Saving Gracie

Chapter 23

Gracie POV

I take Cher in as some of the pack members come out and take Cher father. "He's dead isn't he," she states. I nod and she come in and hugs me. I pick her up and before she falls asleep she whispers, "Will you be my mama?" Can I be a parent at this time? What will Ryder think? I look at Cher again. She has very light brown hair and brown/blueish eyes. "Y-yeah. Of course," I say. She nods and falls asleep. The gang, aka Ric, Jam, Luis, Mar, Angie, Carter, and Daniel. "Whoa. What's with the girl," Ric says. "I adopted her from her father that was dying. It was his last wish," I say quietly. Sherilee comes out and gasps, "Here here. I'll take her," she says. As soon as Sherilee touches her she awakens and hugs me tighter. "Uh. I think she'll stay with me," I say. She nods and heads back in. "Do you wanna say hi to the beta and gamma along with my friends and their mates?" I ask. She nods and turns around. "Gracie, she's like a spitting image of you minus the eyes and hair," Ric says. "Really?" I ask. They all nod. "Hi. I'm Cher- What's your last name?" She says but the last part more to me. "Clearwater," I whisper to her. "Oh okay. Hi, I'm Cher Clearwater. I'm 5," she says. They all smile and introduce themselves and head in. "Have you found your mate?" she asks as we climb the stairs towards my room. "Yeah. He's been captured by Melinda though," I say sadly. "Is his name Ryder because we talked a lot since we were jail cell buddies, as he puts it," she says. "You've seen him?!? Why were you in a jail cell anyways?" I ask. "Yeah well I wanted more food and took some so they locked me up for a couple days," she says as she yawns. "You look tired. You can sleep on my bed," I say as I open the door to my room. She immediately runs and belly flops on the bed. I chuckle and throw a blanket over her sleeping figure. "Your really keeping her?" someone asks.