Page 9 of Rangers Unexpected Return
Trigger crouched several feet away. “Does he bite?”
Only if I tell him to...or if someone is the bad guy.
Trigger stood again. “I’ll wait until we know each other better.”
“He already knows you.”
“Has Wolf been talking about me?”
“I warned him,” Wolf said.
The men surrounded me in the parking lot, talking over one another and asking questions I wasn’t ready to answer.
Where had I been?
Why hadn’t I called?
How long was I staying?
Did I still snore?
I answered the easiest one.
“I never snored.”
Six men laughed.
Some things didn’t change.
A woman appeared in the tavern doorway.
Nora stood with one hand on her hip, staring at the broken glasses scattered across the porch.
“Wyatt.”
Wolf turned.
The dangerous former Ranger commander disappeared.
In his place stood a married man who knew he was in trouble.
“It wasn’t me.”
Nora looked at Trigger.
Trigger pointed at me. “Mace surprised me.”
She shifted her gaze in my direction.
Her expression softened.
“You must be Mason.”
“Mace,” I corrected.
“Don’t encourage him,” Trigger said. “We should all call him Mason until he apologizes for not calling.”
Nora smiled and came down the steps.
