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Levi huffed but didn’t say anything as Fabian returned to him and landed on his arm. Close to Mason. It appeared the little pixie was feeling a bit defensive. Of what, Levi didn’t know.

“It’s fine,” Lawson told him.

“It’s not,” Mason said. He struggled against Levi’s hold. “My father—”

“Axel and Gavin have him and four other men. Jason helped us track them down.”

“Jason? My brother?” Mason asked, still wiggling. “Can you put me down?”

“No,” Levi responded. “What is happening?”

“Come on.” Bryce waved them forward. “We’ve been waiting on you. Daddy will explain. The others should be back soon.”

“Who’s still out there?” Levi asked.

“Trevor and Shawn. They shifted and headed to where you two were being held. Anton and Fabian took to the air. Everyone else is waiting for you two to get here.”

Levi followed behind the others.

“I really can walk,” Mason whispered to him.

“You are hurt,” Levi pointed out.

“Nothing I haven’t dealt with before,” Mason replied. “I’ll be fine.”

It broke Levi’s heart that his mate was used to being hurt by his father. It would never happen again. Levi would make sure of that.

“I’ll still carry you,” Levi said.

“You tell him.”

“No,” Bryce mumbled. “You saw it, so you tell him.”

“I don’t want to,” Nate whined. He walked between Bryce and Lawson while carrying his sniper rifle.

“It really should be you,” Lawson agreed.

“Is there something I should know?” Levi asked the boys.

They stopped and turned.

“Uh.” Bryce shifted uncomfortably.

“Not you,” Lawson said.

Levi smiled. “Boys.”

“Shit,” Nate said. “Sorry, Mason. This might be a little oversharing.”

“Okay?” Mason sounded as confused as Levi felt.

“So, after we figured out something happened, we went to your cabin, hoping that we would find the two of you there,” Nate explained.

“What…what did you find at my cabin?”

Nate looked away. Bryce covered his face. Lawson was smirking.

River huffed. “Tristan was fucking Mason’s brother against the porch rail.”

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