was sacrificed. Damn, it was inconceivable that someone would give away a pup to humans for experiments.
Hawke stirred. Indecision lodged in her chest. Should she tell him what she saw? What did he know about Gunnolf? Certain what she saw were highlights or important markers in his life, there were hours, days, months and years of living she hadn’t seen. Did he have memories of Gunnolf? Had she met him as a child and not remembered? So many questions.
First they had to deactivate the kill chips in the test wolves, and then they could sort out the rest of this stuff. Asia slid from the bed and went to use the restroom. Her mind refused to release the images she’d seen through the link. What to do? Time refused to slow down so she could filter all the information. They needed to pick up the car and make it to Chacal’s. Lord Boris would never allow Hawke to just leave. And if they knew she was in the country, her life would be in jeopardy as well.
She morphed into the male she’d been last night when she rented the room and then woke up Hawke.
He opened his eyes. The familiar tick restarted, and she waited to see what he’d do. And then the ticking stopped. He blinked and stretched.
“ You let me sleep.” He stood, brushed a kiss against her lips and headed to the bathroom.
“Yes, you were snoring.” Asia teased while waiting for him to finish.
“ I do not snore. I’ve watched too many vids of myself sleeping.” Hawke stepped into the room and pulled his shirt over his chest. She itched to touch him. It took everything within her to walk to the door.
She spoke over her shoulder without looking at him. “I didn’t scent anyone, I’ll go down first, and head out. Give me a ten minute start and then follow.”
“ Are you sure you want to go first? The chip’s in my head, and if we’re followed, I can lead them in the opposite direction .”
Asia turned to look at him. “ And if they go in the opposite direction from our transportation what am I supposed to do? Go to the car? Go the Chacal without you?”
Hawke didn’t respond.
“ Hawke , w e do this together, it doesn’t work with you heading in a different direction.”
“ Okay. Ten minutes .”
She left the room, headed down the stairs. No one was in the lobby and she was glad. Once outside she walked at a brisk pace in the direction of the vehicle. When she cleared the village, she cut through the trees and ran at a comfortable pace.
Hawke caught up with her. They ran in silence and stopped at the next crossroad. “It should be straight ahead.”
He nodded, and she hoped he wasn’t sulking from this morning. Asia took off, and he came up behind. When the truck came into view, she scanned the area.
“That’s it,” she said as they slowed and approached the Jeep.
He headed for the driver’s side. She exhaled at his presumption but didn’t argue since he was a native. Hawke started the car and pulled onto the road. She scanned him for his chip and it ticked again.
“ Your chip goes on and off, did you know that ?” she asked through their link.
To his credit he didn’t run off the road even though she sensed his surprise. “No. I did not. How do you know?”
“ I can hear it.”
He glanced at her and then back at the road. “You can hear it?”
“Yes, it ticks. While you slept there was no sound. The sound restarted when you woke, but went off again before you went into the bathroom. Something is short circuiting it.”
He didn’t say anything for a while. “The disruption must be our mating. That’s the only thing different. When I’m with you, I’m stronger. My beast is stronger; we have taken my body back.”
Asia didn’t say anything. He could be right. The next time she talked to Mistress she’d ask. In the meantime she scanned the country side, and tried to keep her mind clear of what she’d learned this morning.
“Do we turn right or left?”
Asia glanced at the instructions she’d written from
Hawke stirred. Indecision lodged in her chest. Should she tell him what she saw? What did he know about Gunnolf? Certain what she saw were highlights or important markers in his life, there were hours, days, months and years of living she hadn’t seen. Did he have memories of Gunnolf? Had she met him as a child and not remembered? So many questions.
First they had to deactivate the kill chips in the test wolves, and then they could sort out the rest of this stuff. Asia slid from the bed and went to use the restroom. Her mind refused to release the images she’d seen through the link. What to do? Time refused to slow down so she could filter all the information. They needed to pick up the car and make it to Chacal’s. Lord Boris would never allow Hawke to just leave. And if they knew she was in the country, her life would be in jeopardy as well.
She morphed into the male she’d been last night when she rented the room and then woke up Hawke.
He opened his eyes. The familiar tick restarted, and she waited to see what he’d do. And then the ticking stopped. He blinked and stretched.
“ You let me sleep.” He stood, brushed a kiss against her lips and headed to the bathroom.
“Yes, you were snoring.” Asia teased while waiting for him to finish.
“ I do not snore. I’ve watched too many vids of myself sleeping.” Hawke stepped into the room and pulled his shirt over his chest. She itched to touch him. It took everything within her to walk to the door.
She spoke over her shoulder without looking at him. “I didn’t scent anyone, I’ll go down first, and head out. Give me a ten minute start and then follow.”
“ Are you sure you want to go first? The chip’s in my head, and if we’re followed, I can lead them in the opposite direction .”
Asia turned to look at him. “ And if they go in the opposite direction from our transportation what am I supposed to do? Go to the car? Go the Chacal without you?”
Hawke didn’t respond.
“ Hawke , w e do this together, it doesn’t work with you heading in a different direction.”
“ Okay. Ten minutes .”
She left the room, headed down the stairs. No one was in the lobby and she was glad. Once outside she walked at a brisk pace in the direction of the vehicle. When she cleared the village, she cut through the trees and ran at a comfortable pace.
Hawke caught up with her. They ran in silence and stopped at the next crossroad. “It should be straight ahead.”
He nodded, and she hoped he wasn’t sulking from this morning. Asia took off, and he came up behind. When the truck came into view, she scanned the area.
“That’s it,” she said as they slowed and approached the Jeep.
He headed for the driver’s side. She exhaled at his presumption but didn’t argue since he was a native. Hawke started the car and pulled onto the road. She scanned him for his chip and it ticked again.
“ Your chip goes on and off, did you know that ?” she asked through their link.
To his credit he didn’t run off the road even though she sensed his surprise. “No. I did not. How do you know?”
“ I can hear it.”
He glanced at her and then back at the road. “You can hear it?”
“Yes, it ticks. While you slept there was no sound. The sound restarted when you woke, but went off again before you went into the bathroom. Something is short circuiting it.”
He didn’t say anything for a while. “The disruption must be our mating. That’s the only thing different. When I’m with you, I’m stronger. My beast is stronger; we have taken my body back.”
Asia didn’t say anything. He could be right. The next time she talked to Mistress she’d ask. In the meantime she scanned the country side, and tried to keep her mind clear of what she’d learned this morning.
“Do we turn right or left?”
Asia glanced at the instructions she’d written from
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