DRAKE DIDN’T UNDERSTAND what was wrong with his mate. All he knew was that his heart was pounding something fierce inside his chest. Concern made his stomach queasy. If only she would talk, would tell him what was wrong. Then he could fix it. It was all he wanted to do. It was what he was good at.
But, his mate refused to even open her mouth at first. She looked like she was trying to swallow something foul. He wanted to reach out and pull her in. He wanted to reach out and shake her.
He wanted to scream.
His heart was pounding. It ached inside him. Then she spoke. Layla was going to drive? They’d been cooped up in those planes for hours, nearly the entire day, and now she wanted to drive to the Territory? He didn’t understand what was going on.
But, he remembered what Rhys and Gwen ha
