“Probably.”
Molly tipped her head closer. Her ears were high, giving her the ability to hear every syllable. Something was odd about what she was hearing, though. It was strange. Muffled. She couldn’t put her finger on it. And the speakers sounded like they werewinded, as if they were running while they chatted. Why would they be running?
Movement to Molly’s right caused her to glance over as two wolves joined her. If she hadn’t been warned about Khloe’s size, she would have probably stumbled backward and fallen. Instead, she forced herself not to react. She nodded toward Khloe to acknowledge her.
The other wolf would be Olivia. She wandered around until she was facing Molly.
Damon and Felix joined in human form.
Felix spoke. “They won’t be here for another fifteen minutes. Molly, can you shift back so Olivia can see your human before she shifts?”
Molly glanced at her Daddy who nodded. She tipped her head one more time to make sure the two bears weren’t speaking again, and then she shifted.
When she once again stood in human form, so did Khloe. Olivia continued to stare at Molly for several more seconds before joining the other two in her human skin.
Molly felt like she belonged to an odd girls’ club. It was invigorating to be part of something bigger than her. After a lifetime of hiding in the corners, her face buried in books, trying to avoid anyone noticing her, she suddenly felt important.
She had so many questions. She asked the most pressing one first. “How do you know how much time we have until they get here?” she asked Khloe.
Khloe shrugged. “I don’t know. I just do. I can’t always tell exactly, but they’re moving, so I can sort of judge.”
Felix stood behind her, his hands on her shoulders. Molly couldn’t blame him. If she collapsed like she had in the closet every time she had a vision, that would have to scare Felix to death. Molly was surprised he didn’t insist she remain on allfours all the time. And then she thought back on what she’d seen of Khloe so far.
The corners of everything in her room were padded. She’d held Khloe’s hand on their way to her playroom. Also, Khloe had been the first to sit when they’d arrived, and she’d done so in the very center. She’d crawled over to the closet when they’d decided to hide, and she’d positioned herself between Molly and Olivia once they were inside. It would seem she did have a dozen precautions in place just in case she had a vision.
Molly noticed Olivia had a good sense of where the other two were standing, because she seemed to look back and forth between them as they spoke. If someone didn’t know she was blind, they would probably never figure it out.
Olivia even reached out and easily clasped Molly’s hand. “I’m confused. You looked like you were listening to something. Who were you focused on?”
“Two of the bears. I think they were both good ones. One of them was the one I heard talking to a bad guy earlier. This time he was with a friendly sort.”
Olivia shifted her attention to Khloe. “Who is on their way here?”
“Thorn and Surge. Both friendly.”
Olivia turned back toward Molly. “But you heard them talking?”
“Yes. It was odd. I didn’t understand. Sort of muffled as if they were jogging. Are they coming this way in human form?”
Everyone gasped at once.
Molly stiffened. “What?”
“Holy shit,” Gavin muttered as he set a hand on her shoulder.
Damon set his palms on his mate’s biceps at the same time, so the six of them were facing each other in a triangle.
“Someone tell me what’s going on,” Molly insisted.
Olivia was still squeezing her hand. “I think you can hear them speaking to each other telepathically.”
“Telepathically? You don’t think they were speaking out loud?” That would explain the odd muffled sounds, but Molly shuddered at the thought. It was impossible to wrap her head around.
Olivia nodded. “I guess you couldn’t hear me, though. I tried to communicate with you while we were both shifted, but you didn’t hear me, did you?”
Molly shook her head before considering Olivia couldn’t see her. “No. I only heard the bears. Surely I wasn’t in their heads.” That seemed so farfetched.
“Nothing would surprise any of us anymore, Molly,” Damon said.
