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Okay, so they weren’t going to be able to slip out and play their games anymore At least, not without backup She could handle that She was so used to Base and co secured that she had deemed the threat acceptable She had nearly hed heavily on her shoulders

Sharone, Euards They were her dearest friends She had been raised with theht soiven her

She rolled her shoulders, which ached fro her She felt chilled all the tirown colder still after Del-Rey hadn’t returned within an hour of her How long did it take anyway to catch five bastards looking to kill? One of the Coyote snipers could have taken care of them easily

Breathing out in irritation, she curled up in the corner of the couch and dragged the little blanket that rested over the back of it over her She was too cold And too worried If he was hurt, it would be her fault And it wasn’t fair, she thought with an edge of self-pity If anyone got to hurt hiers that didn’t know him

The probleht, she didn’t want to hurt hi him She just wanted him home

Once again, Del-Rey was forced to follow his h the caverns to find her With coainhim off

He checked her roouards and she wasn’t in the community or rec rooms She wasn’t in the kitchen, or if she had been there, she was gone now He thought perhaps he caught the scent of her there

Finally he stalked into Command and faced Brim

“Where is she?” he asked the other man as he slouched in the chair that sat at the back and to the side of the room

Bri on his e-pad, with a quizzical look on his face “You’ve lost her again?”

The unemotional expression, the chill in his voice warned Del-Rey that he and his second-in-coreement where Del-Rey’s mate was concerned

It was becoht between them

“Don’t fuck with rowled as the other man laid the e-pad to the side of the command chair and stared up at him

Glaring down at Bris that did The bastard Del-Rey often wondered if his friend challenged him for leadership of the packs, which one of them would come out the winner Or if either of them would They knew each other too well, faults and all

“It’s a little early to be chewing her ass,” Brim finally answered “She paced the co after your worthless hide Let her sleep” His response was voiced in a low tone that carried no farther than the two of them, but the deliberate insult had the ani with his temper