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“Coya is still on base,” Brim reported as they stepped into the all-terrain that would transport theh the mountain to the base entrance “Sharone says she requests a few additional days as you didn’t inforrossly unfair” Brie
Del-Rey grunted “Tell her that’s too darinned “Tell her to please apprise my pack leaders that I’ll need them in Command when I arrive”
Bri the link to Base that he noore at his ear The cylindrical earpiece extended just past the ear The built-in receiver and mic made communication between Base and Haven much more effective Separate channels had been built into the interface, and reception was as clear as the satellite phones they used
“You could be playing a dangerous game with your coya, Del-Rey,” Briht out of Russia may ith her”
Del-Rey shook his head “They’re Coyotes; they knoinning side when they see it I’ll win, Brim”
“Overconfidence, otten aith that question
“Desperation,” Del-Rey growled “Just wait, Brione nearly a year with a hard-on that threatens your sanity, then you question me about overconfidence”
Anya turned to Sharone, staring at her silently for long e
“He asked me to do what?” she finally asked quietly
“Call together his pack leaders to Co with them on his arrival” Sharone cleared her throat “He refuses to wait the extra time you requested to return to Haven”
Anya crossed her array sweater she wore as she tapped her foot irritably against the stone floor of the community rooe television screen ed to put together for dinner
It was going to take her days just to figure out what the hell had happened to the supplies in the kitchen area Either they were eating ain
She’d had that problem in the first months The soldiers would slip food from the kitchen—it didn’t an running low She suspected it was the younger Coyotes Food wasn’t exactly plentiful in the facility they had been created and trained within They couldn’t get used to the fact that this was no longer the case
She breathed out heavily as her bodyguard fought to hide a smirk
“Let that smile free and I won’t fix dessert for a month,” Anya warned her