Page 58 of Moonlight & Mayhem

“See?” Chris grumbled.

“That’s a reasonable fucking question,” Chrome insisted. Chris glared at him. Moon would have found their exchange amusing under different circumstances, but right now, she didn’t.

“What do you see?” Moon asked.

Chris exhaled. “Snow, mountains, and that road.”

“The cabin?” Moon asked.

Chris shook her head. “I never make it that far.”

Moon frowned. “What stops you?”

“Nothing,” Chris said.

“That doesn’t make sense,” Moon breathed.

“The dream just ends.” Chris rubbed her palms over her jeans. “I’m riding. It’s always dark. Snow is coming down hard enough that I can barely see. I know I need to get somewhere.”

“Where?” Tempest asked.

“I don’t know,” Chris said.

“Why are you going there?” Howler asked.

“I don’t know that either.” Moon heard the frustration in her voice. Chris hated not having answers almost as much as Tempest did.

“What else?” Moon asked.

Chris went quiet, and Chrome stared at her. “Christmas.” She looked over at him. It was the first time Moon had heard him use her full road name without teasing. Something passed between them, and Moon felt it. It wasn’t a mate bond. She knew what one of those felt like now. This was different, but it was something.

Chris finally said, “Someone is following me.”

Chrome’s expression changed. “Who?”

“I never see them,” she said.

“You said Moon saw me,” Chrome reminded.

“I know what she saw,” Chris said.

“Maybe I’m the one following you,” Chrome offered.

Chris’s jaw tightened. “Maybe.”

Chrome stepped closer. “And that doesn’t bother you?”

“No.” The answer came too quickly. Everyone heard it, and Chrome’s mouth curved. Chris pointed at him. “Do not.”

“I didn’t say anything,” Chrome insisted.

“Your face did.”

Mayhem leaned toward Moon. “I like this.”

Moon elbowed him. “Ow.”

“Stop encouraging them,” she said.