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I feel guilty that I let them talk me into taking a lengthy nap while I know Ezra has important work in the morning that he needs to be well rested for.

If Shadow was a little more predictable, we wouldn’t need to take turns while also making sure someone’s conscious so they can watch over him.

I know it’s not his fault.

His parents made him feel unsafe.

They were the ones who made him start running.

So, whenever he’s feeling overwhelmed about something, he feels that same need to go.

Where he goes doesn’t usually matter, but it did this time.

That’s because fate was guiding us.

We needed to be here, all four of us, so we could keep our new mate safe from the threat she doesn’t quite seem to believe is real.

We got here right when she needed us.

How could that be anything other than fated?

The rest of my morning is uneventful.

Several hours spent watching a camera feed with no movement is a bit like watching paint dry, but it puts a smile on my face that the only activity I witness on the feed is Lana leaving her suite with Owen, just after eight a.m.

She’s safe. Nothing happened to her last night.

Pretty sure that has something to do with us speaking to that creep Melvin yesterday.

He knows Lana has protection now, so he’s going to be more careful about when he decides to attack.

I’d place good money on that bet.

I’m also willing to bet he’ll try to get Lana not to hire us.

He has no idea who he’s messing with.

Fated mates are so strongly connected that their bonds can never be broken.

Lana wouldn’t listen to whatever bullshit story he cooks up, no matter how convincing he made it sound. She might not know it, not yet, but she’s already made her mind up about all four of us.

All that’s left is to make it official.

Ezra intends to tell her today, after he’s spoken to Owen.

If you ask me, that moment can’t come quickly enough for my liking.

She already feels like she’s ours.

I get up and make my way to the second bedroom’s bathroom.

Now that I know Lana is safe, and she’s with Owen in her office, I don’t need to keep my eye on the feed outside her suite door.

I find everything I need to clean myself up in the suite’s second bathroom.

The cupboards under the sink are filled with toiletry products, and … other items.

I’m not sure what I expected to find in a suite intended as an Omega’s apartment, but boxed luxury sex toys weren’t on my list. The dildo with the knotting function looks pretty fancy, I must admit. Having tried a few of the simulated knotting items to help give Shadow the experience of being with one of his Alphas, I can say without any reservations that they feel nothing like the real thing.

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