~ TARKYN ~
He'd stepped too close and gotten too pushy. Elreth did raise her brows at that.
"You ask me like you have a say in whether I can be here, Tarkyn," she snapped.
"No, I don't," he ground out. "I just… tell me what's going on? Why does my mate smell afraid?"
But Elreth just rolled her eyes. "What's going on is that my brother admitted to his role in getting Zev loose—thanks for not trusting me with that, by the way," she said flatly. Tarkyn shot Gar an alarmed look—had Gar told Elreth that he was involved? But the male just gave a little shake of his head that Elreth either didn't notice, or ignored. "But it looks like there were others at work, too. Someone helped Zev get loose, and took Jayah. We still aren't sure whether she was hurt, or just taken prisoner. But the fact that the Chimera got inside our patrols is terrifying."
