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“We’re in town for a bit, so I thought I’d say hello to Walter, turn in a bit of paperwork and go over a few things. It’s kind of nice doing the behind-the-scenes work now.”
“The travel doesn’t hurt I’m sure,” Micah teased her. She smiled then, not bothering to hide her agreement.
“It’s great, the pack is amazing, but I do love being back—”
Serenity stopped talking abruptly, her raspy voice cutting off. She did the same thing Ellie had, bouncing her gaze between us a few times, though her face remained expressionless.
Then she was back to talking like nothing happened.
“Plus, I’ve been missing girls’ nights and queso, so we’re planning one in two days, because, you know, everybody’s schedules have to line up or something these days,” she rolled her pretty blue eyes before landing them back on me. “Do you like queso?”
“Doesn’t everyone love queso?”
“Okay, you’re in,” she said, as if that were that. Apparently, I’d been adopted into a friend group.
Is this how adults make friends now? Or maybe it’s just a Lockwood thing.
Ellie came up and handed Micah the guys’ drinks in the carrier, then slid my tea toward me.
“I hope it works for you,” she said, giving me a warm smile.
“She’s joining us for queso,” Serenity added, matter-of-fact.
Ellie rolled her eyes and gave her friend a look. “You know you have to actually invite people and then wait for an answer, right?”
Serenity turned toward me. “Are you in?”
Everybody’s eyes were on me, and usually, I would hide away from that kind of attention. But this time, I wanted to try being a person again and maybe finding real friends would be a step closer.
“I’m in.”
ChapterEleven
Drew
The silence in the cabin was stretching on, making me fidget more as every minute passed. The guys all left to get us a pack space set up and Shaye wasnotan early riser.
The only reason I was up now was because Riven was too loud, and we were all crammed together in this tiny cabin. I didn’t want to make noise and wake her up or cook her food only to have it be cold by the time she got up for the day.
Hopefully, she wasn’t opposed to moving locations. Despite how intense her emotions were, she seemed the type to go with the flow.
We were just a bit too cramped here. There weren’t enough beds or showers. Riven was going stir-crazy, and at least back in town, he could escape easier to work on the house.
A little physical labor always did him some good on his bad days.
Ever since he found Shaye in that car, it had been a bad day.
I hated that she was getting the worst parts of him, but she gave it back as good as he doled it out.
I pulled out my phone, bored and ready to check in with the guys. Clicking the microphone option, I used voice-to-text to message them back and forth, letting it read theirs back to me.
Drew: How are things going there?
Micah: Not bad. We’ve got the office empty now and are getting it ready for Shaye.
Riven: We’ve got our place still, but if you want to stay here, I can make the couch work, and you can share with Lake.
Lake: We’re going to need a bigger place.
