Page 56 of Been There Dragon That
“They killed Leif, and I need to do something about it.”
Naomi pulled her phone out of her pocket and texted someone. Several someones. Her fingers were flying like she was writing a book.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you guys fight.” Rylee offered, hating that the two women were arguing over what to tell her or not tell her.
“Not your fault,” both Naomi and Penny spoke at the same time and exchanged an apologetic smile with each other.
Naomi held up her phone. “I told Col what happened. Kann had already called him, though.”
Penny folded her legs under herself in the chair. “What’s the plan? How can we help?”
“We stay right here for right now. Callum and the others are trailing the SUV/lawyer guy now. Kann said there was only one man in it, and Wrath wants him followed so we can figure out where your ex is hunkered down.” Naomi made eye contact with Rylee and then turned back to Penny. “Connie has one more patient to see at the clinic, and then she’ll head here to hang with us. She said she’d be done in about an hour.”
“Okay good. What about Katherine?”
“Knox is getting her from the Community Center, and then he’s headed out to the Gas & Go to meet Col, Aarav, and Wrath.”
“Why do they need Knox and Katherine?”
Naomi shook her head. “I don’t know. Col said they needed Knox.”
“Fuck.” Penny got up and retrieved her laptop, and then sat back in the chair. She didn’t say anything else. Didn’t look up from the screen once she started typing.
“What am I missing?” Rylee asked, her tone sharp with irritation.
Penny didn’t respond, and Naomi walked to the radio cabinet and picked up a handheld. “Kann, what’s your location?”
The radio crackled for a second before Kann’s voice came on. “We’re patrolling between the cabin and bunker. Col asks that you stay put for now.”
“Got it. Thanks, Kann.”
Rylee walked past the playpen where Penny’s babies slept peacefully. It was like they didn’t even care that the adults around them were flipping out with worry. Or maybe it was only her and Penny. Maybe Naomi wasn’t worried at all, but Rylee had a feeling Naomi was hiding it a lot better.
A loudthunkdrew her attention to the big picture windows at the back of the cabin again. A big reddish grey wolf stood right in front of the window shaking its head.
Then another wolf came barrelling out of the forest and body slammed the window right next to the first one.Thunk.
“Shit!” The word came out of Rylee’s mouth sounding more like a wounded animal shrieking than a person cursing.
Three more wolves ran out from the shadows of the trees.
Thump.
Thunk.
Crack.
“Penny. Rylee. Get the babies upstairs. Now.” Naomi’s voice was a roar.
ChapterEighteen
Wrath
Wrath stood in the dimly lit back-room office of Leif’s gas station. The only light came from a naked bulb flickering overhead and the images on the small monitor.
Aarav sat in the old chair at the computer desk. He and Col and Owen stood behind Aarav, eyes glued to the small screen on the desk. They watched the footage with silent intensity.
Three men came into the store, dressed in dark clothes, ski masks covering their faces. Leif went for something beneath the counter, probably a gun, but the assailants were too quick and dragged him over the counter before he could get to it.
