J.T. didn’t have the same grace. “You’re going to send your husband out chasing crazy with one of our other top tactical brains when we could be attacked at any second of any day? What are you thinking?”
“Cameron will be here and so will you,” I said, sliding my arm around Thom’s waist as I turned my attention to J.T. “Besides, if we listen to Phelan’s insane rambling, the major target is him, not us.”
“You don’t believe him,” J.T. said, his eyes narrowing.
“Of course not. But it’s not me that needs convincing, it’s him. If we get attacked while he’s gone, so be it. We’ll have to turn the tide without him.”
Thom grimaced. “I don’t like the sound of that.”
I probably shouldn’t have brought it up, but then again, what choice did I have? I shook my head slightly. “We’ll be fine, Thom.”
“Just like you were fine after the last fight?”
I winced and kept my mouth shut.
J.T. sighed. “I shouldn’t have brought any of this up, should I?”
“No, you really shouldn’t have,” I said.
Thom shook his head. “No, he’s right. It’s too dangerous to take all of us away from here just to make sure that Phelan doesn’t somehow get himself killed. We’ll find another way.”
“What if there isn’t another way?” I snapped. “What if this is the only way to convince him that he’s being a fool?”
Thom set his jaw. “We’ll find another way.”
I could have punched him as I fumed, inwardly cursing his stubbornness. I loved it and I hated it all at once—just like I always had.
“If your way doesn’t work, we’re going with Rory’s,” I said, then pushed to my feet and started to walk away, coffee cup still locked in my hand.
“Then we’d better hope that our way works,” Thom called after me. I just barely heard his voice as he turned back to J.T. “We have to come up with something that’ll work. I won’t leave her here to die alone.”
I winced but kept walking. I didn’t want to know what he’d seen. Sometimes, the visions were just too terrible bear.
Real or not, sometimes it was just too terrible to bear.
Thanks for the updates. For some reason, I love all these characters. Probably their multi lives they have lived and their awakening of those past lives.
Will patiently wait for more.