With his eyes on her "guess you're moving in with me babe."
Emma nodded.
"I can stay here with her when you're at work, I'm on evenings right now." Kayla
said.
"Once I get off shift tonight I have the next 2 days off. I can come over, check in.
I'll let you know what I find" Lex added walking out.
Standing up Kayla said "I am more than capable of protecting your mate Kian! I
would never let anything happen to Emma on my watch." Fists clenched, eyes
narrowing, a growl rumbling in her chest.
"You're the one that said strength in numbers Kay. He didn't mean it like that. Lex
is trying to help." Kian told his sister who was still fuming. "I know you would keep
Emma safe for me. I am trusting the three of you with her life.""I appreciate this you guys. I'll call and leave a message at work about having to
go out of town on a family emergency or something. Kole, can you bring Kayla to
grab my car? If I am hiding it should probably be out of sight. I'm gonna start
some dinner. I need a few minutes to process everything, so if you plan on eating
dinner tonight you're gonna leave me be. K." Emma said tossing her keys to
Kole. "That goes for you too mate." Emma said pointedly at Kian before walking
into the kitchen.
"What a brave mate I have. Guess I will bring the bags in from my truck then."
Kian said, a lopsided grin spreading even though his eyes were still glowing.
Chapter 11
The next few days dragged by without anything new on Emma's mystery
caller. Kian felt like he was slowly going mad. Of course he knew Lex was
working on it, and that Emma was as safe as she could be with his family looking
out for her, but there were never any guarantees in life. He had to work, there
were deadlines on projects that had to be met. Decker Construction had been
around for 3 generations, and he couldn't let it fail now. Especially since it was
starting to feel like it wasn't just temporarily in his hands anymore. Russ had
been gone for a few weeks now, and as far as Kian knew hadn't bothered to call
anyone. At what point was he supposed to assume the alpha had left for good?
At least Cathy was finally becoming bearable to work with. She was probably
figuring out the same thing he was, that Russ might never come back. Kian didn't
like the way she nosed into other people's business at all, and he let her know
that was not the way things would work anymore.
Tonight the whole family was going to have dinner at his house, hopefully
Lex had uncovered some information to share with everyone. Kayla was cooking
them some chili with cornbread muffins. Kian had always loved his family, but the
way they had banded together to look after his mate meant everything to him.
None of them had complained once, which really helped his wolf. Kian had to
change every single day lately to cope with the thought of losing his mate. Whenhe was at the office his wolf spent the whole day ripping his insides to shreds.
Howling
home to our mate
, over and over again. Being away from her physically
right now was one of the hardest things he had ever had to do. Their mate bond
was stronger than ever with danger looming over her head. He knew if something
should happen he would feel it even if they were at opposite ends of the earth.
As soon as Cathy peeked her head into the office to let him know she was
leaving for the day he was shutting his computer down. Pretending the stress she
could feel emaniating off of him was all because of the alpha's absense was
difficult. Like all shifters Cathy could sense a lie. Kian was always careful of what
he said to her. As new mates it was widely expected that they would have
insatiable hunger for each other though, so if she thought he was always eager
to leave for the day he hoped she chalked it up to horniness. Kian knew one
thing though, if he didn't start getting to the jobsite more often he was going to
stagnate in that blasted office. It might work for Russ, but Kian was two decades
younger and he needed more physicality than staring at a computer screen all
day. Besides in this day and age with the connectivity available, it shouldn't be a
problem. Thinking that having another member of the pack come in to help Cathy
out while he was on site would work Kian locked the office up, and engaged the
newly installed security system.
Lex was standing in Kian's front yard when he arrived home. Naturally an
open person Lex had trained himself through his years on the force to shutter his
expressions. Right now he wasn't doing a very good job at holding his emotions
back. Lex's brown eyes were bright silver, glowing in the darkening evening light.Staring off into the trees opposite Kian's home, the tension radiating off of him
was tangible. Kian's wolf almost tore out of him as soon as he opened the truck
door.
"Tamp it down Lex." Kian said. As the second he held more power over his
friend, although he didn't enjoy using it.
"I'm trying Deck. Just frustrated. Hell, just give me a few more minutes."
"Whats got you all riled up Lex?"
"Nothing." Lex clipped out.
"Liar. I have too much on my plate right now to figure out what the fuck is up with
you. Get your shit together. I have been waiting for a progress report, and
patience isn't something I posess in abundance." Kian said his wolf still
shredding his insides, as he head to the house. Looking back seeing Lex in the
same spot was too much for Kian, "NOW!" the order was laced with power that
Lex was incapable of ignoring.
Pissed off that he had to pull rank on Lex like that Kian walked straight to
his mate who was currently setting his big wood kitchen table and kissed her
hard. Emma didn't fight him at all, she just molded herself to him, allowing him to
take comfort in her.
