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her down and
she had to take several deep breaths before she could speak. But
Phillip was speaking first. You’ll be
fine. Just take more deep breaths and imagine fighting one of your
worst foes. See him at the end of your blade? He’s scared shitless
of your badassness. And he’d be pissing his pants if not for the
fact that you’ve already made him do it twice.
    Linyah laughed. She couldn’t help it.
He’d been making her do that so often that she wanted to find him
and hug him to her. But it wasn’t sexual, and she was sure he knew
it. It was like he was her brother, like Nic was, and they got
along so well. When she told him she was fine now, he told her he
had to go. They were having a meeting again and he couldn’t be
late.
    Linyah was sitting on her deck hours
later when she realized that she wanted to be there now. Instead of
telling anyone where she was going, she simply willed herself to
the house where Phillip was. She was surprised to find herself in
the kitchen with a large man that looked to be pissed off. The
older woman that was standing in the doorway looked to be just as
mad as the man, but she was also afraid. Linyah stepped between
them. The older leopard turned to her and she saw the gun before
anything else.
    “ You should just back on
up, girl, and nobody will get hurt. I’m here to talk to my boy and
you’ll not interfere. Don’t you just be standing there. Get going.
Don’t you have something to sew or something?” He glared at her
when she laughed. “I’m not being funny here. I’m trying to be
polite and I don’t have a lot of politeness in me today. You just
back on up and I’ll finish my conversation with my wife
here.”
    Linyah turned slightly to look at the
woman. She’d been hit, and hard too. Before she could ask her if
she was all right, another man came up behind the older one and
wrapped his arm around his throat, pulling him away from the door.
Linyah could see that he had it covered and helped the woman to sit
down.
    “ You should have kicked
his ass.” Linyah laughed at the woman when she spoke. “I would
have, but I’m no match for him. Stupidity makes mean men. And he’s
one of the meanest ones I know of.”
    “ I’ll agree with that, but
I’m pretty sure you could have taken him and come out on top.”
Linyah touched the wound on her cheek and healed it. She knew that
she could have healed herself by shifting, but she wanted to help
her. “I assume you’re Phillip’s mother and that monster was your
husband?”
    “ Ex-husband, thank you.
And yes. I’m Maribel and you’re the young woman who Phillip has
been raving about since he met you.” The younger man came in the
door then, and she stood in front of Mrs. Lanning. He didn’t move
any further into the room but stared at her. “Thomas, did you kick
his butt and put him in his car? He should know better than to come
here.”
    “ He said he was coming
back. I called Misha and told him.” He never stopped staring at
Linyah as he spoke to his mom. “Phillip said he was around the main
house today too. He told him not to come back. Did he hurt
you?”
    “ Nothing she couldn’t fix
up with a touch.” Mrs. Lanning stood up and pushed her toward the
man. “Thomas, this is Phillip’s friend. I’m sorry, dear, we don’t
know your name.”
    “ Linyah. I’m Linyah of the
Genjar people.” Linyah flushed. She never told people what she was
when asked, but for some reason she did now. Before she could say
anything else, the man laughed. Linyah felt her anger build
up.
    “ This day just went from
good to shit in a matter of heartbeats, didn’t it? I don’t suppose
you have a mate, do you?” She shook her head. “Of course not. That
would just make it too nice and easy. I wonder what else is in
store for me. Plague? The bank go belly up?”
    “ Thomas.” His mother was
shocked, that much was evident. But when she smacked him on the
back of the head, he only looked at her and smiled. “Tell the