Chapter 17
RenThe warlord was displeased. Ren suspected that little satisfied Paax beyond his mate and family. He kept that opinion to himself while he debriefed the warlord over a secure connection.
The investigation into Councilor Pashaal was effectively over. A net was tightening around her. Whether Paax was the one to finally capture her or not, she would be caught.
Ren recited meditation in his mind to keep his expression neutral during the call. He expected censure along with a reasonable and measured act of discipline. But the feral part of his brain, the part that sought survival above all else, expected the warlord to fly into a rage, to threaten his mate, to deliver punishment like fire from the depths of dark space.
Instead, Paax responded with, “You finally retrieved your m
