Jess stumbled to his feet, numb, chilled limbs less than eager to obey his commands. The strange people watched him as he approached Jake… and by extension, the crazy old man.
Jake didn't look at him, but he also didn't stop him. Yet Jess froze to his place at the sound of his mate's voice:
"I'm going to kill you for this."
The threat was directed at the old man, the low tones of the man's voice reverberating throughout Jess being as though he'd been physically struck. Even though Jake was here to retrieve him and Jhu Jhu, he still felt the weight of his words like a gun had been shot near his ears. It made him want to crouch down and roll onto his back in order to show his stomach.
He wasn't the only one who reacted that way, Jess was sure. There was a strange motionlessness about the
