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Irritation rumbled in Kymri’s chest before she shifted into human form. “Doing my job,” she snapped, bypassing her parent to retrieve her robe from the change room.
“You’re late.”
“Yes I am. And?”
“You’re never late.”
“Right.”
“I’m told there’s an intruder on an outer island.”
Kymri paused, fastening the buttons on her robe. “There is.”
“Why haven’t you eliminated them?”
“I was assessing threat level.”
“Your job is to keep everyone out.”
“I know my job. Why are you here instead of doing yours?”
“I’m also told you’ve been fraternizing with the intruder instead of getting rid of him.” Kolina’s gaze was hyper focused on her daughter’s face.
“I told you I was assessing whether or not he was a threat.”
Suspicion suddenly glimmered in Kolina’s eyes; her posture eased back as she considered her daughter anew. “He.” Kolina’s nostrils flared, scenting Kymri.
Kymri ignored it. “He’s stranded.”
“Has council been notified?”
“The situation is documented in our reports, we haven’t reached the point in our schedule to relay them to the counsel yet.”
“Schedules are overridden when there is a threat,” Kolina reminded her.
“He isn’t a threat.”
“And you just know this because?”
“As you said, I’ve been fraternizing with him.”
“Have you mated with him yet?”
Kymri blinked at the sudden turn of subject. “No,” she said through clenched teeth.
“Do it and get rid of him.”
“Why would you think I’d mate with him?”
“I can smell him on you, you’ve clearly been in considerable contact beyond an assessment,” Kolina said. “And it’s my understanding you’ve been uncharacteristically distracted and moody, risking your ability to do your work.”
Kymri’s hackles went up, “Who?”
Kolina’s lips compressed.
“You have someone spying on me?”
Her mother maintained her silence, and her anger bubbled.
