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Same, man. Same.
Yunez’s face twisted up into something heartbreaking. “Unfortunately, I am not all knowing, and more and more lately, my sight has not been…reliable. The best we can do is head off Aamori and Ureste. And hope like hell they will have information that will lead us to what really happened.”
“Go, we’ll meet in the stables. I’ll ride with you.” Toste looked at Wade. “Will you be all right here? I don’t want to leave our children without at least one parent.”
“I’m going with you.” Isa stepped forward, his teeth grinding.
“No!” Both parents yelled.
Then Wade added in a much softer tone. “We don’t know who the threat is. We need you here where you’ll be safe. Think of your mother.”
“I need to protect Father Toste.”
“And if you die so I can live?” Toste shot back. “No. Absolutely not. You’d be sentencing me to a life of misery.”
“I am not a pup anymore. I’m strong. Capable. I need to go with my fellow men and not coddled like the Caen prince.” Isa didn’t wait for anyone to further object as he started toward the door in a sure gait. “I’ll meet you at the stables.”
Wade’s laugh was soft, yet tinged with sadness. “He may be of my loins, but he’s you, up and down. Both children have so much of you in them.”
Toste cupped Wade’s cheek. “I know. And for that, I’m sorry. I can only hope they get the best of you as they grow up.”
“The stables.” Egan tugged on my hand, and my LL started toward the door. They were having a private moment and even though I’d been entranced, I could understand that my mates hadn’t wanted to intrude.
Maybe one day…
No, I need to think about the now. Because there might not be a one day if we didn’t take care of Rainer and the Fiasla Mannos.
“Shit, I need to bandage the boobs to minimize bouncing.” I tried to pivot toward our rooms but wasn’t successful.
“We can’t! There’s no time. We need to figure out where that vision was and who they were after.” Yunez started jogging, leaving the rest of us in his dust.
“You have a theory. What is it?” Sage asked as he caught up with Yunez. Now we were all flat out running.
“It could be nothing.”
“Humor us,” Rand said, pulling up next to me. We ran in a two row formation. Probably so everyone would have the best chance of hearing us. Any house members we passed on the way were quick to step out of our way.
“The Fiasla Mannos have effectively blocked me. But what if they haven’t blocked Iss? It could be they are trying to do a blanket blocking, but her sight is more powerful than what they anticipated. They could also have trouble blocking her without her unique mental signature.”
“But Brody…” I started to be cut off by growls from both Sage and Egan. “He would have my signature.”
“Yes, interesting that.” Yunez didn’t expand on it anymore.
By the time we reached the stables, horses were being brought out, and the guys were barely breaking a sweat. Yunez looked like he just came back from a leisure beach stroll.
Then there was me.
“Are you all right, Mazza?” A young stable boy rushed up to me. Why? Because I was wheezing like it was an Olympic sport and I was going for gold.
“I’m fine. I just need to be in a little better shape.” He nodded and backed away. Probably afraid for his future with a Mazza who couldn’t run from the castle to the stables. That was a long run though! At least a mile.
When we conditioned at Yunez’s it was all about fighting and weapon control, not cardio.
“We’ll pick this conversation back up when we have a moment to ourselves.” Yunez spoke out of the side of his mouth.
A small group of Caen men and women appeared with Toste at the forefront. They wasted no time with their long-legged stride, and when they reached us, several leapt onto horseback.
“That’s our cue,” Jari said with a squeeze to my hip as he passed.
