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had gone from dogging at Gideon’s heels to following the Professor around everywhere. They were an interesting pair.
    “Logan’s having no luck mending fences with his sister?” Murph asked.
    If Reno was Tah’s right hand, Logan was Reno’s. The three men were tight as brothers. Logan and Reno had bounced around after getting out of the Marines, searching for Logan’s baby sister. Logan had been nuts about finding her. Said he had a bad feeling. He’d sent letters to her while he’d been gone, but they’d all been returned to him. Then Reno had been shot outside a bar when he’d stepped in to prevent a woman from being attacked. He’d woken up in the hospital and told Logan they needed to find Tah. So Logan had set aside his search for his sister and followed Reno to find Tah. Funny how that one decision had led him to his sister in the long run.
    Finn had never met Logan’s sister, Laura, but he’d heard about her. He rolled his head on his shoulders then shrugged them up around his ears to release some stress.
    “…back now but hasn’t really spoken to Logan. I think having her so close and still so far away is hurting him more than when he didn’t know where she was.”
    Finn zoned back in to catch the tail end of what Tah was saying.
    “Give it time. Sounds like she has her own demons to slay,” Murph said.
    Finn swore a growl of displeasure rumbled in his chest, and he shifted in his seat again. Murphy threw him a startled look.
    “What was—”
    “We’re another couple hours out.” Murphy spoke over Tah. “I’ll check in with you as soon as we get there.”
    “Sounds good,” Tah said.
    “I’m fine,” Finn snapped, glaring at his brother. What the fuck? Did Murph really think Finn didn’t know what he wanted to see Tah about?
    Silence seemed to hang thick in the air again.
    “I think we’ll let Gideon decide that. Vic should be here any minute, too. I’ll let her know to have Gideon stick close. I want you to see him as soon as you get here, Finn,” Tah stated.
    Vic was another member of their motley Marine crew. She’d watched Finn’s back more than once, and he trusted her to do it again. She’d wound up mated to Gideon, a Jaguar who’d been passing through until he’d locked his teeth into Vic. Now, he stayed close to his mate. It turned out Gideon knew his way around a lab and medical research. He’d proved a huge asset to their group. He definitely had his hands full with some of the anomalies going on right now.
    “I don’t—”
    “That’s an order,” Tah commanded, his voice almost a roar. Then he continued in a calmer tone. “It’ll be good to have you both back. I’m going to miss Holt. We all are.”
    They would, but Holt was happy with his mate and the bear shifters. Finn was a little jealous of him at the moment.
    I would have loved you. He shook his head, not wanting to hear the phantom voice.
    “I’ll see you both soon,” Tah said and ended the call.
    Murph gave him another sharp look then returned his gaze to the road.
    “So Ariel’s pulled back into her shell?” Finn asked, ignoring the look and the tension filling the air.
    “Yeah, she doesn’t seem to have taken to Oklahoma any easier than you did. Now, tell me more about the dreams,” Murphy said.
    “What did you see that scared you?”
    “You were thrashing a bit. You grabbed your leg then put your hand on your stomach. You whispered something. I didn’t catch it. Next thing I knew, you’re screaming loud enough to shatter all the windows.”
    Finn knew Murph was lying. There was no way he hadn’t heard whatever Finn had whispered.
    “What did I scream?”
    Murph glanced in the rearview mirror then over to the side then back to the road in front of them.
    “Just fucking tell me what you heard,” Finn demanded.
    “You were calling for someone to come back to you, not to leave you. Who’d you meet while they had you, Finn?”
    He gave a grim smile and turned to peer out the window