“And Kade?” he asks, addressing the big ass elephant tiptoeing around us. “I haven’t told him,” Loch admits. “He’s on the other side of the country, and we both know he’d drop everything to get back here, contract be damned. He'll have a million questions, and I won't be able to give him much of anything until we know more. When there's concrete information to pass along, I'll reach and bring him home." Krew grunts a noncommittal response. It’s true, but I’m not sure he agrees with Loch’s choice. For that matter, I’m not sure I do either.

