“Got it. Is there anything I can do to speed up the process?” asked Hunter.
Shaking his head, Fionn said, “I can’t think of any.”
Seeing how forlorn his mate looked, Hunter asked, “Hey, up for some fun this afternoon?”
Perking up, Fionn looked over at his mate. “What do you have in mind?”
“Teaching my wolf how to fly? Remy told me about a deserted place we can go to. I figure you’ll have lots of laughs as I make a fool of myself trying to get my wolf off the ground.”
“I won’t laugh…much, mate.” Fionn grinned, as he resumed checking the inventory.
Smiling, Hunter continued scrolling through his messages, relieved to see there weren’t any fires that needed to be put out…until he got to Sawyer’s…which caused his heart to speed up.Holy shit!After rereading it twice, he rose and said, “Pet, I must call Jackson.”
Waving his hand, Fionn kept reading, eager to finish.
Giving his mate a kiss on the side of his forehead before heading to the small study, Hunter quickly checked the time. His cousin would still be asleep, but this couldn’t wait. Closing the door quietly behind him, he dialed Jackson’s number as he walked over to the desk. Dropping into the chair, he waited, listening to the ringing.
“Hello? Hunter? What’s up?” Jackson asked sleepily.
“Hey Jackie, sorry to wake you but I need to talk to you about Sawyer.”
Sitting up, Jackson wiped the sleep from his eyes. “Sawyer? He’s down in LA.”
“He’s found his mate.”
“Oh, that’s good…congratulations!” Lying back down, Jackson closed his eyes again. Celebrating his mother’s recovery with the pack last night had kept him up late and it was his turn to get up early for Daniel. “That’s it?”
“Not quite. Do you know if Sawyer will receive a gift from the Fates?”
“No idea. Oracle never tells me until they find their mate and decide to claim them.” As Jackson realized thesignificance of his sentence, he suddenly sat back up. “Did Sawyer get a gift?”
“I guess you could say that…”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, his mate, Alex, is a dual shifter.”
“What the fuck is a dual shifter? I never heard of such a thing.”
“Me neither. According to Sawyer, Alex has two animals that he can shift into. Pretty fucking rare as far as I know.”
“Rare? Fuck! More like one of a kind.”
“Yeah, well it’s freaking Sawyer out. He sent a message, asking me the best way he can protect his mate.”
“Holy fucking shit! I’ll talk to Oracle in the morning…maybe she can shed some light on what’s going on. Do you want me to send some enforcers? Or better yet, Sawyer should bring his mate back here. It’s the safest place for Alex right now. Did he mention anything about who else knows?”
“He didn’t say.”
“Oh, Fuck!”
“What?”
“Zane told me yesterday someone’s trying to locate Sawyer by tracking his phone.”
“What! Who?”
“He’s trying to find out but now it makes more sense…someone else must know about Alex and his relationship with Sawyer.”
