Page 361 of Rangers Last Promise

“I know who you are.”

“I’m not the same man.”

“None of us are.”

I looked toward the office door.

Dylan laughed in the dining room. Max’s ears moved toward the sound.

“What would I do?”

“Whatever needs doing until you decide what you want.”

“That isn’t a job description.”

“It’s the one we all started with.”

I rubbed a hand across my jaw.

Wolf waited.

He had always been good at that.

Most people rushed to fill the silence.

Wolf used it as a weapon.

“I don’t know how long I’m staying,” I said.

“Then work while you’re here.”

“What if I leave?”

“Your room will still be here.”

The answer hit harder than it should have.

I looked at him.

“You can’t keep waiting for me.”

“We weren’t waiting.”

“You put my name on the door.”

“Trigger, put your name on the door. I told him it was crooked.”

“It is.”

“We kept a place for you. That isn’t the same as waiting.”

I looked at the empty space among the photographs.

Wolf followed my gaze.

“Stay long enough to get in the next one.”

I didn’t answer.