Page 77 of Broken Moon

“Hewas looking at you,”she said softly, then leaned over to give me a quick hug. “And it was a look ofmore than friendship. You have to be more careful, Kait. And not just with human…friends.You’re not invincible, even with your wolf out of her prison.”

“Knock, knock,” Lucy said,hurrying into the room, pushing a small cart. Ash was at her heels. He hadabandoned me for a chance at the food she’d been cooking. I couldn’t reallyblame him for that. He leaped up on the bed and grinned at me, his tonguelolling.

“Oh, before I go,” my mothersaid, patting Ash’s head, “you were looking for a good home for this little baby.I know a woman who—”

“No,” Lucy and I said at thesame time.

My mother laughed. “Fine.” Thenshe sobered. “When you’re feeling better, we need to talk about the currentsituation. And Adam. That’s far from over. He’s going to—”

“Mom,” I interrupted. “Later.”

She glanced at Lucy. “Yes,that’s what I said. When you’re feeling better.”

“Mrs. Silver,” Lucy said, “areyou sure you won’t stay and eat with us?”

“No, no. I have a busy dayahead.” Then she hurried through the doorway and was gone.

“Lucy, you shouldn’t be cookingand carrying on. How are you?”

“Oh I’m fine. The doctor fixedme right up. It wasn’t really that deep a cut, Kait.” She sat on the bed besideme. “I have to tell you something.”

My phone rang. “Oh,” I said.

“What?” Lucy frowned and triedto get a look at my screen. “Who is it?”

“Mayor Hedrick.” I swiped up.“Hello?”

“Kait. Are you up for a littleride to the city?” He hesitated. “I saw the news, and I know you’reinjured—Rick thinks I should give you some time and I absolutely will, ofcourse, if you need some time. But I feel like this is a good time.”

“Can you give me an hour?”

“Of course, Kait. I’ll send acar in one hour.”

“I’ll be ready.”

“Wonderful. Wonderful.”

I disconnected the call and putthe phone on the nightstand.

“What’s going on?” Lucy asked,her eyes big. “Here, eat. It’s getting cold.”

“I’m not sure. He wanted togive me a gift for helping with Noah.” I picked up my fork and began to eat,suddenly ravenous. “Thanks for taking care of me, Lucy. You said you hadsomething to tell me. Go ahead.”

She nodded. “So I had a dream…”