Slade
He picked up his father’s call before Palmer and Yuri got to him. “Slade, why are Palmer and Yuri going to see you and spend the night there?”
“I miss my friends, and they’ll be coming to give me a complete update on the search for Oriana.” He answered simply “There is no point in them driving out here and back on the same day. Not unless they’re here to pick me up, that is, and I’ve still got three months here.”
“Then why did you exclude Hayden from the trip? He’s your Beta and is getting left out of things, I feel, on purpose. You need to bond with him.”
Slade closed his eyes for a moment, and took in a long deep breath so he didn’t grate out harsh words to his own father. “I believe he was on border patrol, so he couldn’t come.”
“You put him on border patrol, so he couldn’t g
