Chapter 4
When Yakecen flattened his lips into a tight line, Eli knew it was bad. It didn’t matter what trite, placid words John said. Yakecen was the one who would tell him what was going on, no frills and no bullshit.
“It’s bad, but not a problem serious enough to panic about,” Yakecen offered.
“Explain it to me?” There was a plaintive note in his question that he hated, but there was no help for it. The weight of the situation pressed down on him the same way an impending hurricane made him feel. Heavy on his shoulders and smothering his lungs. A panic attack wasn’t pending, though only because Yakecen didn’t seem scared out of his mind.
Yakecen eased him back until they were in the middle of the cabin. Calling him out on the stalling tactic would’ve been easy, but then his friend m
