Nick POV
Nick knew that Lucinda was out there, he could hear Kevin trying to keep her calm, and get her into the same room as him. He knew that Lucinda would be able to smell him, he’d come through the packhouse before her, had seen her standing in the middle of the road looking up at the sky, he’d thought. He had mind-linked Kevin about it, who’d told him she needed a minute, and had been with her women and children, was grieving the loss of her pack.
He’d walked in ahead of her, she would have smelled him the minute she fell onto the same path he had taken. He could smell her from here, where he stood beside Lindy’s desk. It was as far from the door as he could get. But still he knew she was out there.
James was standing by the open door clearly watching Kevin try to coax her into the
