Page 8 of Savage

“Are you still hanging around with that savage?” He simply closed his phone without speaking to her. When she called back again, she also reached out to him. He decided that he had better things to do other than speak to his mom about his best friend and how he was such a pimple on the Savage name.“Answer the fucking phone before I have to come there. And you know what will happen if I do. I want you to hear my voice and hear how disappointed I am in you.”

“I don’t care, and if you want to come here, go for it. I’m having dinner with Savage tonight. He has a new home, and the rest of us are going to help him celebrate.”For some reason he thought it best that he didn’t mention that he’d also found his mate. She’d start in on—something occurred to him, and he smiled as he spoke to his mother.“He has a mate now. Not one that you’d want to mess with however. She’s called little dragon and sometimes scares mine and the others dragons even though she’s human.”

“Human? Christ, I knew that he was going to sully the name of Savage more someday. I’ve said this before, but I think that instead of putting him in a dark place to be hatched, his parents should have destroyed him before that time. I didn’t like them, but there was no reason for them to have left the rest of us with him.”He told her that she was going too far.“What are you going to do about it, Kingston? Come after me? I doubt you have the balls for that. And so you’re aware if you so much as think about having a human as a mate, I’ll…I’ll disown you.”

“Then I’m hoping now that she is human. Just so I don’t have to put up with these monthly calls. Mother, you couldn’t do anything about him before he became my friend, and there is very little you can do now that he is.”He took in a deep breath before continuing.“Is there anything else? I have a great deal going on here, and you’re keeping me from it.”

“I’m your mother, and you’ll give me the respect that I deserve.”He told her that she was lucky that he was giving her any respect at all for as much as he disliked her.“You’re a terrible son. Nothing like the others.”

“Good. Sucking up to you isn’t anything that I enjoy, but that’s fine too.”He wondered what others she could have been talking about since he knew he’d been an only child.“You have a good life, and know that if any harm comes to Savage or his mate, I’ll kill you. Laws or not, you will perish by my hand even if I must go to prison for it.”

He closed the connection tightly and didn’t allow her into his head again. She was a horror, his mother and his father wasn’t too much better. He also knew that in a couple of days, more than likely less, he’d be hearing from his father on his treatment of his mother. Fuck them both. If they came here, which he was thinking that they would, he’d have to deal with them face to face. Fine with him. Kingston wanted to see their faces when he told them he was out of their lives. He only hoped that before they arrived that he’d have a human mate. Just to—

Kingston didn’t care for the way his thoughts were going. It hurt him a little to think that he’d been wishing for a mate simply to piss off his parents. As far as he was concerned, especially after meeting Kaida, he couldn’t wait to meet his own mate. And hoped that she’d put him to the tests the way that Kaida did Savage. Him, too, if he was honest with himself.

Brenin was about half in love with her himself. She’d scolded him once the other day about going out in public the way that he looked. Sweat pants and a tee shirt that he was sure that was older than she was. She told him that if he didn’t have respect for himself, how would he get respect from others. Brenin went out that very day and bought him some new clothes, something that he didn’t think any of them had done since moving here. Not when they could make their own clothing appearand disappear with a thought. When his phone rang, he didn’t answer it.

Whomever it was, they’d left a message, and he listened to it. It was his attorney telling him that his parents had been inquiring about his worth. That he should call him back if he wanted more details. He did in that moment.

“I’ve spoken to your mother once and your father twice. They seem to think that you’re broke.” Kingston asked if they still thought that or did he tell them. “I told them that I couldn’t discuss it with them unless you allowed it. That was your mother. Then your father called me to tell me I was to do what she wanted or he’d have me fired. I’m not worried about them.”

“I’m thinking that they’re on their way here soon.” He said that he’d keep an eye on things here and would let him know if he saw anything. “Thank you. She is going on about Savage again. And now that he has found his mate, he’s even worse than he was before.”

“If you don’t mind me saying so, Lord Savage, your mother isn’t sane.” He couldn’t help it, he laughed. “Anything else I should know?”

“Yes, I nearly forgot about what I called you about. There are four homes that are surrounding your parents’ home that have come up for sale. If you want them, say the word, and I’ll get them for you. You know as well as I do as to what sort of neighborhood they’re in. But to be honest with you, I think that the entire place is going downhill. There aren’t a great many improvements going on there, and I hate to say it, but your parents haven’t done anything to their house in over a couple of centuries. And their yards are so overgrown it’s almost jungle like. There is a company that does their lawns, but I don’t think even that is being done properly.”

“Get me the houses and make it so that the lawns are done up, and the houses are in good shape. I’m not opposed to making them rentals just to piss them off.” He laughed when he thought of his mother’s thoughts on renters. “Let me know what you find out, and I’ll go from there.”

It wasn’t twenty minutes later when he heard from Scott again. His parents had contacted a private plane service. Scott was laughing so hard that he could barely understand him.

“They wanted them to do it for free.” He told him how his friend owned a couple of private jets that he flew others around in. “Just because they are the great and—they actually said this to him, the great and powerful Savages, and he could advertise that he flew them to their son’s home for advertising. I nearly wet myself when he told me that.”

He enjoyed his laughter. “I’m assuming that they might be flying commercial then?” Scott told him that he would let him know. He had friends there as well. All right, but I should be preparing myself for them as well as the others.”

“Something that I’ve been meaning to ask you. You said that Savage has a mate. Do you know if he’s going to put her name on his homes? As I told your parents, I don’t discuss other clients with anyone, but he has a substantial amount of money he needs to talk to her about.” He said that he’d ask him. “I will tell you this. He has a great deal more than you or your cousins put together. He hasn’t done anything with it since he’s gotten it.”

“I’ll talk to him. He might not understand that he needs to keep investing.” Which he didn’t believe was true. Savage might be as mean as he was, but he wasn’t stupid either. “Are you handling his money?”

“My brother is. He asked me to say something to you so that he can work with his funds. It’s not like it’s sitting idle at all, but he could be doing so much more with it.” He thought about Kaida and her starting back at work tomorrow. “You’ll not get into hot water with him, will you? Don’t do it if you think you might.”

“I’ll think about it. Maybe with him having a mate, he’ll be a little more free with it. I know for a fact that he’s forever worrying about money. I think that’s why he works so hard, afraid of him running out of cash or something. He’s been like that all his life.” Scott said that he could well understand that, too. “I bet you can. All right. Keep me informed about my parents. I’ll let everyone on this end know that they’re coming. I don’t know how they feel about Cassian or Brenin, but they’ll need to be warned as well.”

The first person that he thought of was Savage and Kaida too. Mom would be gunning for him and it wouldn’t do well to have her causing trouble with Kaida either. He thought that she could hold her own, but she was only partially human and she would hurt her given the chance.

After contacting Savage and letting him know, he could almost feel his mind working and his temper getting the better of him. Then, almost as if someone had touched him, he calmed down. It had to be his little dragon, as he’d been calling Kaida all along. He was invited to their house for dinner along with Cassian and Brenin. That way, he could warn them all at one time and that would be just what was needed. The sooner, the better.

“Also, I talked to my investment attorney. Do you have one?”He told him that he worked with David Jameison, brother to Scott.“Good. Have you thought about what you need to have Kaida put on your deeds? I don’t know how much you need to do with that or even if you wish to do that. But she’s going to need to know what sort of money you have so that she’s not as stressed about it as you are.”

“I think that she’d kill me if I suggested that. I have been thinking that I need to do more with my inheritance, but I’ve been hard-pressed to find the time. You know, Kingston? It’s really strange having a woman around all the time. And what’s even odder is that I find that I want to be with her even if I’ve pissed her off about something.”He told him he thought he was odd, too.“True, but she’s calming to me as well. I don’t know if that’s normal or not, but just her touching my shoulder a little bit ago, it took all my anger away just like a snap to your fingers. It scared me a little too.”

Kingston and the others were going to pick up food to bring to Savage and Kaida’s home. They had ordered a table and chairs for the dining room and it had already been delivered. He wondered what he’d do about the rest of the house and decided that he’d have a good time picking things out with Kaida. She’d put her style on the rooms that he knew would please them both. He also knew that the colors would be earth tones, like most of the clothing that she wore, as well as serviceable furniture that would last a long time.

By the time he was ready to pick up the food he’d been assigned to pick up, he’d heard from Scott two more times. His parents were coming tomorrow on a private jet as well as that Savage had contacted David about several things and was putting Kaida’s name on everything. That sounded like a large undertaking, but said nothing to Savage about it.

By the time the others had shown up, he had talked to the two of them like he’d never done before. Seriously, and without joking around. Telling Savage that his parents were going to harm Kaida got him upset. Savage said that he’d protect her with all that he was from them. Kingston had no doubt that he would, too. And that Kaida would do the same for him. They were, it suddenly occurred to him, a perfectly matched couple. Both of them were no-nonsense when it came to saying just what they needed to at the perfect time. And doing what needed to be done for the family. And she was as much family as Savage was.

Dinner was wonderful. They’d not gotten together like this in a very long time. It was good for all of them, too, to know what Savage had to say about his parents and what sort of steps he was taking to guard himself and Kaida. It was no longer hurtful when Savage told him how mean his parents were. Nor saying what he was going to be doing to them when he saw them.

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