cab truck.Brock entered the house and yelled, “Ty, whose car is that outside?”Lavar crept away without being seen.A couple of days later, Ira decided to burn some leaves. The fire got a little out hand spreading throughout the yard. He let it go for a while then put it out. “Lavar, I’m running out for a few. Will you keep an eye on the back to make sure the fire doesn’t kick back up?”“Yeah, dad!”Lavar was. And the moment I told him, his eyes filled with tears as he put his arms around me and happily replied, ‘Congratulations, we’ll be family, me and you.’ ‘I know,’ I seriously replied, looking him in the eye, ‘And I want you to know how much of an honor it will be for me.’ ‘Yer a good man, Michael,’ Kieran grinned, patting me on the shoulder, ‘Arewyn could do a lot worse, she could.’ ‘You’re the best, Kieran,’ I smiled, ‘And thank you.’ ‘No, lad,’ he teased, ‘It’s the Donnelly family that should. I knew he wasn’t, and that he was a mated sixteen year old, but when I saw him standing next to Gort who was taller than him, and more heavily built, the impression was there. Out of courtesy, I introduced myself to him. I even mentioned that I knew he was mated to Tonko’s sister which embarrassed the young man. Even so, when I offered the youth my forearm, he took it.We rode east from the encampment. It was still early in the day, but because we had to travel far, I pushed everyone. We rode at.