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She lifts herself up from the side of the bed and moves across the way to pace. As badly as I feel in telling her no, she can’t go trying to solve this herself. Just as I can’t.

“I’ll send one of my enforcers back to Pollis to grab Constance. She’ll help us come up with something.”

“That’s going to take too long,” Delilah complains.

“It’s the best chance we have at getting Nyx to renegotiate. Constance is my advisor; she’s more well-versed in these types of political matters. She’ll be able to request an audience with the Soleus elders.”

“Why can’t you?” she shoots back.

“If I do, it’ll look like I’m stepping on the South’s toes. Coming in full force like that is only going to make the situation worse. With an advisor stepping in to negotiate, it’s more diplomatic.”

My eyes track her while she continues to pace, her head shaking in disapproval.

“It’s all we can do for now, Delilah. I want to keep Raine safe.”

“Yeah, you and me both,” she mutters.

I sigh again, lifting myself up from the bed. “I’m going to shower. You’re welcome to order something from the diner across the way. I have a bit of money left over, so get what you want.”

She doesn’t answer me as I pass by her to head into the bathroom. Once the door is closed behind me, I lean against it and hang my head.

What a fucking mess.

62

Raine

“You’re in a good mood today,” Rose comments as soon as I meet her in town.

I’ve grown a little more confident in showing my face around here, especially now that Nyx and I are kind of a thing. While I don’t expect the pack to jump for joy in accepting us being together, I’m hoping that I at least won’t be running for my life trying to dodge an angry mob.

“Yeah, it’s been a nice few days.” My face tilts back toward the sun, letting the fading rays shine on me while facing the horizon.

The clouds are washed with pinks and reds that bleed into a stark golden yellow where the mountains in the distance crest against the backdrop of the sky. The sights out here are so startlingly beautiful, nothing like the ones I’m used to back home.

Sure the sunsets back in Andromeda are amazing to look at, but typically the trees obscure any kind of full sunset from view.

Here though, there is nothing to block the full expanse of the sky.

“You mean hot as fuck?” Rose groans. “I swear, if I wasn’t afraid of us getting caught again, I’d bring us back to the creek to swim.”

Actually, that sounds delightful. I’m kind of tempted to test our luck, actually. With it being so close to sunset, most people are wrapping up and heading home for the night. The air is still tepid with the dry heat, which won’t be fading until after the sun has folded behind the mountains.

“Why don’t we go farther upstream?” I suggest. “We already know where that woman’s house is. We can avoid it if we don’t stop at that particular bank.”

Rose’s eyes light up. “You minx. You really want to get caught again?”

“Well, no. Not really.” But then again, I have a hard time believing Nyx will punish us in any way.

I don’t foresee him avoiding me for another week, not with the way we’ve been going at it for the past few days. If anything, he’d just lecture me, tell me not to do it again, and then hopefully take me to bed.

Rose grins at me. “But you want to do it, anyway.”

“I’d say we have at least an hour before your brother or Nyx come looking for us.”

She grabs onto my arm, pulling me through town. “Then we better get going.”

We hurry through town and out where the brush grows thicker and wilder. Out here, there is peace to be had among the fading sun and the stars soon to be twinkling along the skyline. I’m surprised at how free I feel, now that I’m no longer bound to a pack that hates me.

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