Possibly.
I turned to the left.
Definitely not.
So, to the right it was.
“Eric?”
“Let him do his thing, youngling,” Aries said in his grating, indulgent voice.
I started running again just so I wouldn’t have to listen to him.
Building, building, alley, building, building, building, alley, building…
I kept running and running, the thing in my chest only vaguely helpful.
It wasn’t as if we were attached with some kind of string or rope.
Wouldn’t that be helpful?
No… the bond between us was more… as if he was calling out to me. His blood was calling out to me. And since I’d already tasted it, Irecognizedit.
It was just hard to hear because there were so many humans closer. And everyone’s blood seemed to want my attention.
But it was getting easier to feel Finn.
“Close,” I muttered as I slithered around a corner, grabbing the rough bricks for support.
This was a warehouse district, which was making it easier to find Finn. Fewer humans, less blood calling for me. Yeah, the fumes sucked and made it harder to pick up the fledglings’ scents, but then again, I didn’t need their scents. They weren’t important.
Finn was.
And I was about to get him back.
Right.
Now.
I stopped in front of a building.
It was old, a sign above a big, rusty garage door calling it Miller and Sons. An old auto shop that wasn’t in business anymore. Still, it reeked of motor oil and rust, and… fresh fumes.
Someone had definitely parked inside recently. Probably to get my mate inside without being seen.
Finn was here. I knew it. I felt it. His blood was calling to me.
I needed to get inside.
I turned my head, looking for an entrance other than the garage doors. And there… there, just around the corner in the back alley, was a door.
I turned the rest of my body in the same direction and…
“Wait!” Aries ordered, his hands grabbing my wrists like steel cuffs. “Wait.”
I snarled lowly. Not loud enough for the fledglings to hear.
I didn’t want to wait. I wanted to get to Finn.
