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Ignoring them, I took off at a fast clip to the river that I could follow toward my cabin.

Hopefully this night hadn’t exploded in my fucking face.

14

If no one looked closely, they wouldn’t notice the different outfit. I inched Ella F into the last available park at the manor and listened to the thrumming bass rocketing from the stone building.

Party time, apparently.

I jogged for the steps. I had to find Rhona.

“Andie!”

My heart jolted. “Pascal, I’ve been searching for you. What’s the verdict?”

A smile curved her thin lips. “A convincing win. They lost five points for shifting in the grid. The final tally was 145 to 110. The bottleneck strategy was a success.”

And something that wouldn’t work again. “That’s great news.”

At last.Talk about a week from hell.

“I was worried,” she said as we walked up the steps. “Not long after you entered the grid, a Luther shifted ahead of you.”

Thankfully she had no idea my faster speed meant that wasme. “Yeah, the wolf chased me, but I managed to outsmart it just before the final cannon sounded. I didn’t get a chance to reach the gulley.”

She nodded, but that meant nothing when it came to this woman.

“Sounds like quite the party,” I said as we entered the manor.

“It’s your first turnover win.” She cast me an amused look.

I supposed it was. In Iron, we just held the grid. This was the first time I’d won one back. “Hey, have you seen Rhona?”

“Yeah, she was around just before.”

My chest loosened. I’d started to assume the worst.

Cameron grabbed my hand, spinning me. “The victor is here, everyone!”

A chorus of loud cheers rang out, and I grinned.

Ididput in the work to bring in this win. The funnel idea was mine.

So I’d shifted into a wolf the last two nights. That didn’t mean I couldn’t claim this moment and this victory. I did all that work for these people.

I could enjoy this.

Cameron shoved and yanked until I clambered onto a seat. Giving up, I called to the room, “Your effort in Timber was nothing short of incredible. I’m so very proud of what we managed to do. You should all congratulate yourselves on reclaiming a grid. We’re back at three!”

Mostly, I was impressed some of the stewards seemed drunk already. Guess intense training and adrenaline would lower a person’s tolerance.

Wade wrapped an arm around Cameron and me. “How are my two favourite ladies?”

“Tired,” I said honestly.

What a fucking night.

“I thought you were resting up last night?” Cam leaned forward to look across Wade at me.