We might, knowing Shadow, but I think he’s more interested in finding out what we’re going to do about the true mate we just found right here where he lives.
I have to admit, I’m a lot more interested in that, too.
Shadow’s probably going to be waiting a while for my responses to his questions.
I have too many of my own questions to ask Falcon.
“Sure,” I answer. “See you, Shadow.”
“Bye, Shayne.”
“It was nice meeting you all,” I add, while Falcon is already backing out of the room.
“Hey,” Pete says as I move toward the door he’s still holding open amid a chorus of, “you too”’s. He nods his head at me. “Tell your lead Alpha to wait a second. I’ll let you out the front door and walk you back to the parking lot.”
“Wait up, Falcon,” I call after him, moving out of the office and into the reception hall.
He turns around slowly. “We don’t need an escort. I remember the way back.”
“You’re not going back through the ballroom,” Pete says in that rough and ready English accent. “That area’s off limits unless you’re granted permission to be there, and I hate to tell you this, but I’m sure you’ll understand why your access to our Omegas has been revoked.”
Falcon frowns at him. “We’re not here for that, and I’m done apologizing for the way we got in here.”
“He’s just telling us he’s going to show us out through the front door,” I inject, before they can get into an argument over basically nothing.
It’s kind of a shame they’re not letting us go back the way we came, I’ll admit.
I would have liked another chance to see Robin, but I’m not going to pick a fight with one of Shadow’s mates over that fleeting wish.
She’s our mate. We’re destined to be together.
Nothing and no one is going to change that.
Wewillsee her again.
“Oh,” Falcon mutters. “Okay.”
“Follow me,” Pete says, before he walks past me, toward a heavy looking set of double doors.
Falcon doesn’t move.
I nod toward Pete, and my lead Alpha’s frown deepens.
It’s not until Pete pulls the door open that Falcon takes a step toward him.
I move at the same time, hoping Falcon isn’t about to make a scene.
He seems about as happy as he was when we arrived.
I need to know what happened between him and Robin.
Something isn’t right, and until I know what it is, we can’t do anything to fix it.
I follow Pete into a small hallway and find him unlocking a second set of big, heavy double doors. It’s dark in here, and it gets darker still when Falcon follows us into the hall, his tall, muscular form blocking out the light from the reception area.
I can’t see his expression in the dark, but I’m sure it hasn’t changed one little bit.
Pete clears his throat, and I turn back to see he’s holding the door open.
