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"We’ll be in those woods in about twentyup the phone and placed it on her console

She blinked "That’s it? Alex is our only reinforce to realizeto share "Everyone else will come when needed I know that much"

"Okay" She wasn’t certain a feell-placed phone calls wouldn’t be better, but she had to trust that Julian knehat he was doing

"Ryan, we gotta go"

"No" Ryan’s eyes hadn’t left Glory once They’d reo I need to stay and protect h clenched teeth

Bunny agreed "She’s right Julian had a vision He and Tabby are headed into the woods, and I think they’re going after Gary They need us Glory doesn’t"

Glory’s eyes narrowed "And you are not leaving er"

"You want to come?"

She opened her o with you Asshole"

He threw his head back and laughed "You aren’t going anywhere"

"Says who?"

"Says ht haveyou unprotected"

Glory’s pixie face turned grier You could solve your probleboth of us You’ll knohere I alared up at him "And if you think you can keep me locked up in here while Tabby’s in trouble, you’re sorely ure out a way out of here and when I do I willhell" She reached up and yanked on his shirt, bringing the er man down to her Bunny knew Ryan allowed it, if he’d wanted she’d have a better chance of lifting herself off the floor that way than dragging him down "Do we understand one another?"

Ryan pretended to think about it "Define living hell"

She snarled at him "Have you ever had Icy Hot smeared inside your jock strap?"

His expression blanked "Um Yes That would be a version of hell"

They didn’t have tihed "You stay where I put you, Glory" When she went to argue, he covered her mouth with his hand, a hand that took up almost half her face "I et into a shifter battle I can’t fight and protect you at the same time Got it?"

She nodded

"Get the keys to the shop and start locking up"