Page 11 of Dante's Circle Reborn

“All right. It’s okay, little kit. Nadie’s good. She’s going to help you and make sure you’re okay. Plus, you’re going to need to shift back. You know it’s not good to stay in your animal form for too long.” He tapped her on the nose gently, and she nuzzled into him again before letting out a little yip and turning towards Nadie. Nadie smiled with kind eyes and took the kit from his arms, nuzzling her chin on the fox’s furry little head.

“We’ll take care of you. Our little babies are going to want to meet you, too. First, let’s get you all cleaned up. You’re so brave, little girl.”

Nadie started walking away, and the little kit looked over her shoulder at Liam. He gave her a tight nod, not knowing when he would see her again.

“We’re going to need to find that kit’s family,” Liam said.

“We will. And then you’re going to tell us exactly what happened. And if you need my help.”

Liam shook his head even as he explained what had happened.

“We can do this. We were just surprised about the innocent and needed to take care of that before we took care of the rogue.”

“I can smell him on you. I didn’t go down to the site, so I couldn’t tell. He smells of Alec but not.”

“I didn’t realize dragons were so good at that.”

“Dragons are good at a lot of things,” the big man said, his eyebrow ring twinkling under the light. “I take it this rogue is family?”

“Blood—not family.”

“Understood. If you need us, we’re here. Any of us. I understand you need to take care of things in the family. Don’t do anything stupid, though. At least, try not to. And a piece of advice?” Dante continued, closing the door behind him. “Don’t wait too long.”

Liam froze. “Excuse me?”

“I almost waited too long because we were looking for our third. You’re not waiting for a third. Are you?”

“Dragons really do know more than they tell.”

“Sometimes. Figure your shit out, Liam. You’re not doing anyone any favors by waiting.”

And then the dragon stomped off towards the back of the house, probably to check his security.

Liam just stuck his hands into his pockets, wondering what the fuck they were going to do.

The rogue was still out there, and they couldn’t stay for long. However, Alec needed to be healed, and without going back to their Pack to have their healer do it, it was going to take the night.

And that meant their hunt would have to begin again in the morning.

They were going to have to eliminate Alec’s brother. Even if it might kill them both in the process.

ChapterFour

Liam made his way through the dragon’s lair, doing a final perimeter check along with Dante. With any other man, with any other dominant now that he thought about it, they might have been a little annoyed that Liam was double-checking their work. Dante wasn’t like that. He had his mates and his babies in the house, and therefore, any extra help and pair of eyes to make sure that the place was safe were good. At least, that’s what Liam figured since the dragon hadn’t roasted him for daring to question anything.

“I’m setting you and Alec up in the guest house,” Dante said after a moment. Liam looked over and nodded. “Thanks. We can get our own accommodations if it’s too dangerous for us to be here.”

Dante shook his head. “We have a guest house for a reason, and I have really damn good warding.” The dragon winked.

Liam really didn’t want to think about what exactly would happen if someone breached the wards when they didn’t have permission. Considering that Liam had seen Dante set someone on fire while still in human form just with the smoke from his nostrils, he really wanted nothing to do with that. It wasn’t that Dante was cruel. However, if you messed with his family or his loved ones, you paid the price. And assassination attempts against his mates made for a very steep price.

“We appreciate it.”

Dante nodded, his eyes narrowing. “Good. And I’m going to repeat my offer to help with this rogue if you need it.”

“I would take you up on it if it were anyone else. This one? I think Alec needs to face it.”

“I understand that. As someone who has dealt with family members who have been on the wrong side of the line regarding what is true and right, I completely understand.”

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