f**k! Was he dreaming? Was there a…a f*****g troll in his shower? Manning peeked at Hush. The poor bastard was shivering, the thin dress clinging to his body, and a f*****g tail wrapped around his leg. A tail.
Did Diamond know? Of course he did, why else would he tie Hush to a tree when talking to him. Manning groaned. Was this why Diamond had taken Jacobs? To trade him for Hush? But why not say so when he’d called?
“Does Diamond know?”
“Yes.”
“And North, of course?”
“Yes.” This time the yes was softer and it made Manning’s stomach fill with lead. A thing of fairy tales or not, it was clear Hush was capable of emotion, and he had a soft spot for North.
Manning needed to think things through. He needed a plan, a strategy, a…something. He needed to keep Hush with him, but he couldn’t t
