“If they know that’s where she went.”
“True,” Draven said.
“But let me tell you, the members of the Falwell Pride that we just dealt with, they did nothing but jerk us around and keep us distracted for the last weeks.”
“Maybe it was so that you’d be too far away if the Gamieyon Pride called for backup.”
“Maybe. We’d have been too late to do much good anyway. We’re too far away to make any difference in the heat of battle.”
“Still, if they kept you occupied, you were a non-concern.”
“Is she alright? Is she unharmed?” Rance asked, tired of waiting for Jack to finish his instructions.
“Who? Gwen?” Draven asked.
“Yeah, and her boys,” Rance snapped.
“They appear to be. Boys are eating ice cream, Gwen is welcoming her people at the front door with Bonnie.”
“If you need somewhere to put up some of her Pride, give them my house. I’ll be staying at Jack’s for a while,” Rance said.
“Got it. Thanks, Rance, I’ll let Bonnie know.”
“Be there soon, call me if you need me,” Jack said, then ended the call.
Chapter 4
Jack ended the call with Draven and looked back at Niko and Zev in the back seat, then at Rance. “Everybody heard that?”
“The fuck is going on?” Niko asked.
“Falwell's up to something. Attacking the Gamieyon Pride? That takes balls. And Grail alluded to the fact that they lived on alert. It might not have been the first time,” Jack said.
“True,” Niko said. “Very true.”
“And what the hell is up with ‘they’re like the Variant but not the same’? Was it another Pride or something else?” Zev asked.
“Motherfucking sonofabitch!” Rance snarled as he reached for his own phone.
“Who are you calling?” Jack asked.
“A friend that could maybe give us a little insight,” Rance said. He dialed a number and waited until it was answered. “Hey, it’s Rance.”
“My buddy! It’s my buddy Rance! You calledmethis time! I feel sssspecial,” Frenzy said.
“I got a problem.”
At once the playfulness left Frenzy’s tone. “Tell me.”
“There’s a Pride we’re friends with. They saved our Alpha’s mate when she was missing.”
“Bonnie. I remember,” Frenzy said.
“That Pride’s Reigna just showed up with about forty of her people asking for sanctuary. She said they were attacked by another Pride and that they weren’t alone. They had people with them like the Variant, but different.”
“You think they were Variant?”
“I don’t know. We’re on the road and haven’t had the opportunity to speak to her personally. But their land is not too far from the facility you guys busted the night we met.”
