Clearly Aurelis was having a hard time with a client. Gerri frowned at the couple arguing inside the bakery. Her scent was different there was more shifter than human in her. She’d always felt there was more than met the eye with the baker. It was a wonder the place wasn’t continuously packed. The curvaceous baker had amazing hands when it came to food. She glanced over her shoulder at Aurelis’s bakery. Tell me something, Gavin, are you all alone or is one of the older boys your brother?”

“Why aren’t you a little gentleman? I’m doing very good, now that you’ve asked, sir. “Gavin,” he said, offering a mitten-covered hand to shake. “Hello, handsome fellow,” she said to the young child. All her recent travels had kept her from catching up with him. He’d taught him how to run a business and eventually start one from scratch. Reed had been one of the children her husband had mentored when he’d been alive. According to what she knew of Reed, him having a child was close to an ice cube’s chance in hell. The little boy’s big blue eyes stared at her with open curiosity. A particular young one sitting away from the others caught her eye. On her way home, she passed a gaggle of kids tossing snowballs back and forth. Cassie was doing a great job at setting up Gerri’s office into a much more manageable work area. She’d recently gotten back from Aurora and managed to hire a new assistant. Gerri smiled at the decorations around the city.

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