Chapter 9
Trip
Trip knew the second Willow had placed a protection spell around her and El in the room. His lion wanted to go barging in and demand entrance, but the male part of him knew he was already on thin ice with his mate, and he didn’t want to create any more friction. He just kept telling himself that not only could El handle herself, but that the Pantera healer would be crazy to try something on El with all of her mates just a few feet away.
“What do you think, Trip?” Ryan asked.
Trip had no idea what they had been talking about, so he just shrugged.
“You haven’t been listening, have you?” Ryan asked.
Shawn was eyeing Trip suspiciously but didn’t say anything.
“No, I don’t know what you’ve been discussing,” Trip confirmed.
“We were discussing which of our elders might hav
