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“Good. Can you bring the boys to the packhouse?”
“Nanny duty?” Eli asks.
“Yep, bring Michelle if you want,” I tell him, pulling up out the front. I spot Sondra sitting in her rocking chair, a smoke between her lips, rocking back and forth.
Climbing out of the car, I move toward the stairs.
“She’s upstairs with Marco,” she tells me.
“Is she conscious?”
“She was last I checked. That’s why I am down here. She is angry I called you,” she tells me, and I nod, opening the door and walking inside the house. The moment I open the wooden door and step inside, I am slammed with the scent of her heat, I almost choke on its potency, and my pupils dilate. Khan shoves forward, and it takes everything to shove him back and retake control.
I follow her scent, finding her in the bathroom attached to her room. Marco is kneeling beside the bathtub, drenched, and has one arm under her head. Elena is passed out, and Marco looks over his shoulder while I try to remind myself he is not a threat to her despite him holding my naked mate.
“Thank fucking god,” Marco snaps.
“You should have called!” I tell him pushing him aside, he still holds his hand under her head, but now I can see her. Her skin is flush, her body heat so hot, the room's mirrors are foggy, and her scent is sinfully addictive, making me instantly uncomfortable.
“They took my phone, and I couldn’t leave her. None of them wanted to call you, not even Sondra at first.” I nod, unbuttoning my shirt, knowing my skin will ease some of her pain and lessen her heat until I get her home. Scooping my arms under her body in the water. I find the water is hot from her heat. The moment I grab her, her eyes fly open.
“Axton?” she murmurs weakly and she can barely hold her head up. Her skin is so hot she is making me sweat. Yet despite her not wanting me near her, she can’t help but to lean into me, seeking out my skin and scent, maneuvering her. I place my hands under her ass and hoist her higher. Her legs wrap around my waist, and she sighs, yet I can feel she is fighting the urge to mark me. Her instincts tell her to, which makes me realize why she didn’t want them to ring me. She knows she will mark me, she won’t be able to help herself.
“You can go back to hating me tomorrow. For now, you fucking need me,” I growl at her when I feel her cognitive mind reawaken and she tries to get out of my arms.
“Forgive me!” I whisper before sinking my teeth into her neck. She thrashes against me, fighting as Khan shoves his intention behind it, forcing her to submit to us. Yet she is fighting a losing battle, especially while she is in heat. Khan would also dominate her in this sense, and it's a natural instinct for the female to submit while in heat. Despite her being an alpha, she is still female. It doesn’t take her long before she collapses against me falling unconscious. I pull my teeth from her neck, angry she would suffer for days because she is so damn stubborn!
Marco tosses a towel over her body when I turn around. “I’ll drive you,” Marco says, walking out of the bedroom. I follow him. We walk downstairs, and he snatches his keys off the kitchen counter and moves to open the front door.
“Wait, you’re taking her?” Louise says, looking at me nervously.
“Well, I ain’t listening to them go at it like rabbits!” Sondra snaps at her from her rocking chair.
“Sondra! Don’t be crude. That’s my daughter you’re talking about!” Louise scolds her.
“Well, what did you think he was here for? A fucking tea party?” She retorts. Louise rubs her temples and shakes her head, and I follow Marco down the porch steps.
“Chuck a good one into her; it might put her in a better mood.” I raise an eyebrow at Sondra while Louise scolds her for her dirty language.
“At least someone is getting laid around here,” she huffs, and Marco chuckles, opening the back door to his car.
Chapter Fifty-One
Sliding across the seat with Elena on my lap. I notice Eli and Michelle grabbing the boys and placing them in my car. Relief fills me knowing the boys are coming with us and I will have help with them; I can't leave the boys out here, or Elena will fret, and it will make her heat so much worse. Plus, I have no idea how long her heat will last. Marco decides to wait for them while I maneuver Elena's unconscious body to a more comfortable position in my lap. Once Eli and Michelle are following, we leave, heading down the long driveway.
The drive is quiet until we reach the halfway mark, and Elena remains unconscious from marking her again, all while Khan paces anxiously in my head. My skin ripples with the urge to mate her, yet her heat has dimmed a little from my bite and because I’m near. I just hope it doesn’t flare back up in the car, or things may get a little awkward for Marco.
"Any more attacks?" Marco finally speaks, and I shake my head. I'm still a little annoyed he didn't tell me earlier she was in heat, but grateful he was there to help her, even if it meant he saw her naked.
"No, thankfully, none since Derrick has been gone," I answer. Everyone thinks he is behind it, but Marco and I believe differently.
"It's not Derrick, but whoever it is helped Derrick to escape. It's a setup. They're trying to cover their tracks," Marco states. “He’s the perfect person to frame since he is on the run,” he adds, and I agree.
"Well, we know it isn't Osiris. He also has petitioned the council to have an election. They want to throw me from my seat." I tell him.
Marco laughs and shakes his head. "They can try. They'll be dead if Osiris holds the seat." I sigh but nod. Checking Elena, she is breathing steadily, her nose buried in my neck, when Marco stops, showing his ID to the border patrols.
"Do I need to take care of this mess when I head back?" Marco asks me, looking at the ruined boom gates when I spot Soyer talking to some of Osiris' men. As Marco's car passes, Soyer gives him a nod, and he waves Eli through, who is driving my car behind us to keep going.
