your help." Kian said.
"Ok man, I will be right there. Is Emma alright?"
"She is safe. Upset, but safe." Kian ended the call.
With Emma in the front seat of his truck, after all her bags were stashed in
the back seat Kian sped towards his house. "Can you please text Kayla andKole? I know your upset babe, but I need them to come over too. Just say '911,
my house immediately'. Ok?" Kian asked handing his phone over. "I will keep you
safe, I promise." Eyes burning bright with determination.
Emma nodded her head, sent it to both of Kian's siblings with hands still a
little shaky, and handed the phone back to Kian. Emma was so lost in her
thoughts, her mind racing, trying to remember the last few days with her Dad.
Had anything seemed off to her? No, he was the same as he always was. Strict,
protective, but so very loving and funny. Maybe something had happened while
she was in school that day? He would have wanted to keep her safe. Kicking
herself for every time she had gotten mad at him for running out on her. If he was
murdered he hadn't left her on purpose, the guilt she felt at not knowing all these
years ripping her up inside. Wishing for the millionth time she had a wolf so she
wasn't always the weak link, they pulled into Kian's garage. He turned the truck
off and shut the door behind them locking them inside the garage.
"I need you to stay here a minute. I have to check my house. Get into the
drivers seat. If I'm not back in 3 minutes, or if you feel something wrong I want
you to take this truck and get the hell out of town, ok baby. Just start heading
south, call Kayla, tell Kole, he will help you. I trust them absolutely. As my mate
everything of mine is yours. If something happens to me it would be enough to
set you up somewhere else." Kian kissed her, savoring her mouth a beat before
he got out of the truck. She climbed into his vacated seat gripping the steering
wheel and hoping that kiss wasn't a goodbye.Focusing on their bond while watching the clock she felt Kian's anger as
he went through the house room by room. He was ready to rip into any threat
that came his way. He would enjoy it after everything she told him. But, before
the three minutes were up Kian walked back into the garage. "Everything is as it
should be in there, the only scents were ours. Come on, they should be pulling in
any minute." He grabbed her hand and they walked in.
"I felt your determination to follow my instructions you know. You would have
done exactly as I said if I went down, even with your heart breaking. I am in awe
of your strength Emma." Kian said kissing the top of her head.
"It's not strength Kian. It would have been disrespectful to your sacrafice to not
follow the instructions." She said with a half smile up at him.
Just as Emma was sitting down on the couch she heard a car pull in. Kian went
to the door and checked. "Kole just pulled in with Kayla."
Before they were even in the house Kian said "Lex is here now too. Looks like
we'll only have to go over this once."
Kayla was the first in running right to Emma, followed by Kole, then Lex
looking very official in his county sheriff uniform. "Emma, are you ok? Whats
going on Deck? She is as white as a sheet, and I can smell her terror from here."
Lex asked.
With bright silver eyes, reeking of fur, and filling the air with dominance Kian let
everyone know about the phone call. Then he told them all about how she wentinto the foster care system at 12 thinking her Dad ran off. Kayla held on to her
hand the whole time. Kole was pacing back and forth across the living room
growling low. Lex stood next to Kian, his brown eyes swirling with silver but with
his cop face on, trying to hold his wolf at bay, and taking notes in his little pad of
paper.
"ok, can I see your phone Emma?" Lex said. Before Emma could stand up to
hand it to him Kian was there with his hand out for it, moving so fast he almost
blurred. "I want to see what I can find out about the caller, hopefully the number
leads somewhere. Have you called the alpha Kian?"
"Yeah, while I was checking out the house. He didn't answer. I didn't bother
leaving a voicemail He hasn't spoken to me at all since he left two weeks ago. .
Which is pretty fucking shitty of him. I mean, what kind of an alpha does that?"
Kian said running his hands through his hair messing it up.
"Ok, are we bringing the pack in on this one Kian?" Kayla asked. "They could
help protect Emma."
Shaking his head, "I don't think he should. Nobody's been very supportive of her.
And I don't want them to use this as the reason they need to see her weak and
banish her. Then Russ wouldn't even have to." Kole added.
"I agree with Kole on this one. I overheard some pack rumors that Russ was
waiting for you to make a fool out of yourself. That his trip is so he can prove you
aren't worthy of second. We also don't know where the threat origniated from,
and can't afford to trust anyone but us here with this. At least not until I can findout more information." Lex said shaking his head.
"You're right, no pack in this Kayla. I don't know what game Russ is playing, but I
am not about to make it easy for him to push me out." Kian said making the final
decision.
"I was only thinking strength in numbers. I'm not used to feeling like I can't trust
my pack, or my alpha." Kayla said sadly.
Lex said, "Ok, I am going to take this back to the station, I will let you know what I
come up with."
"In the mean time Emma shouldn't be left alone
