Cross My Tigress Face the Wrath

Ronald's eyes glinted with something unreadable, a shadow of a smile playing at his lips. He pushed his gold-rimmed glasses up the bridge of his nose and turned to Xander. "You should probably be saying that to Yvonne, not me."

Yvonne?

Xander barely had time to picture her—always a whirlwind, probably already chasing after Skye-before he remembered she'd run off in a storm earlier. He'd tried calling her, but her phone had gone straight to voicemail. Probably dead, knowing her.

Ronald took a sip of his coffee, the mug steaming between his hands. "So, why'd you run?"

The question soured Xander's face; he couldn't hide it.

"I didn't run."

Run? He honestly wanted to hunt Shawn Schultz down and wring his neck right now. That idiot. Did he look like the type to bail at the first sign of trouble? And yet, Shawn had grabbed him and bolted like they were escaping a burning building.

But, to be fair, Shawn did know Yvonne pretty damn well.

Sure enough, the moment Yvonne came to, all hell broke loose at Ferrowland. Dan passed out at the hospital-twice, actually. Aira took a peanut to the head for her troubles...

Ronald raised an eyebrow. "Didn't run? Then how'd things end up like this?"

Xander sputtered. "!!"

had gotten out of hand, to put it

a single afternoon, Yvonne had sent

God it was

"You

what he did at the front door. He'd seen

down, smiling but saying

"You old fox. You

had probably figured everything out the

hadn't he

up their own messes If Yvonne's got it in her to settle the score who am I to step in? Doesn't matter if her methods are... less than diplomatic. Some people

Ronald's eyes, Yvonne's approach was just

heart skip a beat. He could practically feel it thumping in his

seriously, why'd you run? Afraid

told you,

was about to lose

Ronald's eyebrow arched higher.

Shawn, okay? He's the one who dragged me out

he talked,

when he woke up that morning and saw Yvonne next

the guys, practically his best bud since childhood, and now? Now she was...well, something else