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suspicion, before relaxing into a soft smile. “Nothing for you to worry about Russ,” she said, using the short form of his name for the first time that he could recall.
Obviously she was trying to get her point across that she was telling the truth, but he was still unsure about it all. He opened his mouth to press her for more information, but she kept talking, her steely-eyed liaison persona pushing through. Her shoulders straightened, her chin came up a bit, and any remaining warmth left her eyes.
“And also nothing that I can discuss with you,” she said, all professional. “LMC internal business.”
“Okay, thanks Em,” he said, hoping she would catch the reference.
“No problem,” she replied, the liaison gone, replaced simply with his Alpha’s mate.
With a sharp nod he turned. Then something else occurred to him.
“Hey, did you ever find out anything more about what caused all of this?” he said, arms wide, encompassing the damaged building.
“Not much,” she said with a grimace. “Head office confirmed that they were the Opal Crew, obviously brand new. I asked how come no one had heard of them, but I couldn’t get a straight answer from Layla, the head liaison.”
Russell frowned. He didn’t like hearing that. The formation of a new crew was usually something to be celebrated and announced ahead of time. The fact that they had not only founded a crew, but put them to mining and they had found a stone, all without anyone knowing, was very odd indeed.
“I even called up Michael and Marcel,” she continued, naming the heads of the Diamond and Ruby Crews respectively. “Neither of them were aware of it either.”
“I’m not surprised with Marcel,” Russell replied. “He and his polar bears avoid everyone if they can. But Michael? I mean, how does he not know about it?”
Michael was the Alpha of the Whitepines, the preeminent mining crew in Genesis Valley. They had been around the longest, and were by far the most successful and well-polished crew. There was very little that happened that he didn’t know about.
“So other than that,” Emma said, “little else to report. The survivors have been labeled as Unfound. That’s probably it.”
“Unfound, really?” Russell said, his eyebrows arching in surprise. “That’s a pretty serious label to be applied, don’t you think?”
“I suppose. But they were all involved in it, and those six remaining bears could quite easily cause an unbelievable amount of damage and death if they decided to.”
“But still, Unfound? Setting every shifter in the Valley on them with a license to kill? With that many shifters on the loose, someone is going to get caught in the crossfire, don’t you think?”
“I hope not,” Emma said, though she didn’t argue his point. “We’ll just have to ensure that that doesn’t happen then, won’t we?”
“Right,” he said, though his mind was still elsewhere. To be labeled “Unfound” meant that you weren’t considered part of any crew in the valley, and thus you were a rogue. It also meant that every shifter in Origin and its surroundings was given the ability, and the directive, to kill them. It wasn’t a title that was applied lightly, and to see it given to six individuals at the same time was unheard of.
“So,” Emma said, changing the topic. “How did things go with you and Gwen last night?”
He snorted. “Trying to play matchmaker already?” he teased, trying to play it off.
“Hey, if it works. It would certainly be nice to have a third female hanging around the Lodge.”
“You just say that because you two are best friends. Give her the guest room if you want her around,” he said, holding his hands up innocently to show that he had no idea what she was talking about.
“Oh please, I saw the two of you laughing about that. But then I heard you told Garrett this morning that you didn’t think seeing her again would be a good idea.”
Russell winced. He hadn’t thought
Obviously she was trying to get her point across that she was telling the truth, but he was still unsure about it all. He opened his mouth to press her for more information, but she kept talking, her steely-eyed liaison persona pushing through. Her shoulders straightened, her chin came up a bit, and any remaining warmth left her eyes.
“And also nothing that I can discuss with you,” she said, all professional. “LMC internal business.”
“Okay, thanks Em,” he said, hoping she would catch the reference.
“No problem,” she replied, the liaison gone, replaced simply with his Alpha’s mate.
With a sharp nod he turned. Then something else occurred to him.
“Hey, did you ever find out anything more about what caused all of this?” he said, arms wide, encompassing the damaged building.
“Not much,” she said with a grimace. “Head office confirmed that they were the Opal Crew, obviously brand new. I asked how come no one had heard of them, but I couldn’t get a straight answer from Layla, the head liaison.”
Russell frowned. He didn’t like hearing that. The formation of a new crew was usually something to be celebrated and announced ahead of time. The fact that they had not only founded a crew, but put them to mining and they had found a stone, all without anyone knowing, was very odd indeed.
“I even called up Michael and Marcel,” she continued, naming the heads of the Diamond and Ruby Crews respectively. “Neither of them were aware of it either.”
“I’m not surprised with Marcel,” Russell replied. “He and his polar bears avoid everyone if they can. But Michael? I mean, how does he not know about it?”
Michael was the Alpha of the Whitepines, the preeminent mining crew in Genesis Valley. They had been around the longest, and were by far the most successful and well-polished crew. There was very little that happened that he didn’t know about.
“So other than that,” Emma said, “little else to report. The survivors have been labeled as Unfound. That’s probably it.”
“Unfound, really?” Russell said, his eyebrows arching in surprise. “That’s a pretty serious label to be applied, don’t you think?”
“I suppose. But they were all involved in it, and those six remaining bears could quite easily cause an unbelievable amount of damage and death if they decided to.”
“But still, Unfound? Setting every shifter in the Valley on them with a license to kill? With that many shifters on the loose, someone is going to get caught in the crossfire, don’t you think?”
“I hope not,” Emma said, though she didn’t argue his point. “We’ll just have to ensure that that doesn’t happen then, won’t we?”
“Right,” he said, though his mind was still elsewhere. To be labeled “Unfound” meant that you weren’t considered part of any crew in the valley, and thus you were a rogue. It also meant that every shifter in Origin and its surroundings was given the ability, and the directive, to kill them. It wasn’t a title that was applied lightly, and to see it given to six individuals at the same time was unheard of.
“So,” Emma said, changing the topic. “How did things go with you and Gwen last night?”
He snorted. “Trying to play matchmaker already?” he teased, trying to play it off.
“Hey, if it works. It would certainly be nice to have a third female hanging around the Lodge.”
“You just say that because you two are best friends. Give her the guest room if you want her around,” he said, holding his hands up innocently to show that he had no idea what she was talking about.
“Oh please, I saw the two of you laughing about that. But then I heard you told Garrett this morning that you didn’t think seeing her again would be a good idea.”
Russell winced. He hadn’t thought
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