Chapter 143

• When Cullen and Aislinn finally woke up they cuddled some more and then got dressed to go downstairs and say good-bye to their guests. They had a few things they needed to do and then Cullen was taking Aislinn up to a little cabin high in the mountains. It had belonged to his grandfather and wasn't nearly as big, nice, or convenient as the pack cabin. It was wear his grandparents had hid from the human population and raised his father, aunts, and uncles. Cullen never took anyone there and even Keith and Sarah didn't know where exactly it was. But that was part of the point.
• Cullen and Aislinn came down the stairs hand in hand. When they got into the great room there was a lot of congratulations and hand shaking and smiling. Part of the generally happy and excited atmosphere had to do with the fact that the night had gone so well. Cadifor was already gone. He had used the satphone earlier that day. Jenna had been spotted. As much as Cadifor wanted to stick around and find out what Cullen was going to do to him for playing with Aislinn the way he had the night before Cadifor had a lost prisoner to recover and was taking the loss more than a little personally.
• Aislinn was watching Celia and Mack cuddle on the couch. Celia was only a couple weeks ahead of her and was obviously pregnant. She wasn't huge by any means. But her stomach showed an bulge that couldn't be mistaken for fat. Celia got up and came walking over to them. She smiled warmly at Aislinn. It was such a strange look coming from the woman. Celia actually leaned in and hugged Aislinn.