Avery’s probably told Eric as much, he just doesn’t understand the scope.”“So I can talk to Eric about this?” Jessy asked.Jack sighed and sh...ugged. “Use your judgment, I guess. He is a werewolf. He’s going to get involved one way or another.” Eric was still a bit of a question mark. Sure, Jack wanted to trust the man, but he was an Uratha, and if Avery and her pack were any indication, the werewolves couldn’t ignore their instincts. Those instincts evidently included dealing with the Gauntlet,. ” Her glare turned into a smile.“Come on in, we’ll teach the smartest man in the world something.”“I thought we were doing that, already.”“Out of the bedroom, Eve.” They all laughed, giving me quick kisses on the cheek. We went back in, and had leftovers for dinner, while Margie explained how to look up numbers in a phone book, and how to use a pay phone. Everyone got things ready for school and work. I got my clothes ready for the west coast trip, so I’d be totally ready and not rushed. ." Callie was saying as she clicked off. Thomas just shook his head again; those two would be a force to be reckoned with if they got more unified. Be a real damn shame to lose either of them, he'd seen her scans, hell she was faster than him. I just hope the veiled threat I made is what makes the difference. It was about 3 hours later when Derrick jerked awake then regretted it. Damn it his head was pounding! Looking over he saw that Hartwell was still asleep. Smirking a bit he slowly sat up. ..hard to write from a smartphone. I've just opened this up so please feel free to add your own chapters!)It's mid December, which means your auditing firm is neck-deep in work trying to close out the books for year end. You knew all year that this was coming, but that didn't make it suck any less. You haven't seen the sun for the past week or so, since you've been pulling 12-13 hour days. It's really starting to wear you down.As much as the job sucks, at least you've got some cool people doing.