“Nothing bad, just a few little ones,” I whisper, worried about my mate. “Do you know what happened?”
“No ma’am,” he tells me, straightening his tie and I realize that it must be a nervous habit. “I attempted to link Gus but he has not responded yet.”
“s**t,” I whisper and look up to see Toby smiling at me.
“Princess, he’s most likely too busy to respond,” he tells me, trying to reassure me. “If anything had happened and he were dead, we wouldn’t be able to link him. You’re not feeling pain and we can link Gus. These are good signs.”
It would be a good sign, except that right after he said it, I feel sharp pains across my back. I gasp in pain and cry out a little. To my surprise, it is Michael that comes over to me. He kneels down in front of the couch where I’m sitting and ta
