Kapitel 35: Chapter 35

They found Nick sitting with Shaya on the porch swing at the rear of their lodge; he was having a beer while Shaya was drinking a bottle of water. Maybe it was Shaya’s presence, or maybe it was simply that Roni didn’t have a scratch on her, but he seemed to take the whole thing pretty well. He didn’t interrupt her even once. Didn’t say a word. To add to that, his cool expression didn’t alter.

Once she was finished, he leaned forward. “Let me get this straight.” Damn, that dark rumble meant bad things, which was most likely why Shaya winced. Clearly he wasn’t so cool and collected after all. “And tell me if I’ve left anything out. You were almost drugged, abducted, and got into a fight with two jackals—”

“I wouldn’t call it a fight. More like a scuffle.”

“—in full view of any humans who might happen upon you—”

“Only one actually saw something.”

“—and then you decided that, hey, you’d bring home the crazy bitch who tried to stab you with a syringe.”