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Kris
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“What happened up there?” Kris worried. “I can’t sense her either.”
Colla’s sigh came heavily.
“They left,” she replied evenly.
“They?”
The word hurt to hear, leaving him feeling emptier still. Surrounded in darkness, haunted by her story. It was all too much.
How could a family do that to a child? How could they do it to his mate?
“Yeah. Not without a good departing gift,” Colla murmured.
“What?” Kris asked, numbing by the second.
“My right hook’s a doozy,” she chuckled.
It may be true but all he could think about was Renee’s story.
“Besides being with that sh!thead, do you think she’s okay?” Kris asked.
“You tell me,” Colla challenged. “Does she let you in?”
Kris blinked, unsure of what she meant. His silence deafened his answers, melding them toget
