Chapter 51: Break
Reid should be exhausted but he finds it hard to rest. Twice more they have lured hunters into a trap and twice more they
have succeeded. Every time he returns to the pack to make sure they are all right and report progress. The kids are
growing more and more optimistic, and while Reid is glad to offer them some hope, he knows they won't be able to keep
this up much longer.
The worst of it is, despite his need to protect her and evade Leila's demands to help, it's getting harder to say no to
her. When he returns after the third kill, as smooth as the first two, he finally gives her the nod.
Ashley looks like she is about to argue but Reid cuts her off. "You've done a great job, but I want you to get some rest.
Leila, you're up."
She shouldn't be smiling at him like that. Not when it's likely she won't be coming back. But she is and he answers her
eagerness with a grin of his own.