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Grant forced himself to grow very calm and at the same time assessed what his wolves needed. Finally, he said, “Don’t worry. We’ll get the bastard.”
A group sigh ended the moment. At least six of the men turned and headed into the air.
He switched to telepathy as he addressed Ryan. We need to formulate a plan, but we can’t do it out in the open, not like this. We’ll be seen and heard.
Ryan nodded.
Grant shifted his gaze to Natalie. She still had hold of his arm. I’m pissed at you, he said.
You have every right to be, but I’m not going to protect your feelings, not on this one.
For whatever reason, these were the right words. So long as Natalie was with him, she would need to be strong, even assertive to the point of being a pain in the ass. He had a thick wolf-hide and wouldn’t always be able to see his way clearly.
And I have a suggestion, she added.
A measure of relief rippled through his chest. What’s that?
If you need a hidden place to make plans, where Kryder won’t be able to see or find you, why not do it in the dreamglide? I can’t be the only one that you can haul in there.
He glanced at Ryan and considered her proposition. It could work, but he wanted Natalie in on it. Whatever was going to happen in the next hour, she needed to be with him. He might not like her challenging him and he might wish she wasn’t fae, but she’d said nothing he hadn’t already been thinking.
She was right. He needed to start breaking the rules, or Kryder wouldn’t hesitate to kill half the pack and enslave the other just for the hell of it.
He met her gaze again. I want you with me.
Her smile was crooked. Wasn’t sure you would.
He overlaid the hand still holding his arm then turned back to Ryan. I want to use the dreamglide to set things up. He explained about Kryder and his invisibility.
Jesus. Ryan responded.
The dreamglide will keep our conversation hidden from Kryder. He gestured in the direction of the living room. The three of us will sit in there and appear to be thinking, we’ll enter the dreamglide and can talk it out. Sound good?
Yes. Hope it will be that simple. I’ll let a couple of the wolves know not to disturb us. I don’t think it would be a good idea to take too much time, either.
I agree.
Grant set his mug on the granite island then headed to the living room. Behind him, he heard Natalie say aloud, “I think I just need to sit for a few minutes and take this in. I can’t believe Kryder would do something so horrendous.”
Grant understood. Natalie was operating on two levels. She was trying to anticipate that she would have been spied on in the future. He approved of her foresight.
To Ryan, he said, She’s setting this up for us so that if anyone’s listening right now or has been checking us out in the future, that’s what they would have heard.
She’s got one helluva head on her shoulders, I’ll say that. All right, so we just sit quietly. Then what?
Grant sat down in a large chair near the front window. Natalie chose the lounge end of the sofa opposite him and tucked her long skirts beneath her legs. “I hope you men don’t mind, but I’m having a hard time with what happened. I need to process it.”
She made it look good since tears filled her eyes. But her emotions weren’t for show. She was hurt, as they both were, by what had happened. She was right about him as well. He hadn’t considered that Kryder would retaliate as he had. He hadn’t protected these women.
But it would do no good to dwell on his guilt. He needed to take action, as much for his sake as for his pack’s, and he needed to do it fast.
A moment later, he saw the iridescent markings of her wolf make an appearance. Natalie’s wolf would keep watch like the wolves flying over the house.
He settled into his chair but focused on the dreamglide. A second later, he was in a similar room but about ten feet above himself. He was even seated in a matching chair.
He invited Natalie to join him, which she did within a split second. He wasn’t sure how to bring Ryan into the dreamglide, but thought he’d begin with telepathy. The dreamglide is built. Come up here. He kept his thoughts focused on Ryan and pictured him appearing at the end of the couch where he was now.
A moment later, Ryan showed up. With brows raised and eyes wide, he looked around. “Holy fuck. Oh, sorry, Natalie.”
