Chapter 13 “What’s going on, Major?” Annette had been watching the goings on in the courtyard for the last hour with growing curiosity. Mars had been gone for two hours, and she’d been nervously awaiting his return. It wasn’t everyday the man you mated yourself to went to meet with the head of a cartel. She’d been hoping he’d be back sooner rather than later so she’d know he was safe. Several times, she’d tried to open that link of communication between them they’d been granted after the blood sacrifice, but Mars had reckoned and been right that it didn’t work over long distances. He said that with time and practice it might, so not to give up trying. She’d been trying so much her head was pounding, and when small clusters of bikes had returned only to leave moments later, she hadn’t

