Page 6 of My Haven
Noah stood and kissed her forehead. “We got this.”
When she saw Aiden just standing there, her eyes narrowed. “Me, you, Pierce, Ryuu, the boys, Kendrick and Anne. Make the appropriate requests for a visit at Elder Council level.” She took a deep breath and bellowed. “Colton!”
It took about fifteen seconds for the sounds of heavy boots running to reach them. Moments later, Colton burst into the room, fangs down and growling. He pulled up short when he saw who was visiting. He turned to her, excitement on his face as his fangs receded. “Is it baby time?!”
“No, you’re in charge of the units again,” she said, pulling up her chat window on her laptop.
“Again? I thought we were done.”
Aiden was on his cell. “Might as well do what she says, we all know she’s really in charge when shit hits the fan.” He heard something, then turned back to his phone. “Father, we need to submit a visitation request to Storm Keep,” he started, walking into the hallway.
Colton’s eyes bugged out. “Is shit hitting the fan again?”
“Kinda. Family is in trouble,” she explained.
Colton straightened. “Don’t worry about us. You focus on whatever needs doing.” He was almost to the door, when he turned back, a grimace on his face. “Did Aiden decide on what he was doing about Darian’s position?”
Meryn stared. “He hasn’t done that yet?”
Aiden stuck his head through the doorway. “There are a lot of moving parts involved.”
“You want me to do it?”
Aiden opened his mouth, then shut it. They all heard laughter from the phone. “Fine! I am letting her decide. You were right, Father.” He looked her in the eye, and she saw how much it affected him to lose Darian. He hadn’t procrastinated because he didn’t know what to do, he just couldn’t bring himself to do it. “I know what you were going to do, I’ll just tweak some things and put it into effect.”
“Thanks, baby,” he said, looking relieved. When he turned to Darian, both men swallowed hard. “Good luck, Your Majesty.”
Darian clenched his fists at his side. “You too, Commander.”
“He he he,” Meryn cackled, as she typed.
Aiden paled. “What we discussed, right baby?”
She continued typing.
“Meryn?”
“I’m doing what you would have thought of, had you been me,” she assured him.
“Right. What?”
She waved him off.
He went back to submitting the official requests through the Elder Council channels.
“Law, send me whatever you have. We’ll be there soon,” she said.
“Already sent. What do you need on this end?”
“A place to stay actually.”
“Why not stay with your…” He paused. “It might be safer to stay with the Nu Unit. You’ll be outside the influence of whatever is being broadcast in the city.”
“I can call my brother,” Amelia volunteered.
“You need anything else, Red Queen?” Law asked.
“Consider your mom handled. I got this. But we’ll need any and all dirt you can dig up on the Witches’ Council. If you can’t dig deep enough, give me directions to go on.”
