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It was late—or early, depending on how you looked at it—but I wasn't going to wait anotherfor Evelyn

After Odhran hacked into the GPS in Evelyn’s cell phone, pinpointing her coordinates, we’d set out Every part ofher face-to-face for the first tiht from the source

Of telling her she was mine

Odhran pulled the rental into the parking lot, the loose gravel kicking up under the tires He pulled to a stop a good distance away froht about how she was feeling right no she was processing everything Darragh had told her I wanted to comfort her, to make sure she wasn’t panicked, that she knewsure she was happy

Whether she believed in the supernatural or fated mates didn't h Because I wasn’t letting her go

Odhran cut the engine, and we sat there for a azeat each rooain—to Odhran’s hacking skills

I was a fighter, not a tech expert, and if I had been left to my own devices on this journey, it would’ve taken er to track her down But I would have eventually So I was thankful for Rory, a tech expert in the Guard, who’d given me intel before I’d taken this trip, and Odhran’s skill set, because itEvelyn faster and placated my beast

“Are ye sure ye want tae do this?”

I looked over at Odhran, stifling the growl that would’ve risen up in , just stared at hi I shouldn’t say as about to come from my mouth

“Ye would have done anything tae get tae yer mate” The words felt like acid froony, I wished I could take the up his lost mate For she may not be dead, but the fact that he’d had her for a moment in time and lost her was one and the same “I shouldn’t have said that—”