“Elkie can give me a rundown. She loves to gossip, and I love help with a case. It’ll be a win-win for me, and for her. She likes company.”
That she did.
“I also have to visit the council at some point. You know they’re finding out about the skulls and pitching a fit that we removed them from the rez.”
Oh, he was aware.
Callen was going to remind her of that, but since she was on top of it, he hopefully didn’t have a battle to clean up when they demanded and she laughed while dancing around their corpses.
His wife was spicy.
“Don’t worry, Callen James. I know that look, and it says‘oh, shit, she’s going to slap native men who piss her off’,” she stated.
That was amusing.
“I was thinking that.”
Oh, she was aware.
“I’ll be respectful when they call for me to show up. Until then, I’m going to avoid at all costs. You know…so I can avoid slapping Native men who don’t like it.”
He grinned.
“They’re missing out.”
She just rolled her eyes.
“I need to tell you something, and you can’t get angry with me or Ethan.”
That had everyone’s attention.
What the hell?
What did that mean?
Why would she get angry with either of them?
It took a lot to make her angry, so unless they were going to buy her a jet or city, she was going to be fine.
“What?”
He went there.
“He told me he was thinking about taking over as Shaman here on the reservation. I don’t know if that was just him being caught up in his feels, or if he’s seriously considering it.”
Well, shit.
How the hell did they dodge one bullet, just to be hit with another?
“If he stays…”
Elizabeth closed her eyes.
And here was the anxiety again.
The last thing any of them wanted was to be tied here to the reservation.
If Ethan stayed, and they all went home…