Page 174 of The Married Alpha And His Arrow: Vol 1

All these thoughts were going through my head as I followed Chase into the bathroom. I got in and Chase got in behind me. I could tell this conversation about being kidnapped physically pained Chase to think about. I did know he meant every word he said. There was no part of him that would stop looking for me, and fighting for me, until I came home to him.

My brain was shutting off and my body needed to rest. When we woke up on Sunday Chase brought me breakfast in bed. Once we’d finished eating, we were buried inside each other. I couldn’t get enough of him. I was moderately concerned that I could very well be addicted to him. It felt better every time he slid into me.

I had my doubts about people leaving us alone for a whole day, but we ended up having no interference from the outside world; just as he said we would. It was one of the best days I’d ever had, and that was not a low bar. I had some amazing days with friends and past lovers. This took the cake. I’d never felt so loved by a man in a relationship ever before.

Not that I really had many relationships. I’d had somewhere the guy thought we were more than we were. Even though I’d said it was just sex. God, that led to some awkward conversations. Logan, Haley’s brother, was the one I went back to the most. We understood each other because we were friends. Both of us wanted our other halves, but it was hard sometimes to be the one that was all alone.

When Chase walked me to my car the next day and left, Kincade and Kevin got in. I started driving, and noticed we were being followed. I started doing evasive maneuvers. Kincade laughed, “Those are our brothers following us that you just lost.”

I frowned, “If you can link them, did I really lose them? This seems like a game I couldn’t win if you two are in my car telling them where we are. That’s cheating.” Kevin laughed. I asked, “Why are your brothers following us?” Kincade explained, “The Alpha wants extra guards on you and Sally.”

I said, “Sally, I agree with. I’m kind of amazing at kicking ass if you all didn’t notice.” Kevin gently told me, “Yesterday got to him. If Noah had been waiting in the kitchen, he could’ve fought with you and led you towards the holoport before we’d noticed.” I frowned because his statement was logical.

Why didn’t Noah do that? I shook myself. It worked to my advantage. Plus, Noah wasn’t one for deviating from his plan. It could’ve shaken him that he had to stab Susanna instead of having Sally to kidnap.

That had to be the plan. Kidnap Sally and leave a note for me to find her. I’d have taken off after them too. It would’ve worked. Crap. Once we got to work two guys probably a year or two younger than me walked up. They were obviously Kevin and Kincade’s brothers.

One smiled, “You’ve got skills, little Luna.” I rolled my eyes asking Kincade, “Is that common knowledge now? The Luna part?” Kincade said, “We had to tell Ken and Kyler.” I chuckled, “You’re kidding me. Kevin, Kincade, Ken, and Kyler. Are there more of you running around?”

The other new guy stuck his hand out. He introduced himself, “The name’s Ken. There are more of us, little Luna. There’s Kingston, Karter, Kayla, and Karlee for now. Some of us think we will get more siblings. Our parents are dopey in love.” I commented, “That’s a lot of K names.”

Kyler laughed, “Once our mother had Kincade then Kevin, she stuck with it. His name is actually Kenneth but she goes by Ken.” I asked, “How old are your sisters?” Kyler answered, “Kayla is seventeen and Karlee is fifteen.” I smiled, “Ahhh so almost at dating age and three more years of peace left. Unless of course they’re dating now.” They all snarled, “No!”

I laughed, “Poor girls. Six protective older brothers. I only have one and that’s a headache sometimes.” They all pouted. Kyler huffed, “We aren’t that bad.” I disagreed, “I’ll just bet you are. You don’t even know if they’re dating and you’re opposed to it.” They split off except for Kevin and went into their office. “I’d just bet they’re BOTH dating,” I muttered under my breath as I headed into our reception space.

Kevin followed me through into my office. I asked, “Are you hanging out with Ted and I today?” Kevin nodded, “One of us will always be in your office now. We will take turns.” I would have to adjust to that. Kevin said, “We also installed panic buttons in your office. Let me show them to you.” I laughed, “Them?” He repeated, “Them.”

There was one under my desk, one was a picture frame and then one under each chair. I commented, “You guys don’t mess around.” Kevin tilted his head, “Not with your safety we do not. We will add Kyler and Ken to the text alert system. An alarm sounds in our office, but we also get an emergency alert on our phone.”

That was intense, and interesting that they can do that. I raised an eyebrow, “Kevin, what EXACTLY are your roles in Chase’s pack?” Kevin smiled, “It’s your pack too. Kincade is the Lead warrior. I am arguably the second best warrior.”

I gaped, “So, this whole time the pack has been without their two best warriors because you’re following me around? That’s not good!” Kevin explained, “Lexi, if something happened to you, Chase would be of no use to the pack. The strongest fighters are Alpha Chase, Beta Matt, and Gamma Derrick. Followed by Former Alpha Frank, Former Beta Isaac, Nadine, and Isabella. Kincade followed in our father’s footsteps and challenged to be the lead warrior after he graduated high school.”

I asked, “Challenged?” Kevin nodded, “It was a tournament. Anyone interested once the challenge is issued that’s of age can enter to fight. Kincade had to win the tournament then win the fight against the Lead warrior. Which happened to be our dad.”

I clarified, “He fought your dad?” Why would they make him do that? Kevin nodded, “Not unlike Alpha Chase did.” I was so lost on pack traditions. I asked, “Chase had to fight for the Alpha title?” Kevin stalled, “Uhhh no. Former Alpha Frank handed the title over to Chase.”

I frowned, “When did he fight him then?” Kevin shrugged, “He had to fight him. It upset Chase that he had to do it.” I didn’t ask if he had to, I asked when and he chose not to answer me. I said, “I’ll bet it did upset him.” Kevin assured me, “They are fine now though.” I said, “I figured.” I also figured it was about me.

Kevin said, “If you are going to ditch us, I need your word you will tell at least one of us. I know you are not a fairy, but you are someone who strikes me as a person whose word is their bond.” I shook Kevin’s hand, “I swear I will tell you. From here on out, if I disappear, and you don’t get word while you’re following me around, than nothing good as happened.” Kevin sighed, “There were a lot of qualifiers in that statement.”

Ted called from his desk, “Join the team, Kevin. I have a support group for being worried about that girl. It started out as me and my mother. It’s grown into quite the network.” Kevin laughed, “We need a phone tree.” Ted gasped, “It’s like you don’t even know me. I do not have the nickname TeleTed for nothing. Telephone, Telegram, TeleTed. Get it? I put the word out. It’s my thing.” Kevin laughed and sat down.

Ted and I went over our schedule. We had a woman from Haley’s pack coming tomorrow. She wanted to throw her best customers a catered event in a fancy place. She was an interior designer. I looked up her website. She was a VERY good interior designer. We planned some outlines and sketches for her event.

I called Haley. She answered, “Hey Lex, what’s up?” I explained, “I have a woman from your pack coming tomorrow. I wanted to know if you knew any background on her.” Haley asked, “Who is it?” I answered, “Lenore Henderson.” Haley laughed, “Bex’s mother in law?” I shouted, “Bex got married too?!”

Haley answered, “Actually not yet. Her uncle is on a spiritual journey where he cannot be disturbed. She’s waiting for him to come back.” That would make it Bexley’s dad’s uncle. Haley continued, “They are mated with kids though. You know in the Hackura realm she would be her mother in law, married or not.” I had to agree because that was true.

I pressed for details, “So, this is your lead warrior’s mother then?” Haley answered, “Yup. She designs things. She’s got good taste. So, something elegant is how I would pitch something to her.” I looked over my outlines and immediately tossed one based on Haley’s advice.

Haley also told me, “Her daughter will probably come with her. She’s into designing too, but she’s shadowed one of the event planners here in our territory. She likes both jobs right now.” I thought about that. I’d have to have Ted look into having an intern. Even having someone here after school would be a big help.

I casually said, “I might have to snatch her up as an intern.” Haley laughed, “She’d hug you. That girl and her mom are huggers.” I asked quietly, “Are you ok with that?” Haley sighed, “It’s not as bad with women. The dad never hugs me. I’m getting better about it.”

I agreed, “You really are. I about punched Heath when he kissed your head.” Haley laughed, “He’s basically a brother of mine at this point. He warned me too.” I groaned, “Shoot. I forgot the company card at my house I was going to see if I could rush some samples for our meeting tomorrow.”

Haley popped to me with a smile on her face. She said, “I’ll just pop you home for it. You’re really doing me a favor. My mother in law had just come to track me down to discuss my manners.” I gasped, “What?!” She shrugged, “Yeah.” She grabbed me to pop away.

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