"What?"
"It's true. Did you know Coyote is Ren's brother?"
"No. No way. It's not possible."
"It's definitely possible and extremely creepy. Keep your eye on Ren. Whatever you do, don't turn your back on him."
"Okay. Are you somewhere safe?"
She glanced around her jet black prison. "I really can't answer that. I'm tied up in some kind of little room without any light whatsoever."
"All right. I have Sasha tracking you. I'm going to stay here in your head with you until we get there ... if that's all right with you, that is. I don't want to intrude."
Those words made her smile in spite of her danger. "Thank you, Jess."
"There's no reason to thank me, Abby. You say the word, and I will always come for you. No matter what."
That promise choked her and brought tears to her eyes. Never in her life had she had that kind of security.
Not even with Kurt or Hannah. As the oldest of the three of them, she'd allowed them to rely on her. Not the other way around.
The closest thing she'd had, had been Jonah. But even he hadn't been reliable.
I love you, Jess.
How she wished she could say that to him. But she knew she couldn't. He would always be a Dark-Hunter, and they couldn't marry.
"You still with me, Abby?"
"I'm here. How many more hours till dawn?"
"Less than two."
Ouch. They were running out of time. Choo Co La Tah needed to finish his ceremony and make an offering of her blood to Mother Earth.
"Where are you guys right now?" she asked.
"Not close enough to you for my money."
"How close would that be?"
"By your side."
"You keep talking to me like that, cowboy, and you might get lucky tonight."
"I already got lucky tonight."
"Mmm, so you're a one-shot-a-night guy, huh?"
He laughed in her head. "Ah, now, sugar, I didn't say that. The stallion never minds an all-night ride, especially when it's a wild one."
"Stallion? That's some ego you have there."
"It's not ego when it's true."
A chill went down her spine at that phrase. It was the same one Buffalo had used with Butterfly.
Could it be true?