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Suck it up, Colton.Adrian selected the contact and hit the green phone next to it.

“I figured I would be hearing from you at some point. What happened?”

“Hi, Dominic. Thanks for taking my call.”

“Adrian, I gave you my number and told you to call if you needed help. I meant what I said. What’s going on?”

Dominic was a mysterious man who seemed to have an endless supply of resources and manpower. From what Adrian had figured out, he was ridiculously rich and owned some sort of security agency that worked with the local and federal police agencies. His team and some military guys had taken down the president of Blackstone University at the same time his teammates, Parker and Eric, had been arrested. Several members of the university administration had also been arrested.

Before Dominic had cleared out, he had approached Adrian with the offer to help if he ever needed it. Adrian needed it now.

“I don’t think everything’s settled from the last time you were here.”

“I’m not surprised. We knew there were still things in play and that we didn’t get everyone involved. Tell me. The more details, the better.”

Adrian explained everything that had been happening to him and Kelsey. “I think Greg and his brother, Graham, are involved. The age and name match up with Greg’s brother. I haven’t seen him around, but it’s got to be him.”

“Makes sense. We had been watching the brothers before everything went down with Gwen and Drew.”

“You believe me?” Adrian was surprised Dominic was willing to help after the rocky relationship he had with both Gwen and Drew.

“You didn’t have to call me in on this and you’ve given me no reason to think you’d lie to me. I have a few things to check out, but I’ll be in touch. If anything else happens, call me immediately.”

“I will.”

“Keep close to your girl and let Gwen and Drew know what’s going on, that crew can be a big help.”

“I’ll think about it.”

“Don’t let your pride get in your way. I’ll send one of my guys down in a day or so as soon as I can free someone up. He’ll make contact when he’s in the area.”

“Thanks, Dominic. I appreciate it.” Adrian was relieved to have brought Dominic in on the situation. Kelsey was too important to him to not do everything in his power to keep her safe.

* * *

The animal shelterclosed early on Saturdays and Kelsey was happy to be done for the day. She couldn’t keep her mind off what happened to Janie. When she had called her friend to make sure she had gotten home all right, Janie had confessed that she was relieved to be away from Blackstone. Her mother had cried when she saw Janie’s condition but vowed to take good care of her. Janie was benefiting from her mother’s attention.

Kelsey sighed, recalling the amazing night she had spent with Adrian. After rocking her world, he held her close, never moving away as they slept. She had never thought she would like sleeping cuddled up with someone, but Adrian made her feel safe and loved. Being in his arms felt right.

They had both woken up early, needing to get even closer to each other. Afterward, Kelsey’s head was settled on his shoulder, and she listened as he told her about Dominic and the help he was sending. She hoped the guy Dominic was sending would be able to keep them safe and figure out what was going on.

Adrian had tried to distract her the entire day. It worked for a while but then her fears tended to bleed through the happiness. Xander, Cade, and Riley were also great comic relief. The three of them bickered and teased each other relentlessly offering Kelsey some great entertainment.

It had taken Riley a while to open up to her, but the two of them had become friends.

Dr. Hogan had closed the front of the practice early because she had dinner plans. Kelsey stayed with Adrian, Cade, Xander, and Riley to make sure the animals were taken care of for the night.

Xander walked into the break room with Riley draped over his shoulder in a firefighter’s carry. His arm was secured around her thighs and Riley was trying to pinch his back to let her go. The guy was ignoring all her efforts.

Riley snatched his ball cap from his head and whacked him with it.

He tickled her and she dropped the hat onto the floor.

“Kels! Tell the big oaf to let me go!” Riley tried twisting around to look at Kelsey.

“What are you doing, Xan? Why do you have her over your shoulder?”

Xander leaned down and dumped Riley onto the floor. “She’s a pain in my ass, that’s why.”

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