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“I’m sure! Just do it! Just put her down.”

Conri did it, placing the baby inferno right down on the chest of the wolf.

32 - Trent’s Field Briefing

Trent moved swiftly through dark-time sky, headed….

“Home, right? I’m headed home, and she’s there, waiting for me, and I know exactly where to find her, don’t I?”

Trent was speaking to himself, but an unseen Smokey answered.

You do, and you must hurry. He’ll be looking for her soon.

Trent growled at that.Faster then, he told Smokey, not knowing who “he” was. Did it really matter? Once he found his mate, he would be all the protection she needed, from that moment forward. He would protect her from Grey, from Rex, from motherfucking Khain himself, until the end of time.

He arrowed himself toward the direction they were heading in. Fuck that, hesuper-mannedhimself in, arms out ahead like he was flying, his eyes searching ahead of them for his body. He did not even see the earth, only empty space.

It will take us a few minutes of non-time to get close,Smokey said.You would like a briefing, yes?

“Only if it won’t slow us down.”

It will not. First, Almost 5 weeks have passed in your world since you were hit on the head and separated from your wolf. Blake is in a coma. Tell Trevor it is related to Khain’s passage into and out of his own dimension, and there is nothing to be done. Blake will live or die according to future events.

Trent gulped. He did not like the sound of that, but he was learning not to argue.

Second, Jaggar and Leilani have joined, but you knew that. You met Tabias. Jaggar’s wolf half, Yeager, is now alone with Jaggar.

Third, there is a new catamount statue, a kitten, and you are in the best position to convince the others the statues are no threat, nor are they self-animating in most circumstances. You must utilize them. The female One True Mate Dahlia, and the others, must be expected to fully explore their powers, and then this will become clear.

Fourth, Crew needs watching. Tell Eventine this is the piece she is missing.

Finally, your wolf accomplished his mission well, as did you, but because of your stunt in the meadow, your prolonged separation almost killed him.

Trent growled, he could not help it. He was in no mood for a lecture from a cat.

But your brother saved him, Smokey added.

“Which brother?”

Troy.

Trent grinned. That was something the two of them didn’t even keep score of anymore, even though Trent knew if Troy had only saved him once, then he was still two up on Troy.

Troy has mated a female named Reed, and she actually is the one who found your wolf in the woods so that your brother could save him. Your wolf swallowed muchdragenblood, which kept him alive in the moment, but there may be future repercussions for you. I have also had dragen blood and there may be repercussions for me as well.

Trent did not even have time to wonder about the fact thatTroy had found his mate.He noted the name, though.Reed.A One True Mate, then. More convolutions, but for once, Trent was not upset.

“Rowan,” he whispered to himself. “What does Rowanmean?”

A rowan tree is a mountain ash, Smokey told him.

Trent shook his head wonderingly. “So my mate is a One True Mate also?” One blinding thought forced its way through his skull, shaking him for just a moment.

“What if I still can’t shift?” he almost whispered, unable to contemplate that existence any longer.

The hot portal will help you.

“Thewhat?”

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