Episode 27

Chapter 27

Mia's POV

I wake before the sun peek over the trees. Time to set next move in motion.

I slip quiet from bed, not want to wake Nathan yet. He make bad actor and I need him blind for now. I grab quill and parchment from my pack sitting by the door.

The words flow easy, practiced lies dripping from my pen:

"Dear Luke,

You surprised to hear from me, but no need. I occupied with pack work Logan don't want to hear. Feel he never let rogues like us get too close now. I think we should meet, talk in person. Just you and me.

Mia"

I smirk reading it over. Just enough truth sprinkled in to not raise too much suspicion from that half-feral lout.

Outside, I hear the cawing cry of the raven Littne send to be my herald. Bony talons scrape at the window shutter as the clever bird waits for its message.

I hurry over and gently tie the folded note to its scaly leg. One firm look in those beady black eyes is all it need to screech out a hoarse cry and take wing over the canopy. Off to f