Buried Truths

ZADE "How did things go with Simon?" Lyn asked, clearly desperate to change the subject. "Productively," I said, moving into the room and letting the door close behind Rivers and me. "We established some boundaries about interfering with pack stability and threatening my mate. Also, I may have scandalized him with explicit details about our sex life." Lyn's face went through several expressions—shock, embarrassment, amusement, and resignation. "You did what?" "He called you a perversion and implied that violence against you was 'natural order,'" I said, my voice hardening at the memory. "So I made it very clear exactly how thoroughly we've 'perverted' every sacred space in pack territory. Figured if he wanted to clutch his pearls about us, he should have accurate information to be scandalized about." Lynn burst out laughing, the sound bright and genuine. "Oh my God, I wish I'd been there to see his face." "It was purple," Rivers supplied helpfully. "Very purple. I thought he might actu