Murphy’s POV
This isn’t going to go how you think it will, Jax hissed at me.
It’s damn well worth a shot, Jax, I retorted. I am not going to sit back and lose someone else.
You’re an i***t and you’re going to get us killed, he complained.
I laughed. You say that like I wasn’t already aware of the risk?
Yeah, but your brain doesn't seem to understand that getting killed is a bad thing, he grumbled. I snickered at him, even though I felt guilty. He deserved to be paired with a better human counterpart, honestly, the stupid mutt.
Jax’s paws dug into the ground beneath us, racing through the forest at top speed until I was sure no one was following us. I stopped at the river beneath the ledge I used to visit briefly, just long enough to get a drink. I glanced up at the ledge, so high abo
