“Back!Back!It’s a trap!”Solan yelled, grabbing Brick by the back of the shirt and rushing away with Adam by his side.The wolves scattered, running toward their vehicles.
The house went up in a sudden blaze, windows shattering, and heat blasting outward.The shockwave drove them off their feet.Solan covered his head as he hit the ground, heat licking at his skin.
Rising in a crouch, he said, “You guys okay?”
“Yeah, shit,” Adam said.He brushed his jeans off.
“I’m good,” Brick said.
When they were all accounted for, Solan looked down at his wrists and saw that the runes were faded again, and his wrist wasn’t burning.“Kaeli saved us,” he said.
“Having a witch for a truemate is the best,” Adam said.“We’d better hit the road.It’s clear it was a trap set by Foley, and the cops for sure will be here any minute.”
They hurried into the waiting vehicles and drove off, leaving the burning home in their rearview.
He sent a text to Kaeli.
You saved me with the protection spell.You saved all of us.
I’m glad I was able to help, and I’ll be very glad to see you safe and sound.
I’ll be there soon.No luck on Foley, it was a trap.
We’ll keep each other—and the pack—safe.Together.
He sent a smiling emoji and put his phone in his pocket.“I need to mate her properly, bring her into the pack as a member.”
“We can do that whenever you’re ready,” Adam said.
“I’ll talk to her when we get back.”
By the time they made it back to the alphas’ house, Solan’s wolf was humming and ready to see Kaeli again.Security team members had been instructed by Adam to hack the home’s doorbell and street cameras in the area around the mansion, and they’d watched the footage of Foley and his people packing up and driving off.They were able to follow their small caravan all the way out of town and heading west.
“I think it’s safe to say he’s gone,” Adam said, sitting back in the desk chair.“But we’re not going to take anyone’s safety for granted.We can ease up some on the security restrictions and get back to where we were before everything went to hell.”
“If it’s okay with you, Brick,” Solan said.“I’m going to take my mate home and sleep in tomorrow.”
“You deserve it,” Brick said, clapping him on the shoulder.“Take tomorrow off, and you can start back to patrols on Wednesday.”
“I’d like tomorrow off,” Leo said.
“Hell no,” Adam said.“We’ve got gas tanks to replace.”
“Damn it,” Leo said with a chuckle.“That’s what I get for being such a talented mechanic.”
Solan walked out of the office and hurried to the kitchen.There, he found his mate, whose eyes lit up when she saw him.He moved swiftly to her, ducked his shoulder down, and upended her over it.She laughed as she landed softly against him.
“Cinder,” he said.“If you’ll excuse me, I promised my mate I’d be a caveman once we were safely home.”
“Have fun, you two,” she said.“I’m going to see if I can get Adam to be a caveman.That sounds like a good time.”
“It’ll be the best,” Kaeli said.“See you later.”
“Ready,Nightling?”he asked as he strode from the kitchen and out to the porch, hurrying down the steps to the yard.
“Hell, yes.Take me home and love me good and hard.”
“Whatever my sweet mate wants.”
