He was here. He reached all the way out here. How can he be such a psycho?
“Luna.” Bram’s voice, somewhere on the far side of the roar. “Hey. What’s going on?”
I can’t answer. The tunnel’s too narrow for words.
Then there are hands on me: Reed’s, one curling around my nape, one flat between my shoulder blades, turning me into his chest. “Okay, I’ve got you.” And then a deep rumble rolls up out of his chest and into my cheek where it’s pressed against him. A purr, pitched to do one thing, calm me. A second one threads in from somewhere behind me, then a third, all of them layering in and filling the kitchen. My shoulders come down from around my ears, the fist on my throat loosens a notch, and air gets in.
Then Bram’s huge frame’s in front of me, blotting out the island and the bag, hands loose at his sides.
“Luna,” he says. “What’s going on? Tell us.”
And so I do. I tell them there’s an ex, Derek, that I left him months ago, that I’d agreed to show up at his cousin’s wedding, believing when he promised it’d be the last time I saw him, that I made it through one night before he made me snap and I ran.
Beside me, Ash has gone very still, then a growl comes out of him. “If I’d known it was this guy who knocked at your door that morning,” he says, “I’d have crushed that little snail right there.”
“I’ll bury him.” Reed growls.
Bram fits one hand around the back of my neck, his scent grounding me. “Don’t you worry about it, Luna. This guy has no idea who he just messed with.”
His thumb moves slow against my pulse while he talks, his voice never once leaving that low, certain register.
“Here’s what we do,” Bram says, his voice flat and steady. “I’ll ask Jenna if she brought this in. If it came by courier, which is what I’d bet on since I peg him as a coward, we’ll pull the delivery logs. Find out who paid for it, who dropped it off.” He pauses, his jaw working as his eyes drop to the note. “But if it wasn’t a courier... if he set so much as one foot on this property,it’s trespassing. And that’s just where I start. I ride with the county sheriff’s department, Luna. I will spend every single favor I have to put this fucker exactly where he belongs.”
“What if he’s—” My eyes cut to the window over the sink. “What if he’s here. Close.”
“You’re safe in our house.” Bram tips my chin back up. “Three alphas live here. If that snake were here, our instincts would pick it up. He isn’t, little men of his sort wouldn’t dare. And trust me, if he ever turns up, we’ll take him in a flash.”
I let out a long breath, a small smile catching on my lips. Looking at the three of them hemming me in, I don’t doubt those words for a second.
16
Bram
“So he didn’t trespass,” Ash says, his chest rumbling as he stares at the bag on the island.
I pause for a beat to focus on my hearing. Seems Luna’s breathing upstairs is slow, even, which means she’s finally asleep. Good.
I turn back to Ash. “Yep. According to Jenna.”
“Lucky for us she was still awake to text you back,” Ash says.
“Jenna’s always been reliable,” I say. “At least that’s one question answered before we put this day to bed.”
“But this still means this guy knows where Luna is,” Reed says, crossing his arms. “We need to go.”
“Go where?” I ask, keeping my voice steady. I force my shoulders to drop because if I let my own Alpha slip, we’re going to do something stupid.
“To find him,” Reed snarls, taking a step toward the door. “He sent a threat to our house. To our omega. I’m going to rip his fucking head off.”
“No, you’re not,” I say. Quiet. “We don’t even know where he is.”
Reed whips his head toward me. “So? You want to sit here and wait for him to come back?”
“We can get his address based on the info Luna gave us.” Ash says.
For fuck’s sake, Ash, do not encourage him.
“So let’s do that and drive over there right now,” Reed says.
