Chapter 399

• Konner stepped outside and inhaled slowly. The air was cool and damp, he’d take that over the dry air in the house. The planning part always got on his nerves. He understood the need for it, but once he left the safety of the Sanctuary, he liked the action. Idling, and just biding time never sat well with him. One of the main reasons he was part of the incursion team was for the action. Too much of his daily routine was standing around waiting—and running things. He liked that once he was called out for the team he wasn’t in charge, didn’t have to run anything or figure out the plan—the possibility of violence was a nice bonus as well, he had a lot of frustration to burn off.
• Glancing back at the house, that three mated couples were in, he blew out a slow breath and walked over and sat down on the steps of the gazebo. That was going to be uncomfortable, being around all the side-looks and secret smiles. At least they weren’t here long enough that he’d have to walk around in there with his breath held so he wasn’t breathing in the staunch odor of sex. He didn’t begrudge them to find their mates, he wasn’t that much of an asshole. Repopulating his almost extinct clan was heartbreaking and it left him a little jaded too often.
• Thirteen. There were thirteen of his people left. So far, he reminded himself like a mother would a child. He wasn’t giving up until he’d searched every single body of water on the planet.