Page 154 of Wolf Roulette

That other thing we discussed.

I have dates.

Three dots appeared, and my heart thumped.

Her message appeared.

Send the details and it’s done.

I exhaled.Booker, I’m not ready for this.

We’ve done all we can do alone. It’s time to involve others.

That’s what had me so terrified.

No one else wanted what I did. Sascha came close. Wade and Cameron close behind him, but everyone else wanted to outright win. Others wouldn’t see my plans the same way I did. They could react badly.Reallybadly.

Yet, the only way forward was to take this step.

Courage, Andie. Start with Sascha,Booker said.Go from there.

She was right.

Steeling myself, I dialled his number.

The phone rang once.

“You’re using the actual phone?” he answered.

This method felt more formal than telepathy. “I’m ready to tell you everything. Just you and me.”

He was silent. “How big is this?”

“It could be what we need. The pack, the tribe, and us.”

“When and where, mate?”

I licked my lips. “Somewhere private. How about the place Herc’s will was read? Can you leave now?”

“Give me twenty.”

This was happening.

Sascha wanted to help me, but there was so much he had to consider. Hell, Igotwhere he was coming from. There was every chance he couldn’t support me in this.

If so… this probably wouldn’t work.

I listened to his footsteps and the deep thrum of his pickup engine. “Sascha?”

“Mate.”

“Just… you’ll need an open mind for this.”

His tone was dry. “I’d gathered.”

I hung up and grabbed my keys.

Sliding into Ella F, I took the road to Lake Thana, driving two-thirds of the way alongside it before locating the hilltop road. If not for Booker’s daily runs, the hidden corners of Deception Valley would still be a mystery to me, but this particular spot was burned in my memory. Once, I drove up this road as Andie Booker and came down as Andie Thana.

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