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“I’ll let you know,” I reply.
She nods and quickly leaves, shutting the door behind her.
“I thought you might want to feed him?”
Axton nods, tucking Bane in his arms. “Who’s Lupha?” he asks.
“Pet wolf we found,” I tell him, trying to keep the smile out of my voice. Now is not the time for this discussion.
Luckily, Axton doesn’t seem to catch on, and I shake the bottle, testing the temperature on my wrist and checking it won’t burn Bane before passing it to Axton.
He takes it, getting comfortable as he presses the bottle’s nipple against Bane’s lips. He opens his mouth like a starving piranha as he latches onto it hungrily.
“Everything okay?” my mother mind links worriedly.
“Yes, I’m fine. I can handle Axton,” I tell her.
“What do you want me to do with his Beta?”
“Keep him away from Sondra. Don’t need any casualties for now,” I tell her, and she cuts the link.
“Well, now I know where you are. You won’t run again, will you?” Axton asks, pulling me from my thoughts as I watch him feed our son.
“No, we are settled here,” I tell him. “How did you find me, or did you let Khan track me down?”
“Marco, he said there was another pack out here. I came to speak to the Alpha about purchasing the land, not realizing you were the Alpha.” He scrubs a hand down his face. “And I take it your pack isn’t willing to sell?”
“Nope!”
He growls and I side-eye him.
“What do you want the land for, anyway?”
“Doesn’t matter now, anyway. But, Elena, you can’t stay out here. It isn’t safe,” Axton tells me.
“We are fine, Axton.”
“No, you don’t understand. The city has had numerous vampire attacks. It—”
“I’m well aware. Mom told me. We have been doing border patrols.”
“Like the ones I saw when I arrived? If so, that isn’t much protection, and why aren’t your warriors doing that? Instead, you have Omegas doing patrols?”
I chew the inside of my lip.
“Elena!”
“We don’t have warriors. We don’t have any— There are no men here, Axton. Besides the children, there are only women here.”
“Excuse me?” Axton blinks, staring at the crib, his eyes darkening.
“You have my sons out here completely unprotected?!” he snaps, and I roll my eyes.
“We have had no issues besides a few rogue men, which we took care of. We are careful.”
Axton shakes his head in disagreement. “No, my sons aren’t staying out here unprotected and neither are you!”
I grit my teeth. Why does everyone underestimate us just because we are women?
