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start and blinked drowsily. Something had pulled me from a deep, dreamless sleep. I accessed my panther sight, the dark slowly melting away until I saw Logan struggling in the bed beside me. I’d been so fast asleep I’d forgotten he was even there. And I didn’t have time to feel bad either. He thrashed about, tossing his head this way and that. The muscles in his neck were strained, tight with whatever stress his dream created in his mind. He mumbled something, but many of the words were smudged. I managed to make out a few words, and it sounded like he’d said, “Where is she?” and “What happened to her?”
    A light sheen of sweat bathed Logan’s body, and he was so hot to touch that I hissed when I put my hand on him to still his frantic thrashing. I ignored the burn and gripped his muscled shoulder, shaking him hard. Who knew what he’d do, but I was prepared.
    He slid out of his nightmare slowly, blinking at me as I bent over him. He dragged a hand over his slick face and groaned, dropping his head back against the pillow.
    “You okay?” I asked as I hovered.
    He gazed at me, his eyes dark and troubled. Then they cleared as he gave me smile. “I’m fine. Just a bad dream.” He was trying to reassure me, and I didn’t want to push him.
    Selfishly, I was aware I didn’t have the time to spend convincing him to confide in me. I just had to hope we had enough between us that he could eventually be comfortable enough to bare his soul.
    ***
    I walked out of the shower to the enticing aroma of fresh coffee. Dressing quickly, I headed for the kitchen to see Lily sitting at the marble counter, sipping at her mug and blowing carefully on the steaming surface. Logan stood on the other side of the counter, a mug in his hand. He’d dressed and looked pretty decent considering we’d gotten about two hours of shut-eye. Handing me a mug, he smiled as I approached, and I slipped into the seat beside Lily.
    She looked at me, then quickly glanced at Logan and then back at me. I hid a smile. Lily was a little uncomfortable being alone with us.
    “You’re early. Wanted to make sure I don’t leave without you?” I asked with a teasing smile.
    Her eyes narrowed, unamused. “Something like that,” she snapped, clearly grumpy because of the hour of the day.
    “You tell Storm where you’re headed?”
    Lily nodded. I was being motherly, but I didn’t have a choice. I had to be sure she’d checked off everything that was necessary.
    “Did he have any objections?”
    She snorted. “Of course he did. He seems to think he’s my father or something.” She rolled her eyes, then returned to blowing on her coffee.
    “Lily, he is your guardian, you know. It’s what you agreed to. And it shows that he cares.”
    “I know.” She sighed and set the mug on the counter. “I’m just not used to someone being so overprotective.” She rolled her arms, elbows out, as if she were struggling under a blanket weighing her down. I knew how she felt. It was exactly the way I’d felt in Tukats before I decided to hit the road. How could I fault her?
    Silence shifted between the three of us until Logan cleared his throat. “You girls need to be extra careful in Wrythiin.” He seemed to blurt out the statement as if he hadn’t intended to say anything in the first place but had been unable to control himself.
    “Any particular reason?” I sipped and wondered what he knew. “Omega know something we should?” Logan’s eyelids dropped the tiniest bit of an inch, and in that movement I knew the answer was yes. “So what does Omega have on the Wrythiin situation?”
    “It’s not very specific. We’ve tried to gain information, but it’s pretty difficult considering we don’t have a Wraith working for Omega, so a deep cover agent isn’t a possibility.” He paused again, then drained his mug. “Our knowledge of the political and social situation in Wrythiin is solely from back when the Wraiths were originally banished from