On the way back from the mall, the three of us stopped to get dinner. It was getting late, and I hadn’t had a chance to eat all day with everything that happened. We stopped at a small diner that was mostly empty. Rie and I sat in the booth across from each other, and our bodyguard was standing a few feet away, scanning the diner for anything suspicious.
“Why won’t he talk to us?” I asked Rie, looking over at the bodyguard.
“Oh Bruce there?” Rie said. She pointed at him with her thumb. “He’s always been mute.”
“You know him?” I asked.
Rie nodded. “I know most of the pack members still, at least anyone who has been with the pack for more than a year.”
“I didn’t realize you were so close with everyone.” I chewed on my lip, thinking about the conversation I had had with Jori earlier. “W
