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“One of Floyd’s goons?” I ask.
“Nah, they wouldn’t have dared. No, my father. Right old prick he was. Wasn’t so tough with his limbs removed and no longer able to throw a punch,” she tells us so casually I can only blink at her.
“You are one scary old woman sometimes,” Mom tells her.
“Nah, Floyd was scary. I was just his sidekick.” She shrugs, grabbing her tea and moving to her rocking chair out the front. We watch her slip outside, and my mother turns to look at me.
“I don’t know if I am impressed, disgusted, or terrified of her sometimes.” She chuckles, and I have to agree. Those horrors we heard of in packs, but a human woman, for some reason, sounded more horrifying.
Shaking my head, I climb the stairs heading back to my room while mind linking the women that dinner will be in an hour.
Entering the room, Axton snatches the bottle off me. “What took you so long? Bane is crying now.”
I move toward the crib, retrieving him and giving him my breast. I move to sit on the chaise in the corner. Watching Axton, he feeds Kyan with one hand while turning his attention back to his phone. After about half an hour, I hear the women setting up for dinner.
“What are they doing?” Axton questions.
“We eat together every night. You’re welcome to join us, if you can drop your aura,” I tell him.
“No, I’ll stay here,” he tells me, and I inhale deeply, reminding myself he will be gone soon, when a knock sounds on the door.
The door pushes open, and Axton growls. The sound cuts off when Luke sticks his head in.
“Sorry, I thought you were someone else,” he tells Luke.
“Marco is downstairs. He got here early,” Luke mind links me before speaking.
“Everyone is setting up, and some car is down the driveway,” he says, and I play dumb.
Axton looks at me as Luke slips back out. “Are you expecting someone?”
I shake my head. “Nope, I will go check it out,” I tell him, laying Bane down next to Kyan.
Before I can turn around, Axton is already gone. I chuckle before following him downstairs.
I check the women before walking halfway down the driveway, the women all watching as Axton approaches the car. I hear Axton’s roar of aggravation when he stops before he reaches it and places his hands in the air. Moving toward the car, I see armed council guards, their tranquilizers and wolfsbane dart guns aimed at him. Marco gets out of the car and shakes his head.
“Elena!” Axton growls at me as I approach.
“Marco,” I acknowledge him, ignoring Axton.
Marco comes over and pecks my cheek, and Axton gapes at me.
“I hoped you wouldn’t be foolish enough, Alpha Axton,” Marco says, shaking his head.
“You got here early,” I tell him.
“Vampire attacks in the city. Was here investigating another crime scene but in town.”
“In town?”
Marco nods. “Yes, so you and the women need to keep a lookout. Got the shopkeeper, Taylor, this afternoon.”
My stomach sinks. Fuck!
“Marco, call them off. This is ridiculous. She is my mate!” Axton snarls, drawing our attention to him.
“You breached. She is well within her rights to have you removed.”
