Thirty-nine – 03

It took fifteen minutes to round up everyone they needed for the proposal. Seamus began to show his nerves more and more as the gathering grew larger, starting to fidget and staring at the fire. Neve went to him and touched his arm, spoke quietly to him—quiet enough that she wasn’t to be overheard by anyone nearby. J.T. watched them carefully, reflecting that he really wasn’t sure that he wanted to know what they were talking about, anyway.

Obviously, she’s already aware of the proposal that he’s about to tell us about. A shiver crept down J.T.’s spine. He glanced toward Marin, who didn’t look curious as she joined the group by the fire. I wonder if Mar knows, too. From the frown on Thom’s face, he was guessing she did and had declined to share that information with her husband.

This has to be a doozy. I don’t think Seamus would be this worried if it was anything less. J.T. exhaled quietly and took a slow sip of his coffee, smiling at Carolyn as she joined him next to the fire. “Hey.”

“Hey. What’s going on?”

He slid his arm around her shoulder and gave her a quick squeeze. “Seamus has something he needed to ask all of us on the behalf of the Wild Hunt. Sounded like it had the potential to be something fairly ominous, but we’ll have to see.”

Carolyn rested her head against his shoulder, studying Seamus for a long moment, her brows knitting. “Well, he certainly looks nervous. Must be big.”

“We’ll see,” J.T. said quietly. “Your little friends haven’t noticed anything untoward in the last few days, have they?”

“No,” Carolyn said. “But then again, they’re mostly concentrated on making sure that we have reaction time if Thesan tries something. She hasn’t yet, but they don’t trust it. I don’t blame them.”

J.T. choked on a laugh. “Well, it’s nice to know that they’re helping with our security.”

“They care about us, Jay. Would you ever expect anything else?”

“No,” he said quietly. “I guess not.”

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