“I think someone’s coming,” I said.
Cody glanced at me, his brows lowering.
“I’m seeing Riggs?—”
Sid’s eyes flashed. “Adilyn confirms that someone’s coming,” he said.
Cody locked gazes with him. “Are you two?—”
Sid nodded.
“I know your matebond seems private, but it’s a vital piece of intel for a mission,” the Sabre said.
“It’s new,” Sid replied. “But I should have mentioned it.”
Cody nodded before his eyes slid to Nar. “We’ll need him taken down quick, or he’ll sound the alarm.”
The Sea Krayt was gone in an instant, and we hung back in the vault. I sensed that Riggs was plastered to the interior hall wall as he heard the footsteps descending the stairs. He hadn’t drawn the sword, but stood with fists ready…
I looked down at them as though they were my own, with no explanation of how I could see them at all. We weren’t mated…
But Caliel had been inside Riggs’s body while he healed him. Could that explain it? Had it formed a connection?
My heart twisted. Did that explain, also, what existed between Riggs and me? Surely not. It felt like so muchmore. And this ability to see through his eyes was new, as though what lay between us was growing stronger.
He’d found me when I was hiding beneath the ice.
Through his eyes, I saw the guard appear on the landing and push through the door. Froze as he saw the sleeping guard…
I witnessed the entire thing through Riggs. Nar materialized from the wall behind him, grabbed the guard’s arm, and sank long fangs into his exposed wrist.
The guard drew his sword and moved to bash him with the hilt, but Riggs leaped from behind the door to wrap a long arm around him. The guard tried to yell, but it was muffled by Riggs’s hand, and his struggles soon weakened, until he finally slumped.
Riggs lowered him to the floor. “Good work, Nar.”
Nar waggled his brows. “I’m known for it.”
My mental eye roll snapped the rapport, and I was back in the vault with Cody, who peered around the doorframe.
“We’re good,” Sid said.
Cody’s body relaxed, and he gestured to us. “Let’s go.”
The Anisau swung the entire machine onto his back. Two hundred pounds, and he handled it like it was nothing.
“Okay,” Cody said. “Now out, the way we came in.”
We joined Cody in the hall, and when he opened the stairwell door for us, Adilyn darted upward.
The ex-Dragon shifter didn’t act as though he knew I’d connected to him. We climbed past the unconscious guard and reached the roof without incident. Riggs slid down the rope like he’d rappelled all his life, and stood ready to receive the machine as it was lowered.
“You next,” Cody said to me. “We’ll need you shifted to equine as soon as possible.
My pulse hammered at me as I slid down the rope. Riggs’s hands folded around my waist as I landed, ensuring I was steady on my feet.
I met his eyes, and smiled once again. “Thanks. I’ve been excellent baggage so far.”
“Now’s your chance to shine,” he whispered, his eyes gleaming metallic.
