Silver Creek on earth, as it is in heaven

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Casmir gave his alpha an appreciative glance as she excused herself, and then turned to Deirdre. without another word, he grabbed his baby sister into a wolfish hug, nipping her pale shoulder gently as he withdrew. "it's so good to see you." his lips trembled inexplicably then and he drew a shaky breath, looking skyward for composure that didn't fall from the heavens. "Dee ... i fucked up. Connie ..." and here his words trailed off, and he cleared his throat.
"come in," he invited, and stood aside, waiting for his sister to cross the borders before he fell into step alongside her and gave a tight smile. "what have you been up to" he asked of the little pearl. he didn't want to delve into his problems, not now, not when surely Deirdre had much happier things to talk about.[/tr][/td][/table]