Chapter 113. Show Him

Colton bristles instantly. I almost feel him ready to pounce in fight mode as we’re about to come face to face with a guy he deems a threat to our bond, as ridiculous as he’s being, and the door opens. I, too, brace myself if I might have to intervene and defend Doc from an angry wolf attack. I am fully prepared to take Colton on to save Doc’s life; after all, I owe him.

Having heard our conversation, Doc sticks his head out warily, and his white pallor makes him almost glow in the darkness, a worried expression all over his face. He opens it wide enough to pop head and shoulders out, and Colton goes from a poised, lethal killing machine stance to a sudden ‘what the hell’ expression in seconds. He looks from him to me and back again as all manner of confusing emotions flicker across his face.

“Doctor, umm?” He seems to be dragging his memory as he says it, staring at Doc like he can’t quite believe what he’s seeing and trying to remember that mouthful of a name. That hos