“Okay, you’re right, but you probably need to speak to someone. Is there anyone you can trust?”
“Yes. You.” She chuckled. “And I’m talking to you right now.”
“Anyone else, funny girl?”
“Nope. And I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag until I’m sure I’ve sucked these weird folks of every possible piece of information. If I go to the sheriff’s office, I’m no longer any good as a spy.”
Jazmine laughed hard. “Baby, you’re so in over your head. Since when did you decide you’re an undercover operative?”
“Since people from both your town and mine decided to take the law into their own hands. I may not agree with everything the Masters are doing, or at least supposedly doing, but I’m damn sure God didn’t send me here to stand as judge and jury. If crazy Native Americans and crazier whites are meeting to plot murder, someone’s got to step in. Do you know of anyone else in as sweet a position for that as me?”
“No. You’re right.” Jaz blew out a breath. “And what about this Ada woman? I can’t believe anyone is stupid enough to leave all that information on someone’s answering machine.”
“I know. It’s insane. Who would do that? All the more reason I need to stay on course. Obviously I’m well-trusted. I can’t blow that right now. It could be the difference between life and death for three people.”
“I don’t like it. What if something happens to you?”
“Then you won’t have to sit in your car in the middle of the night several times a week hiding your relationship with me from everyone we know.”
“That is so not funny, Mary.”
“I know.” Mary sighed. “I’ll be careful.”
“Call me every single time something changes, okay? I’m scared.”
“Got it.”
»»•««
Melinda took Laurie to pick up her car from Corbin’s apartment after Laurie enjoyed a lovely lunch with her sister and grandmother. They even called her mother, Joyce, and put her on speakerphone so the three of them could catch Joyce up on everything happening.
Joyce made it clear she was worried about her daughters. The situation sounded dangerous. The reality was that underlying all other issues was the fact something was disturbing nature. Mimi, Melinda, and Laurie all agreed on that issue.
The strange snowstorm was just a beginning. More was coming. A bigger storm? Another earthquake? Would people be injured, perhaps killed? This event wasn’t as clear as the last two incidents that occurred when Melinda met her mates and before that when Rebecca met hers.
It was easy for Melinda to know in her gut that Rebecca wasn’t meant to participate in her Spartan race. She ended up being needed to care for the injured from the earthquake.
It was also simple for Melinda to recognize that the casino project on the reservation was doomed. The site made her sick, and not just because she was opposed to the construction. The place literally crawled with evil. Predicting an accident at that location was also a breeze. But what did the planet want from them this time? It was unclear to Laurie and even Melinda.
Laurie pondered the possibilities while she drove to the Sojourn sheriff’s office. The more she questioned things, the more she found herself thinking she was the common denominator in every event of the past week.
She felt sick to her stomach when she arrived at the sheriff’s office. And she approached Corbin with a knot in the pit of her belly that grew with every passing moment.
The only conflicting unexplainable emotion was her reaction to Corbin.
Her mate made her entire body come alive as soon as she stepped in the room. His face lit up when he spotted her unexpectedly heading his way.
Her heart raced at the thought of touching him. Even that one miniscule act made her nipples pucker and her clit jump to life with anticipation.
How could this feeling be contrary to what Nature intended? Was it possible the spirit guides were not in cahoots with Fate? Perhaps even though she was destined to mate with her two men, that wasn’t what the universe saw as the best option. Insane. But it was the only solution Laurie could currently come up with.
She shook her crazed thoughts from her head and let Corbin envelop her in an embrace when she reached his side.
“Melinda take you to get your car?”
She shrugged out of her coat and hung it on the back of a chair. “Yeah.”
“You spent all this time with Mimi?”
Laurie nodded. “She’s a truly remarkable woman.”
“That she is. A pillar in our society. I’m confident we have her to thank for the countless lives that have been saved over the years from various atrocities. She might not always be spot on or know precisely the details, but she still nails everything in the end. She predicts things. It may be unconventional, but I don’t know anyone who would ignore her sometimes unusual requests.”