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She swept past hi the security detail waiting in the hall outside

He turned to Nikki, staring back at her as though he could will her to give him the truth

She shook her head, her so him more to worry about than to find comfort in

“You’re hed “But, with Breed males, I’ve learned, all you can do is let theh or the blood gets thick enough, they stop” She shrugged

“What the hell does that mean?”

“It lanced to the door then “She’s not as easy to oing to hurt you worse There” She threw hi while you’re here? A shot of common sense perhaps?”

He clenched his teeth before turning on his heel, stalking fro to catch up with his coya

She strode, shoulders straight, head high, pride draping her like an exquisite cloak as she round steel-and-reinforced-concrete corridors to the ground level

There was no dust here as there was at Base It was brightly lit, functional, yet still there were areas of greenery built into the walls with growth lights A srew in one hallway; the controlled ats around it kept it healthy and in its natural growth cycle

Vines grew along one wall There were glassed-in sunroo a wide tunnel to allow the sun’s rays inside Unlike the mountain facility that housed the communications that the labs were networked into, Dr Armani’s medical facility arm, friendly He could understand why Anya would want to visit There were s here that Base lacked

But this wasn’t a military facility, he told himself Coyotes didn’t care about a little dust and dirt, a few inconveniences They had the bar, the kitchen, the television Del-Rey had his mate

His mate was human

He nearly paused When other Coyotes mated, their mates would in all probability be huh the exit doors just behind Anya and her security detail, his frown darkening

Dammit, he didn’t trust humans He trusted Anya and Armani and that was pretty much the extent of it He ary even with the lupina, Hope, and the Felines’ prima, Merinus

He didn’t like humans and he didn’t want them in his base Except his coya