Resilience (Southwestern Shifters) by Bradford Bailey

Author:Bradford, Bailey [Bradford, Bailey]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Total-E-Bound Publishing
Published: 2012-07-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Adam half expected to find out he’d eaten some bad—or very good, depending on the outcome of the night—mushrooms. Seriously, there were werewolves in the world! Shifters, rather, since the term werewolves made the…shifters…snarl. Who would have ever thought supernatural beings would be so damned sensitive? Adam shook his head and tried to concentrate on the conversation.

The thing was, it was all over the place. Gabe wanted to talk about everything that had happened since he’d met Mika, apparently. Adam didn’t want to be rude, but, for one thing, he really, really wanted to get Todd alone to discuss all this weirdness.

And, secondly, he’d been waiting for someone to fill him in about what all this had to do with Jameson. Were they saying Jameson was like them now—like Gabe and Mika and the others? Adam frowned. Would Jameson not have felt he could trust Adam with something like that? The idea hurt like a bitch, considering Gabe was confiding in Todd and him. Surely Jameson would have known Adam would never betray him?

“Gabe,” Aidan interrupted, his tone carrying a commanding note that snapped Adam right out of his chaotic thoughts. “I think maybe y’all should catch up on the past few years later. It’ll take more than one night, and Adam is putting off enough anxiety to make my hair stand on end.”

Gabe didn’t argue, surprisingly, or maybe not. He wasn’t a bad guy at all, just enthusiastic. “Yeah, you’re right.” Gabe turned an apologetic look to Adam. “I’m sorry. I’m being a selfish ass.”

“It’s—” Adam stopped, not ready to lie and say it was fine, because he needed time to process every damn thing before he knew what was fine and what wasn’t. He cocked his head at Aidan. “So your brother is some big deal with shifters in the US, and he heard rumours about, or possibly about, Jameson?”

Aidan leant back and tapped his fingers on his thick thighs. “The North American continent. And, yeah, Marcus is definitely a big deal, not that he’d tell you so. But you’d know it the second he stepped in the room.”

“Cuz Nathan would shout it out,” Gabe muttered. Mika snickered and Zane coughed. Aidan’s lips twitched but he didn’t show any other signs of amusement.

“Nathan is Marcus’ mate, and, yes, he probably would. But Jameson isn’t a common name, and something rang a bell when Gabe was talking about the timing of his disappearance, the move to Europe… Well. Marcus is only the Alpha Anax of the North American continent, like I said. The European leadership has been in a state of chaos for years. There were rumours the Alpha Anax there had returned with a mate from the US, only to have been ambushed before he ever made it to his pack lands.”

Adam pressed a hand to his stomach, pushing at the cold knot of fear balled up there. Todd slipped his arms around Adam, holding him as much as he could on the couch. “And you think it was Jameson…”

Aidan nodded, his expression blank.

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