Deceiving the Protector
“Because of shifter metabolism, the drug wouldn’t stay in his system long, but it helped him get the few miles left to the safe house, a small farm on the edge of Amish country. He had to hope it would slow down the healing sleep long enough for him to get to some help.
Betha was supposed to have cleared out the house of any other travelers, but he fully expected her to have left a few guards. They’d have supplies there, a car. Hell, maybe even a driver. This walking shit was on his last nerve.
...“How much pull does Asher have with this facility of yours? What kind of backup does he have access to?” He hated that he was breathless. The pain might be dulled, but his body was trying to slow down, to repair damage with the energy he had no choice but to use. They had less than a quarter mile left, the farmhouse visible from the dirt road they were traveling.
Worse, he hated that he needed her beneath his arm, helping to hold him up. Just because she was strong didn’t mean he couldn’t feel her bones poking into him.MoreLess
Betha was supposed to have cleared out the house of any other travelers, but he fully expected her to have left a few guards. They’d have supplies there, a car. Hell, maybe even a driver. This walking shit was on his last nerve.
...“How much pull does Asher have with this facility of yours? What kind of backup does he have access to?” He hated that he was breathless. The pain might be dulled, but his body was trying to slow down, to repair damage with the energy he had no choice but to use. They had less than a quarter mile left, the farmhouse visible from the dirt road they were traveling.
Worse, he hated that he needed her beneath his arm, helping to hold him up. Just because she was strong didn’t mean he couldn’t feel her bones poking into him.MoreLess
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