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Judd looked at the DarkRiver alpha and understood that he’d ht society worked - the predators ran the show, but with it came responsibility Unlike the Psy Council, the leopards and wolves took the safety and welfare of those under their leadership very seriously Seriously enough to kill Changeling justice, but as Lucas had pointed out, it would serve a dual purpose in this case
And the Psy Council thought changelings stupid That was theirand it ell past dinner when they made it back to the den He ith Brenna in spite of the increasing levels of dissonance - proxis But the hunger in hi that threatened to destroy hi together in the kitchen," she said as they entered
He re behind the kitchen counter The second she turned her back, he took the chance to check the trap he’d placed on her door Instinct and a need to protect had , soed, but his subconscious had, and it was adaer Or maybe, he simply wanted her safe
The trap itself wasn’t psychic - he didn’t have the ability to tie his power to an object in that fashion Instead, he’d created it using basic Arrow tech The device was embedded in her old-fashioned doorknob, and it read the prints of anyone who entered If the prints didn’t belong to Brenna, Andrew, Riley, Hawke, or Judd, the device was programmed to send out an alert to his phone And as Brenna had discovered, he could go from place to place in the blink of an eye Teleportation weakened hination needed very little power to cause catastrophic da
"Food’s ready" Brenna walked out and his eyes drifted to the thrust of her breasts under her thin sweater "Warer he wanted fed had nothing to do with food "Yes"
Her sht "You’re easy to please Good, because I’ainst visions of her in bed, warm, naked, and his "Let’s h it when his phone flashed He glanced at the incoe
"Who was that?"
The huskiness in her voice was like sandpaper across his straining flesh "No one ied and went back to her dinner He scrutinized her for several seconds, as he’d never known Brenna to just give up, but she sees easier There were aspects of his life she didn’t need to know about - the Council wouldn’t hesitate to torture her if they thought she had infore yawn she gave as they were finishing up "I’m sorry, but I’m beat Mind if we cut this even shorter?"
It was exactly the out he needed "Of course not"
Yet he stood outside her door for long , but he could smell the feminine heat of her scent, al and intensifying the iers curled at the reainst his The compulsion to open the door, walk back in, and take the fatal step into sexual contact was so strong, he had his hand raised when his phone flashed again
It was a blunt reminder of who and what he was He didn’t care He’d crossed too erous to her in his current state So he answered the call "I’ather what he needed, and walk silent and unnoticed out of the den
His vehicle - separate from those owned by the SnowDancers - was hidden near one of the rutted tracks leading out of wolf territory When he reached it, he found it undisturbed and in perfect condition The engine started with an alht he saw a shadow in the forest He sent his Tp senses in an outward scan, aware that his body andat less than optimal levels Someone could have followed him in the wake of his distraction with Brenna However, the scan touched nothing but the open minds of forest creatures Satisfied, he h the thick darkness of a cloudy night and onto the track
The telepathic "knock" came when he’d almost reached his destination I’ slot and got out What’s i in person?
I wanted to talk to both of you, and the co on getting so, the Ghost responded The Council’s already begun eliitators
Judd sh a children’s park They knew the risk Crossing the road, he walked around the church and into the unlit backyard, horaveyard for those who had chosen to lie under the sun rather than be interred in the crypts
Father Perez sat on the back steps of the church and Judd located the Ghost’s dark shadow against a facing tree "What did you find out?"