\u201cThom, Marin\u2019s coming this way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thom Ambrose straightened and turned toward the gate at Matt\u2019s warning, his brows knitting. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong, Mar?\u201d<\/p>\n
Too pale.<\/em> He didn\u2019t say anything about that as she marched up to him, Neve trailing a step behind.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the hell are you guys doing out here?\u201d Marin asked. \u201cWe heard explosions. If we hadn\u2019t heard the lot of you laughing<\/em>, we might have actually thought something was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n Thom winced at the censure in his wife\u2019s voice. They probably had<\/em> thought something was wrong.<\/p>\n I guess maybe we <\/em>should have given them a heads-up about what we were going to be doing out here today before we got started. Well, too late now.<\/em> \u201cWell, Davon and Cameron finally figured out the right mix for the power,\u201d he said. \u201cWe came out here to test. It\u2019ll be useful for blasting stumps and excavating foundations.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUh-huh,\u201d she said, crossing her arms and looking over the group of men clustered outside their settlement\u2019s walls. \u201cDid you bother to warn<\/em> anyone before you started this little test run.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt grimaced. \u201cSorry about that, sis. We were just excited that they\u2019d figured it out. They\u2019ve been working on it for weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re aware of that,\u201d Neve said, her tone as dry as a desert. \u201cThe problem is that no one said anything before you started testing. Explosions outside the walls tend to mean we\u2019re under attack. You\u2019re lucky we didn\u2019t start raising all kind of alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n Marin snorted. \u201cWe\u2019re lucky no one else has\u2014that we know of, anyhow.\u201d<\/p>\n Should have thought of that.<\/em> He glanced sidelong at Cameron, who shrugged.<\/p>\n \u201cI let Seamus know. I\u2019m sure he\u2019s keeping everyone settled.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNice of him to tell someone else,\u201d Neve said, looking even more annoyed. Thom shook his head.<\/p>\n Way to throw him under a bus, Cam. Now she\u2019s going to be angry with her brother, too, on top of the two of them being angry at us.<\/em><\/p>\n There was nothing for it, though. What was done was done, and none of them could change the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThom, Marin\u2019s coming this way.\u201d Thom Ambrose straightened and turned toward the gate at Matt\u2019s warning, his brows knitting. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong, Mar?\u201d Too pale. He didn\u2019t say anything about that as she marched up to him, Neve trailing a step … Continue reading