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“No, it’s not okay,” Kayden said and narrowed his eyes at me. “You’re supposed to tell us?—”

“I handled it on my own and everything’s fine. Look, I got the shadow power under control, too.” Summoning the power, the smoky snake swirled around my arm and transformed into a cobra shape, hood flared as it showed off. Sending it back, I said, “Back to the topic at hand. What do you think?”

“I think you should tell us what other powers you have,” Trey muttered.

“I think it’s a good option,” Dad said, “but if I were to have a powerful alpha show up unannounced at my house, I definitely wouldn’t be up for tea and cookies.”

“That’s why you’re going as a wolf while hiding your alpha presence and Mom’s going as a rabbit until I can explain enough to him that he won’t freak out.”

“It sounds simple, but there are so many things that could go wrong,” Nana Jolie whispered.

“That’s why we’ll have a backup plan,” Dad said. “Especially considering the timeframe difference for their world and ours.”

“And what does this backup plan entail?” Mom asked.

“Well, it starts with the necklace,” he began.

Chapter

Eleven

Kayden pulled me out of the meeting, out of the house, and to the barn.

“What’s up, Kay?” I asked, confused why he pulled me out without a word and so far away. There were still several things to finalize before we left.

Kayden spun, gripped the back of my neck, and kissed me, his tongue sweeping in and stroking mine.

My hands went around his back, clutching his shirt.

We had never kissed like this, so passionately, so full of need.

He pulled back and rested his forehead against mine. “I don’t want you to go,” he whispered. “I don’t want to be separated from you again.”

I rubbed his back as we stood together. “I’m sorry.” There was nothing else I could say. I wasn’t going to back down on going.

“It’s killing me to know you might be gone for a month or more again,” he choked. “I just got you back.”

“I can’t promise you how long I’ll be gone, but I can promise you that I will do everything in my power to return as soon as possible. I’ll stay with my parents and I?—”

“Why are you taking Mason?” he asked softly, his words laced with jealousy.

“Jol will kill you if he sees you again. Trey doesn’t have a smaller form, and I figured you would be happy as long as at least one of you three went with me.”

Taking his hand, I tugged him towards the door. “I need to get Trey and Mason so I can talk to you three.”

His eyes widened and he followed me silently.

After grabbing Mason and Trey from the room where everyone was still discussing the plans and alternate plans, we went up to my room. Shutting the door behind me, I realized my room was rather small with three, adult, alpha males inside.

Kayden sat on my bed, playing with the pillow he’d given me.

Mason sat in my desk chair, spinning slowly.

Trey stood by my closet, looking at the picture of us and Maya playing in the lake on clan grounds. Even though he was a dragon prince, he spent a lot of his life here with us.

“What I was going to tell you before I was teleported has changed,” I admitted softly.

All three turned to face me, scowling.

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