Page 18 of The Warrior
“Laura.”
“Yes?” I stopped and looked back.
“While you wait, search for your sanity, will you? Going after those men is crazy.”
“Maybe, but I’m going anyway,” I said and walked away from him, my hands folded into fists to hide how much they were shaking.
CHAPTER6
Letting Go
Magni
My large beast of a hybrid had never flown as slow as when I took Laura to the border.
My head was spinning with ways to make her stay, but locking her up or spanking her into submission would only alienate her and we were already on shaky ground. More than once, I stopped myself before asking my most burning question: “Are you going to divorce me?”
It was my worst nightmare, but asking could potentially put thoughts in her head, something I wasn’t willing to risk. All her talk about her newfound freedom in the Motherlands had me nervous that she would want to move there for good.
The negotiations meeting with the Council had been a farce, and I hadn’t been able to control my temper when some of the Council members from the Motherlands claimed that men couldn’t be trusted with power. They didn’t even blink when they said males were power hungry by nature and that history showed we were incapable of maintaining peace.
Of course, my aggressive shouting at them didn’t convince them otherwise. But it wasn’t in my blood to take insults without standing up for myself. Not even from small Momsies who blinked when they heard the word fuck.
I was still upset that Khan had asked me to step outside when the Motlanders threatened to leave the negotiations if I remained in the room. He should have never bowed to their demands. Fucking tree-hugging vegans who lived to oppress men.
“You don’t like Pearl much, do you?” Laura asked me from her seat next to me. The millions of needle trees beneath us gave a feeling of flying over a green ocean.
“No, I don’t like Pearl.”
“Because Khan listens to her more than he listens to you now?”
My head swung to her. “Who told you that?”
The serious expression on her face didn’t take away from how pretty she looked with the braid that ran like a hairband from one ear to the other. “No one. I saw it for myself at the strategy meeting. The two of them are close.”
“It’s just a phase. Newlyweds are always engrossed in each other. He’ll grow bored of her soon enough and things will return to normal. Don’t forget that I’m still the second in command in the Northlands. Khan depends on me to rule the country.”
“What if he doesn’t grow bored with her?”
I kept my eyes straight ahead, not wanting to entertain that thought. Changing the subject, I asked. “Did you talk to your sister?”
“Yes, and I talked to Laila Michelle too. Did you see her twins?”
“Yeah, once. They were only a few weeks old then and I mostly saw two bundles of blankets.”
“I missed out on a lot,” Laura breathed and played with a blue wristband.
“Uh-huh. Laila Michelle and April were both upset with you for leaving, you know?”
“Yes, they told me. April gave me a hard time, and Laila Michelle got upset when I called her just now to cancel seeing her and her twins today. She agrees with you that it’s not a woman’s job to chase criminals.”
“Are you even sure the Motlanders will let you back inside their country?” It was no secret that I hoped they wouldn’t.
“It should be fine, I have papers from the Council.”
I wanted to land my hybrid in front of the border as much as I wanted to walk barefoot on lava, but in the end I had to. “Are you wearing your protective suit under your clothes?”
“No, but I brought it.”
