Chapter 331-340

Chapter 331
The females milled around on the flat land around the outside of the cave, and within the mouth of the cave itself.

Nick on her heels, Sasha pushed through the crowd, reminding them all to stay in their groups and to be focusing. When she got to the Gateway itself, Patty stood there waiting patiently, her own bag over her shoulder. She looked relieved when she saw Sasha and Nick.

Sasha was about to tell her to lead in, when it occurred to her that the Chimera didn’t know they were coming. Not exactly. And she couldn’t afford for Nick or Patty to get attacked, or set up any kind of trap by going through the gateway first.

She blew out a breath. She’d come so close to making a stupid mistake—what if she didn’t catch herself next time.

Clawing a hand through her hair, she turned. “Change of plan,” she said quickly to both of them. “We’ll let the females go first. Then me. Then you two come through after. Let me warn the males that you’re coming and they’re not to touch you before you get through there.”

Nick nodded, though Patty frowned. “I think it would really be better—”

“Trust me, everyone over there is on a hair-trigger right now because I disappeared. You don’t want the guards thinking you’re coming through to take more. And I don’t know how the females are going to react to being back there. Give us half an hour to get them settled and on their way to the settlement before you come through.”