The bunker door shut behind him with a mighty bang, the ocean wind howling across the hillock, but Walker didn’t much care about any of that. If he woke the selkies now, he wouldn’t have to try in person. He shifted the heft bundles in his arms, and marched down to the cell area, making as much noise as he could and trying not to trip on the stairs he couldn’t see.
“Get up!” he hollered, in case that wasn’t enough, sounding a little like an ornery drill sergeant.
Meriwa, ever alert and always a pain in his ass, was already up on her feet and looked ready for just about anything. Her hair was a wild snarl around her head, more a bramble thicket than still-wet seaweed tonight. In addition, her cheeks were flushed pink and soft, and her eyes a little bleary as she blinked quickly to try an
