We can keep this short and have the new one right before Cypress leaves, if you want. 
Almost as suddenly as he had announced his admittance did Gabriel regret it. Captured? Anu had been captured and Cypress had come here? A ripple of fury showed on his face, running along the dark fur that made up his hackles. For an instant, he considered sending the boy away—but what good would it do? “Then you should return soon,” he said flatly, holding his temper in check. While he did not love Anu as he loved Alaine, the woman was a dear friend despite the distance between them.
“Come on, I’ll take you to the Mansion. Ezekiel will be there at some point, and we’ll speak to him then.” Without waiting for a response, he picked the rabbit up and began heading inward. His pace was quick, agitated. If things had gone so terrible in the south, what did that mean for Alaine, for his son and daughter to her? For Anu, and her children?
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