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should she do? Not abandon Hawke that’s for sure, her wolf would never allow that. And those two would never travel with him.
    “ What is your name?”
    “Asia,” she said out loud without thinking and wished to could recall the information the moment it left her mouth.
    “ Asia? I’ve heard that name somewhere. Where have I heard that name?”
    She stopped and looked down at him. “Good question. Where?” She crossed her arms, and waited. When she met Angus he mentioned a group overseas had been asking questions and looking for clues into her past.
    “ My memories are returning but not fast enough. I am getting snapshots that don’t make a lot of sense yet. Some things are crystal, but personal information, pack, littermates, where I’m from… all of that is blurred .”
    Asia’s heart pounded at the familiar confusion. She had experienced the disorientation, trying to bring order to chaos.
    “ This is the first time .”
    “What?” She had no idea what he referred to.
    “ That I have been able to think clear for any length of time, to win against the computer chip in my brain. The chip doesn’t have full control like before. Before it would’ve forced a shift, to return to human .”
    That bit of information surprised her. “That’s unusual.” She slipped again. “I mean… I thought nothing affected the chips after installed.” She did not want him to know anything about her previous connection to the Liege.
    “ Yes. I thought that as well. Where are we going tonight? I need to rest .”
    Asia blinked at the change in conversation. Perhaps he didn’t trust her either. Smart man. “I have been sleeping in the tree.”
    “ Tree? ” Hawke sounded surprised. “But I need to access the database I uploaded to the cloud. If I don’t log in with the correct password, the file will self-destruct and the chips in the minds of those wolves will stay live. ”
    “What?” Asia hadn’t heard correctly.
    “ I didn’t wipe out the files; I moved them into a lockbox that no one else can access. I froze the codes so that Master… damn. So that the Liege cannot activate the chips and destroy the test wolves. But that is just a delay mechanism. There’s more work to be completed in the program to permanently deactivate the chips .”
    “What about your chip?”
    “ I never had control of mine. Just the test wolves .”
    Asia nodded. “Maybe there will be one on the plane.”
    “ Plane? ” Hawke took two steps backward. “ What plane ?”
     
    She completed another scan, no one was near. “We can talk about this in the tree. I need to rest as well.” The amount of energy she’d used to rescue him cost her big time. Each step became harder to make. If she didn’t rest soon, she’d be vulnerable and dependent on him. That notion stiffened her resolve.
    “ What plane ?”
    “ To take me home.”
    “ I understand but I must undo the damage first, otherwise the wolves will be recaptured and tormented worse. This must be done and I need your help.”
    It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him to go do it, but Jasmine’s face flashed in front of her with a warning. “Okay.” She turned and climbed the tree without a backward glance. Her wolf whimpered and then stopped when he climbed behind her. By the time she reached the three branches, she realized he’d have to find limbs to support his weight. She had no intention of sharing her space.
    Asia grabbed the bag from the short limb, pulled out her canteen and drank. The large meal from earlier had long gone. She pulled out an apple and dried fruit from another purchase that day. Hawke settled in the next tree on two limbs and watched her.
    “Hungry?” she held up the apple and fruit.
    “ No, you eat .”
    She returned the canteen and zipped the bag. Lying across the branches she gazed at the half moon and ate.
    “ Mistress ?”
    “Asia?”
    She told Jasmine everything that happened since their last communication. “ A place to access a