Chapter 376

• There was the tone she needed, that one that he had used every time she needed him to. The one where she could tell him anything and he would listen and help her fix it. “My partner on the team is from Nox’s and,” she winced, “he’s my mate.” She let go of the rod and waved her hand toward the sky, “and he’s known for years. Years Walker and I didn’t—and he didn’t do anything about it.” She snorted, “and now he says we can’t because I have Alpha blood and he’s a mutt.” She rolled her eyes, “I don’t even know what that is. Is it a real term or what? I don’t know.” She glared at the water, “I don’t know where he is right now, he went to move the traps but didn’t come back, I killed a bat with an ax and now I’m fishing.” She sighed.
• “Uh, Jesus, I haven’t heard you speed talk like that in years.” He cleared his throat, “you found your mate?”
• She nodded and then remembered he couldn’t see her. “Yes.”