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Only, that didn’t explain it happening now. By now, people should know there was no Wendigo haunting the land and punishing them.
For Chris, it was like the whole God thing. He didn’t believe it, but Elizabeth did. So, like a smart man who didn’t want to start a theological fight, he said nothing.
“At least now, we know why it happened, but not why it’s calledThe Hollow. That’s not in any of the other information.”
It could be anything, and he knew it. His money was on Elizabeth to solve this.
Bet.
On.
It.
“How about some tea?” he asked. “I’d say coffee, but I need you to sleep or tomorrow you’re going to be hell on wheels.”
She snorted.
“Good plan, Doctor. You lucked out and no one is fleshy. Poor Tony and Jaxon are going to be miserable.”
Chris didn’t buy that for a second.
“We were handed a pit of bones. That’s Tony’s idea of a vacation. I heard him talking to Jaxon before we went toPhiladelphia. They were planning a holiday in Peru where they spent it digging up remains of sacrificed victims from a thousand years ago.”
She snorted.
“Weird, but at least they’re consistent. I like going to the beach,” Elizabeth admitted.
Oh, and they liked it too.
Someone liked a bikini, almost as much as they did when she was wearing it.
“Tea it is,” Chris said, blowing her a kiss.
When he got up, they both heard the door open. Instead of leaving, Chris stayed nearby—in case his woman needed him.
Why?
Because Wyler had decided to come inside.
There was that awkwardness, and honestly, it didn’t make anyone feel good. Family shouldn’t be at odds, and it was.
Well, it looked as if Elizabeth was going to be angry again. Chris fully expected to have to soothe the savage wife when he was finished.
Wyler was testing everyone’s patience with his runaway father stunt.
When Wyler came in, Chris just nodded at him. Instead of saying anything to the man he considered his son, he knew who he had to talk to first.
The Raven.
“Elizabeth?”
She focused on him, her face neutral. She’d said what she’d said, and she wasn’t taking it back. Wyler risked them all, and that was a problem in her world.
“Yes?”
The older man knew it was time to fix this.
“You were absolutely right. I took the coward’s way out, and I always have. It wasn’t fair to my children, my wife, or my grandchildren.”
