Page 40 of Forging Bonds: Part One

“That’s a good point,” Doc says with a heavy frown.

“I’ll call Ty and see if there’s a way that you can do what you need to do and not be near Draconian,” Van says and then presses some buttons so that he can call Ty.

“What happened?” Ty asks immediately, worry in his voice.

“Nothing happened,” Evander reassures him. “Doc has some tests that he wants to do on the hybrid body that are time-sensitive. He wants to know if there’s a way that he can come in and do it?”

“I should have known that it would have been something like that,” Ty replies, sounding a lot less tense than he did moments ago. “I told the Draconian team that they should steer clear of the Training Academy as well, so it should be fine for you to come in tomorrow. You tend to stick to your labs and the autopsy room anyway, so I don’t think that it will be an issue.”

“Brilliant, thanks, Ty,” Doc says.

“No problem, see you tomorrow,” Ty replies and then promptly hangs up.

“I’ll go with him,” Reed says as soon as he goes.

Doc smiles, “Thanks, man.”

“What is the day tomorrow?” I ask since I have absolutely no idea where we are in the week.

“It’s Thursday tomorrow,” River says, needing to pull his phone out and check in order to answer my question.

It occurs to me that I could have probably done the same thing.

“Oh shit, really?” I ask. “That means my night out is a lot closer than I thought.”

River chuckles, “Yep.”

The car falls into silence as we all drift into our own thoughts.

My mind goes back to the thoughts of my little house, and something occurs to me.

“We’re assuming that HID is going to know that I’m alive, right?” I ask, seemingly out of the blue.

Doc glances at me and nods, “Yeah, I think that’s a pretty safe assumption to make. They won’t be watching it themselves, but the announcement has to be made before the Choosing, and you will be named in that. It’s safe to say that the blue fucker and Dimitri will hear about your involvement, and since we know that they are both working with HID, then it’s pretty logical to assume that they will tell HID.”

Ransom frowns, “I’m sure that Ty has a plan to make sure that they are kept in their lane. Especially since they will have absolutely no jurisdiction over you anymore because you aren’t human.”

I nod, “Yeah, I’m not particularly worried about that, if I’m being honest. We’re dealing with other things that are a much bigger threat than they are. I was just thinking that if they know that I’m alive then I can go back to my little house, right? Get some things, make sure it’s alright? All of that sort of thing?”

The guys hesitate.

“You might be able to, but we already know that the blue fucker is interested in you and that HID is working for him. There’s a good chance that one or both of them are going to predict that you want to go back to your house and be waiting for you,” Reed suggests. “We can’t risk that, but we may be able to work something out.”

I shrug, “It was just an idea, if it’s going to turn out to be too difficult or risky then we won’t do it. I can wait. It’s not like the house is going anywhere.”

River frowns, “Sorry, Neith.”

Smiling, I reply, “It really is okay. I get it, and it would be stupid to put myself or you guys in danger just to check on the place or get some stuff that I don’t really need.”

“We’ll figure something out,” Raiden reassures me, and I nod.

“We need to order food,” Griff reminds us.

It doesn’t take long for us to place our orders, but since we left it a bit later than we had intended to, we have to wait by the gates for a couple of minutes to grab the food. I don’t know how, but I am tired, and I am more than ready to fall into my giant, epically comfy bed. Dinner is, as always, a lively affair but is over pretty quickly since we all seem to be exhausted. It’s been a long and trying few days, hell weeks, and I’m not surprised that we’re feeling this way. My bed is just as comfortable as I remember, and as I’m falling asleep it occurs to me that I felt comfortable here exceptionally quickly.

It turns out that I am so tired that all of those thoughts that really should keep me awake just drift off as quickly as I do.

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