Chapter 91-1
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It was a miserable week on the merchant ship. Saul and Amelia were both seasick, and Kiana, Finn, and Willa struggled to keep their wolves from panicking and shifting. Kiana and Willa, I could control through the pack bond, but Finn was beyond my reach until we were back on neutral territory. I should have taken the bond back before loading the ship, but this wasn’t an issue that
had occurred to me.
Eventually, we just had to drug him.
Cindy was too weak to shift, and Janelle had spent most of the trip clutching a small jar of dirt
e’d smuggled on. By the time we reached London’s port, we were all exhausted.
alf of you look dead, and the other half of you smell as if you should be dead,” London greeted me with a wrinkled nose. He glanced at Finn. “Oh. That one is dead.”
“You try being on a ship for a week and tell me how you feel,” I growled as I pulled Kiana close. The bunks were barely big enough for me, so I hadn’t been able to have my mate sleep in my arms for
far too long.
“Yes, this is an odd way to travel. Lucky for you, we’ll be driving to my keep.” He was oddly stiff as he watched his wolves unloading the supplies from the ship and carrying them to the large moving trucks. It struck me how easy it was for London’s pack to get and move supplies. He was the only one who had access to the port.
It was an issue I knew that Claudine struggled with. I rarely used the ports since the roads between London’s pack and mine were only accessible during the summer and half of the autumn. November brought snow that lasted well into April.
Th
get to me, but it was easier for my supplies to come directly from the
no pack interference.
“Everything all right? You look tense, my friend,” I said as I clapped London on the pack.
“Everything is fine. Please refrain from touching me until you’ve bathed. You smell of piss and
vomit.”
“Maybe, but I’m off enemy territory, my wolf can run free, and my mate is mine again.”
London’s eyes strayed to Kiana, and he nodded his head. “It is good to see you, Kiana. I see you are traveling with a healer, but I’ve made mine available in case it was needed.”
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“We’re all healed except for maybe our dignity,” Kiana sighed. “Although I think Finn might be a little stir crazy when he finally wakes up. His wolf is going to need to run. A lot.”
“That can be accommodated. If you’d like to get your wolves loaded up, I need to see to something. Excuse me.” London strode quickly away, and I turned and stared after him. His
shoulders were tense. Something was bothering him.
“Hey. This dude is heavy,” Willa complained. “If we don’t get him to a car soon, I’m going to drop
him and leave him right here in the middle of the road.”
That was unlikely to happen, but it snapped my attention back to my unconscious wolf. I lifted him
easily from Willa and Amelia’s arms and carried him to the SUV. After laying him across the
backseat, I indicated for Amelia, Willa, and Saul to ride with him. Kiana, Janelle, and Cindy were
with me.
Cindy hadn’t said much on the ship, and no one had done anything more than make sure she was eating and drinking water. Even now, when I pointed to the SUV, she bowed her head and quietly
slipped in.
Janelle looked after her in concern, but before she climbed into the vehicle, I caught her arm. “You
remember what we talked about?”
She nodded. She was not to disclose her power to anyone and not to do any magic. She’d told me that she and Ava had developed a small friendship when they were together in my pack, and she had no expectations that the witch would have any issues welcoming her.
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