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"Sorry," helike an ass

Ephraim chuckled "Don’t worry about it"

"I don’t want to break up this little weird love fest or anything but I have to use the bathroo extre a piss poor job of it

He shot his father a quick glance Ephraiht as he looked back down at his littleThey really didn’t have tio it was better that she went now instead of pissing her pants when she got her first good look at aited for theo over to that copse of trees We’ll wait right here for you," he said, releasing her arestured to an area less than ten feet away that was still visible thanks to the angle of the setting sun

"U a huge step away froolden blonde hair that he was starting to like For years he’d pictured a mate with dark, almost black hair that matched his own, but this was reen eyes that matched his own sparkle

"How about over there so I can have so to a thick copse of trees a good thirty feet away

"Why so far away?" Ephraiainst a tree

"So you can’t hearmore like a question

He shared an amused look with his father "Sure Go over there and we’ll wait right here," he said, holding back a chuckle They’d both be able to hear her, but he didn’t think noas the ti and his father’s alet this over with so they could get this shit done andher adorable littleall the shit they needed to know to stop this war

They watched as she walked towards her designated "bathroom" and disappeared behind the thick brush

Seconds later they were both sighing heavily as they shared a look Without a word they headed after her and Chris couldn’t help but wonder if histo be this much of a pain in the ass

Chapter 11

Don’t look back, don’t look back, she thought as she ran through the quickly darkening woods A few o she was able to make out plants and trees, but now that the sun looked like it was finally setting she was having a hell of a ti into them

She couldn’t help but wish that they’d lived in the city