Then Mack and Bennett move far enough away that it’s unlikely for them to surprise me by suddenly returning, I take a deep breath and release it before lowering my shields.
What I’m about to do could get me into a lot of trouble, especially if Adela stumbles along. If she does, she’ll find me wide open, all my emotions easy to read, who and what I am impossible to miss.
It’s also not exactly a nice thing to read people like this without permission.
But I have to know what Bennett is going to tell Mack about me. I know he doesn’t trust me, and I have to know whether it’s because he’s guessed who I am, or if there’s something else that I’ve said or done that has set his alarm bells ringing.
I could hobble closer to the house and eavesdrop the traditional way, but there’s no way I’d be ab
