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“Maybe we’ll get lucky and Benecio won’t make it out of the battle with the bears alive.”
Oz snorted. “I just want to get back home.”
“Me too. Catch ya later.”
A few minutes later, Oz was in his truck and heading to the nearest home improvement store to find oak boards to make a bookshelf. Even if they did manage to be on their way tomorrow night, at least he could have the main work done before they arrived.
But something told him he wasn’t going to be going home tomorrow.
Chapter Three
China got out of her car and walked to the bottom step of Abbie’s porch.
The front door opened and Abbie stood in the doorway. “I know why you’re here.”
“Are you psychic?” China asked. She climbed the steps and followed the match-maker inside.
“You know I’m not. Not in the traditional sense, anyway. But although we decided not to tell you about what I saw when I tried to match Benecio, I’m betting that you’re here because someone spilled the beans.”
“Yep.” China sat on the comfortable couch and Abbie sat in an old rocking chair that creaked as it moved. She told Abbie what Demi and her mates had said.
“So you’re here to find out if what they said is true?”
“I know it’s true because Demi wouldn’t lie to me. I guess I’m wondering why you didn’t come tell me yourself.”
“Because I don’t know what’s going to happen when you meet Benecio.”
“I’m not in your mate-match book.”
“No, but it’s not only people in my book that I can mate-match—it’s anyone I’ve come into contact with. You’re an unmated female, which makes you eligible to be matched. I wouldn’t match you without your consent, of course, and I didn’t expect for anyone not in the book to come up in connection with that alpha.”
“So I might die if I meet him? Is that what you saw?”
Abbie let out a deep sigh and rubbed the space between her brows with her thumb. “I don’t know, and that’s the honest truth. Someone is going to die if you meet him. But I can’t say one way or another who it is. It’s just…blood and death with him.”
China shivered, but she hadn’t really changed her mind. “I want to go see him.”
Abbie shook her head. “It’s too dangerous.”
“No, it’s not. What’s dangerous is that he’s trying to force Demi and her mates to fight for their lives. I don’t feel like I’m going to die today. Maybe he dies. But if I can keep Demi safe—if I can keep war from coming to our pride—then it’s worth whatever the cost.”
“You don’t know that for sure. Your life is valuable, China.”
“Well, I am pretty awesome.”
Abbie grunted. “It’s not time to make jokes.”
“I can’t help it. Making jokes at inappropriate times is my love language.”
“You’re not going to let this go, are you?” Abbie arched a brow.
“No. If you won’t take me to him, I’ll go myself.” Which was probably the stupidest idea on the planet, considering how crazy the male was. But still. Demi was her ride-or-die bestie. If China didn’t help her when she could, then she shouldn’t call herself a best friend. “If the situation was reversed, Demi would do it for me.”
“That she would. Fine, but you have to clear it with Alpha Duke, and we need a couple of guards with us for good measure.”
China called Duke and spoke to him about the situation. He agreed, although he didn’t seem to like the idea. While he set up a meeting with Benecio, she called her parents and told them what she was doing.
“Oh honey,” her mom, Vikkie, said. “Why would you put yourself in danger like this?”
