Stray: MM Paranormal Fantasy Romance (Outcast Mates) by Lee Colgin

Author:Lee Colgin [Colgin, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781970161182
Publisher: Colgin Enterprise
Published: 2022-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

Never before have I wanted to use Gnarl for kindling so much as I do right now. “What do you mean Jeno has gone to Veszprem?”

Gnarl spreads his hands. “Janos is waylaid and couldn’t deliver, so Jeno’s on his route down the Zala River.”

“You’ve sent him too far.” I resist the urge to slap some sense into Gnarl as it would be too late to help anyway. “And by now, he has an entire night’s head start on me.”

“Where he goes is safe. There’s no need to follow. Either have some faith or go home and wallow.”

Argh. That crazy, doggerel-spouting bundle of sticks. I clench my fists lest I snap him like the twig he is. “Jeno is just a fledgling with no one to guide him. He’s too young to handle a mail route that spreads over half of Hungary all by himself.”

Gnarl glowers and tuts at me. “He’s eager to prove his worth. For that, you must give him a wider berth.”

I blow out an irritated breath. “Tell me the entire route from the beginning.”

“South over the ridges to Veszprem, then down to the lake, from there to the Zala and back in a shake.”

“It had better be a shake, Gnarl, or—” I stop short of threatening him. Gnarl is my friend, and this isn’t his fault. Well, it is his fault, but it’s also his job to keep the post running, so I can’t exactly blame him. Even though I want to.

“Or what, little kitty? You’ll beat me to bits? Won’t that be a pity?”

“Don’t. Tempt. Me.” I growl out the words one by one, shift, and run off without saying good-bye.

As much as I want to head straight to Veszprem and catch up to Jeno, Gnarl is annoyingly correct. It’s not my place. Jeno chose to go, and I ought to respect that. Give him the freedom to do his job. Besides, my own responsibilities beckon. I’m needed in Pest.

So I retrace my steps, and if I fume and rant on the return trip, it’s no skin off my nose. Jeno couldn’t have known Gnarl would ask him to pick up Janos’s route. Still, he gave me his word he’d hurry back.

Why does it feel like a promise broken?

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