Chapter 91
The heavy silence that followed the three simultaneous clicks of their phones hung in the air for a moment. Sarah turned toward her friends, seeing the same mixture of resolve and lingering anxiety on their faces.
“I’m guessing you guys heard the same thing I did?” Sarah asked softly.
Margot and Candy nodded in unison.
“There’s not much we can do about it,” Candy said, her voice steadying as she set her phone face down on the table. “They’re on a job. It’s the life we have to get used to if we’re going to be with them as mates, right?”
Margot and Sarah shared a long look—a silent acknowledgment of the weight that came with loving men in their positions—before nodding back at Candy.
“How often do they actually go on these jobs?” Sarah asked, her curiosity piqued by the sudd
