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“Yes, we'll handle it once home,” Mateo tells him, moving toward him before stopping in front of Ezra, who stands taller than him by almost a foot. “What about Eziah? Is he coming home?” Mateo asks.
“I'm not sure, but Marabella and Kyan are staying longer, and Temperance is getting antsy. He'll need to get her home soon anyway before her heat starts,” Ezra tells him, and Mateo tilts his head.
“She's in heat?” Mateo asks, looking nervous.
“Not yet, but Dominic and I noticed her scent changed. Andrei also had to send a couple of unmated pack members home that were getting too close, making Sage nervous.”
“She doesn't know?” Mateo asks him.
“I think she does, but she is oblivious to it. Apparently, Temperance has no knowledge of that stuff. Her wolves always blocked it out. Eziah is trying to figure out how to broach that subject with her. He mentioned he couldn't feel her wolves,” Ezra answers, and Mateo sighs heavily.
“Fuck, come on, we need to organize the pack to stay away,” Mateo says and rubs his temples.
“Eziah mentioned staying at Derrick's old place,” Ezra tells him, and Mateo nods.
“That means he is coming home,” Mateo says, smiling brightly after hearing this.
“Yes, he's coming home,” Ezra replies, pressing his lips to Mateo's forehead and wrapping his arms around him.
“Come on, I want to get our mate home. Maddox is nervous,” Ezra whispers. I turn my attention away from them, delaying the inevitable. I have to go in, at least, to say goodbye to Eziah and work out what comes next. We need to figure out this issue with Satish.
We have so many questions yet every time we think we’ll get an answer, we only get more questions and fewer answers. Reluctantly, I get to my feet and walk inside, and nearly everyone is gone. Only family remains, wandering over to Kyan. He is watching his son Lucas, an anxious look on his face. Dropping next to him on the sofa, I watch Kat say goodbye to everyone.
“Where is Eziah?” I ask, glancing around for him and Temperance.
“Already left, Dad is running Kat, Ezra, and Mateo home before following us home.”
“So she is in heat?” Kyan nods.
“Yes, I don’t know who looked more petrified, her or him.”
I sigh. I guess we won’t be getting answers then. “Years ago, Andrei asked me about the Thanas,” Kyan states, turning in his seat slightly to look at me.
“I knew something was up, but what I don’t get is how Vince got involved with them in the first place.” His question draws everyone’s attention.
Yet, I myself have no idea how Vince met them or how that came to be. I’m about to tell him that when Rose leans between us. “Not here, not around Mom,” she whispers, and I peer over at the stairs, where Sage is sitting speaking with Marabella and playing with her daughter. Kyan glances over his shoulder at her, watching her briefly.
“You know,” he tells her, and she nods, glancing around.
“I know what Satish told me and what I found myself after some digging.”
“You’ve met him?” Kyan asks.
Rose chews her lip but nods her head. “Mom, can you please watch Casey for me for a few minutes? I just want to show Kyan and Casen something back home.” Sage nods and smiles softly.
“Yes, you know she is fine here,” Sage assures her when Mateo pauses.
“Where are you lot going?” he asks us, and Marabella looks at Kyan curiously.
“Rose wants to show me something that might help,” Kyan offers, and Dominic looks over at us. Suddenly, we have an entire entourage coming with us.
Rose leads us back home to her house. “Wait here, I’ll be back,” she tells everyone, but I follow. I expect her to go to her room, but she pauses at Casey’s door before entering the room. My brows furrow, wondering why she is in here when she moves Casey’s bed away from the wall and pries a floorboard up. Reaching in, she pulls out a plastic zip-lock bag.
“What’s that?” I ask her.
“Newspaper clippings and old photos I found. Sometimes I would have to play taxi for Satish, or he’d make me run supplies out to some of the camps,” she tells me.
“Camps?” I ask her.
