“More good, this guy gave us the location of this training camp and told us there were others. Obviously, they’re covert, but they’re big operations, according to this Breed. Not easy to move, say, should one hanger go AWOL. We know where one is, not the others, but we now know to look for them. Gregor’s set some of his higher-up vampire soldiers on making a plan to take this base out. At the same time, they’re calling the president to access intelligence satellites to see if they can locate any other camps so they can hit them.”

“Wouldn’t the US government have a lock on any such activity, seeing as they do have spy satellites?”

“They can’t attack every compound that they reckon bad shit is happening in, and until today, we didn’t know they were up to this crap. Now that we know what that bad shit is, they can pay closer attention, get men on the ground to pay closer attention, and maybe weed out The True’s bases so that they can be targeted.”

Something unknit inside me as I said softly, “So we actually have a plan.”

Abel nodded, also looking a shade less stressed out. “Finally, we got somethin’ solid to go on and we’re able to do something.”

I took in a long breath and let it out, dropping my head to his shoulder. He cuddled me closer and laid his cheek against the top of my head.

I gave it some time to let the goodness of being tucked close to Abel penetrate completely before I said, “Sorry I was a bitch earlier.”

“Can’t guarantee you, this situation continues like it does much longer, that I’m not gonna be a dick. It’s gonna get to us. All of us. We just gotta be aware and not turn on each other.”

I snuggled closer. “Seems like two hundred years on the earth makes a guy pretty smart.”

There was a smile in his voice when he muttered, “Whatever.”

He barely got out the er in whatever before he was standing, me held in his arms so tight, I feared he’d break my bones.

“Abel, wh—?”

Suddenly, I was on my feet but pushed back.

Abel crouched in front of me like he did when he was going to leap to wolf.

“Abel! What’s going on?” I yelled.

He turned only his head to me. He was baring his teeth and I saw his fangs extended.

“Run!” he roared.

I started to turn to run even as he leaped to wolf, so beautiful, so big, so proud. I loved him as wolf, all his dark mixed with silvery fur, his intense brown eyes, his intelligent face.

But right then, I couldn’t do what I usually did when my man was wolf, which was to admire him and think he was awesome.