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I could tell something was up.
Did he plan to be captured again? Tah asked.
No, Gideon said. But that doesn t mean he didn t find the opportunity and take it.
Do you know what strain Dillon used on Lydia? Abby asked.
I have my suspicions, Gideon admitted. And no, I can t save her. I m surprised she s lasted
this long.
You re going after him, Vic said, and his hellcat looked angry. That s why you brought Ariel
and Griffin here. You weren t searching for Clara. You knew where she was. You brought them here
to leave them, as well.
The safest place for them is with this group, Gideon said. He turned to Tah. With you.
Gideon, Vic said.
I ve told you all I can, Gideon said, ignoring her and focusing on Tah. I think my time here
would be better spent with Diane in the labs.
Tah nodded and, without glancing at anyone else in the room, Gideon turned and left.
Vic watched him walk out the door. She d tried to catch his gaze, but he kept it diverted. Her
heart was breaking for him. She wanted to follow him, to comfort him, and wasn t that a shock.
This is much bigger than we could have ever imagined, Reno said into the hush that had fallen
over the room with Gideon s exit.
Yeah, Tah agreed.
He s going after him, Vic said. Gideon. He s going after Thomas. That s why he s not
staying.
I d do the same, Reno said. For a friend. For a brother. Any of us would.
Damn straight, Murphy agreed.
Vic was reminded of when they d done just that. When Finn had gone off on his own and nearly
been killed before Murphy and Zane had found him.
Gideon s the one who discovered the anomaly in Logan s blood, the Professor stated. Diane
and I both missed it.
What anomaly? Vic asked, but she remembered Clara telling her Logan had recessed shifter
DNA similar to Finn.
Apparently, I have a shifter in my gene pool somewhere, Logan admitted, finally sitting back
down next to Reno. That s why the feral fever hasn t left my system, yet.
Makes sense, Vic said.
Looks like Finn and I are in the same boat at the moment, Logan stated. No idea if or when
our animals will emerge.
But we ll be keeping an eye on it, the Professor replied.
Yeah, I know, Logan groaned. You ll want more blood.
Chuckles sounded and some of the tension eased from the room. Logan was good at doing that,
always had been.
At least, we have a better idea of what we re up against, now, Reno finally said.
We need to get our hands on some of those vials of feral fever, the Professor said.
You would think that, Vic said.
He s right. Abby surprised her by agreeing. Right now all we have to go on is how it works
in the blood once it s been injected. At that point, it s diluted, mutated in a way that s specific to the
individual. There s no way to test it outside of that. But if we had a vial of it, we might be able to do
research along the lines of what Gideon and Thomas were working on.
We ll see what options we have once we get to Riverton, Tah said. We re going to stick
with the current plan. We ll re-evaluate once we get there.
We need more people, Reno stated.
Yes, we do, Tah agreed. Orsai can help with that. He said he d spread the word among other
shifters as he travels.
You want to let everyone know where we re headed? Murphy said. Are you sure that s a
good idea?
Tah sighed. I think it s time for someone to take a stand. No more running. No more acting like
prey.
So we go to war, Vic stated. War she knew, understood. War she could handle.
No, Tah said, and Vic watched his gaze move to linger on his mate and child. We dig in. We
make a home, not just for ourselves but for anyone who needs one. We train. We learn. We prepare.
And the next time they come looking for us, we stand our ground.
Sounds like a plan, Logan said.
We have to be willing to be as cold-blooded as they are, Murphy added. No holding back.
I know, Tah agreed.
Don t forget about Dillon, Vic reminded them. We move and open our doors, we need to be
damn sure we re not inviting the enemy in with us.
Exactly what I was thinking, Reno agreed. We need to remain cautious.
Our inner circle stays together, Tah stated. Abby and I, Reno and Amia, Logan and Clara,
Zane and Diane, Holt, Kenzie, Vic and the Professor.
Ariel and Griffin? Vic asked.
Use caution for now. I don t know them well enough to trust them, Tah said. And I won t
have my mate and child around people I can t trust with their lives.
Agreed, Reno said.
What about Kenzie s mate? Abby asked. What if Holt ends up mating? Or Vic?
Vic shook her head, but Tah spoke before she could.
We ll discuss it if and when it happens, Tah said. As for Gabriel& I d say he s already
proven himself with the job he does, with the way he protected Zane and Diane. We may not like the
choice he made to leave Kenzie. But none of us have walked in his shoes. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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