“Ready for patrol?”she asks.
“Yep.Let’s go.”I take her hand, leading her outside.“Here, this is for you,” I say, passing her my spare house key.“In case you decide to come home while I’m still on patrol.”
“Thanks.”
I watch as she shoves it into her pocket.Then she takes my hand and we head out.
The walk to Reyes and Taylor’s house only takes a few minutes.I smile when I see the two of them waiting for us on the front porch.Taylor leaps to her feet and takes off as soon as she sees Landry.My mate laughs, pulling her hand from mine to take off toward her sister.
They embrace, hugging and talking a million miles an hour, as if they haven’t seen each other in years rather than a few days.I nod at Reyes, who also looks amused by the sisters.
“Ready for patrol?”he asks.
“Yeah.Have you heard anything else?”
“No.They’re still being sneaky, but they haven’t made any moves.”He claps me on my back.“They’ll be okay.They’re going to stay in town,” he says quietly.
My wolf and I are worried about being away from our mate, but Reyes is right.The girls will be together.They’ll be in town, surrounded by people and miles away from the threat.They’ll be okay.
They’re safe,I tell my wolf when he growls.
Keep it that way.
“Do you want a ride into town?”Reyes asks his mate.
“No, we’ll walk.It’s such a nice day,” Taylor says.
“Have fun at work,” Landry says.
I grab her waist, dragging her toward me.“I’ll miss you.Be safe.”
“You too,” she whispers.
I steal a kiss before Reyes and I get into his car.He drives us to headquarters, and I try to stay focused on work as we get our orders and head up to the border to relieve last night’s patrol.
The two of us get comfortable in the lookout spot, letting the other guys run along the border to make sure it’s clear.
Things are pretty quiet and boring for the first few hours.It isn’t until the sun is setting that Reyes perks up beside me.
“Hey, isn’t that the leader?”he asks.
I snap out of my thoughts about Landry and look at where he’s pointing.I frown as I observe Michael, the cult’s leader.“I think so.Jeez, he looks rough.”
He’s pale and thin and looks like a strong breeze could blow him over.
Or like one bite from me could tear him in two,my wolf adds.
“He looks sick,” I muse as I take in his appearance.The greenish cast to his face, the circles under his eyes, and how everyone around him watches him warily.
“The blood tests,” Reyes whispers, looking worried.
“What?”
“Landry said that they took her blood when she was kidnapped.She mentioned it in the hospital, but we never figured out why they did it.They’d never done it before, or not in the beginning, but a few women in the last few weeks have mentioned them taking their blood.”
“You think what?That he’s sick and they’re looking for donors or something?”
Reyes turns to look at me, and I know that’s exactly what he’s thinking.
