I moved towards the railing overlooking the first floor in time to see her pull out a gun. Fear wracked my body because I was too far away. I screamed at the people around me, “MOVE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!” People jumped back as I pushed a few others out of my way.
I shouted, “JASON! JASON, GET DOWN!” A shot was fired. I screamed, “JASON!” I made it to the edge and fired, taking out the girl with one shot. I aimed at three others. I turned to see if anyone was hurt and my heart stopped. Jason was on the ground.
All I could see was the edge of his leg and pants. He was down behind a column. I screamed, “NO! JASON!” I jumped the railing. As soon as I landed, I ran as fast as I could over to him. Alpha Jayden was using his magic to take out other shooters with Alpha Theo.
I reached Jason in quite possibly my best run time ever. Beta Finn had a bullet graze on his arm. Jason hit his head on a pillar but was fine otherwise. I ripped out some combat gauze from my pants pocket and put it on Finn’s arm then Jason’s head. We all had them just in case in pockets and our watches. I turned to leave.
Jason shouted, “Wait! Don’t go. You saved us.” I warned over my shoulder, “Keep your head down Beta Jason and get the hell out of here. Y’all don’t belong in Missouri. Stay the HELL out of here. You are CLEARLY not welcome.”
Jason snorted, “You keep calling me that.” I shot back, “It’s your name and title. I don’t know what else I’d call you.” I called him that because he’d said I had to, and I was really freaking bitter that MY OWN BROTHER made me stand on titles.
I turned and took out another shooter before he could answer. I sighed when Alpha Theo didn’t see a girl coming up behind him. I ran and tackled him to the ground, shot her, and kept running. Alpha Theo and Alpha Jayden were chasing me.
I shouted, “Get Beta Finn and Beta Jason out of here now!” I ran outside and jumped through the sunroof of the car Sierra had picked. Naturally, it was a sports car. I ordered, “GO!” I rubbed my side. Jumping through sunroofs was efficient, but painful. She took off.
Alpha Jayden seemed frustrated about something. It was like he tried to pop in the car and couldn't. I shook myself because that didn’t make sense. He could pop to me if he wanted to. It’s why I thought they didn't really want to find us. They never had popped to us.
He popped away with Alpha Theo. I buckled myself in while Sierra took a sharp turn. She was doing evasive maneuvers just in case. I grabbed the tablet on the console. It already had the security feed up, so Sierra wasn’t blind to the situation.
Alpha Theo and Alpha Jayden had popped Beta Finn and Jason out. I sighed in relief. I called Valentina but she didn’t answer. I called her three more times until I gave up and called Virgil. He didn't answer either. I closed my eyes.
Sierra asked, “What’s the problem? We can just go to our safe place here.” I snorted, “Your dad will call you. They don’t think we are in the Resistance, but I screamed Jason’s name. We need to be in our hotel since he’ll probably facetime you.” Sierra winced, “You’re right and our phones are back at the hotel.”
I ran through options. Freya whispered, “You know the choice here.” I did. She sounded so tired I wanted to cry. Sierra asked, “What?” I explained, “There is only one real option.” She asked, “And that is?” I answered, “I’ll call Xander from my burner.”
Sierra shouted, “Are you serious?” I replied, “Yes. Our holoports here lead back to Nashville, not our hotel.” Sierra groaned, “No, you have to call him from my phone. He might recognize the number of yours as Bravo One. You have called him before, and he leaves you messages. A lot.” I ripped my mask off and found a change of clothes in the back.
I pointed to a parking garage instructing, “Pull in there.” She did and we both changed quickly. Sierra offered, “We could call Phil.” I disagreed, “His Beta brain would not be able to handle any more no questions asked.” Sierra cringed.
I took my phone out and took a deep breath before I tried Valentina and Virgil again. What the HELL was going on? Sierra cursed, “I swear to fucking god they better be having the biggest emergency of ALL time.” I actually agreed. I took another calming breath. Xander would do this for me. He would do a no questions asked.
I called his burner phone from Sierra’s phone. He answered immediately. I quickly explained I needed help, and he agreed. Freya purred in my head. She’d been oddly silent the rest of the time. She linked me, “It’s not odd. Not being around Xander and Oden means I need to sleep more.” Good to know.
Xander had some questions but those were pushed off. I bit my lip when we hung up. Sierra admitted, “We don’t have a choice.” I whispered, “I know. As I said, all our holoports in this state go to Nashville not Louisiana.”
I grumbled, “This is just going to be SUCH a good day. Don’t you feel it? What the HELL were they thinking? Why would they come to Missouri?” Sierra snorted, “You’re still a bad liar, but they weren’t thinking. Obviously. That was a horrible plan. Princess Luna Haley Conners would KICK their asses for getting distracted and not watching the women as well.”
I snorted, “True. My mom would’ve tanned Jason’s hide for that.” Tears pricked my eyes. Sierra put her hand on my thigh. I whispered, “I miss her so much, Si.” She replied, “I know you do.” We rounded the corner of our place to find Xander standing outside, waiting.
Sierra put the garage up and he followed us in. We jumped out of the car. Xander’s eyes were wide. He asked, “What the hell? This is like super nice on the inside, but it looks abandoned from the outside.” Sierra snorted, “It’s intentional. We need to go.”
Xander grabbed us both and popped us back to our hotel. Sierra’s phone was ringing. She jumped on the bed, and I pushed Xander into the bathroom. I chucked my pants off and grabbed the hotel robe. Then I grabbed a towel and put my hair in it. Xander watched me curiously.
Sierra yelled, “Mel, my dad said he needs to talk to you.” I poked my head out of the bathroom, “What in the world could you actually have to say to me, Jean? Did someone attack while I was gone and get away with all your things while you hid in the office?”
“I told you that could happen if that was your ‘plan of attack.’ Since that’s cowardice…not attacking. I don’t feel sorry for you. I need to finish packing so we can leave and head back to your crappy pack. Since you all insist I never do anything that could involve leaving…which is dumb since you don’t like me.”
Jean growled, “I just needed to see you.” I snorted, “Whatever.” I slammed the bathroom door. I heard Sierra leaving the room. Xander raised an eyebrow, but he said nothing until the adjoining door shut. Xander commented, “That is an interesting way to talk to your Beta.” I snorted, “Jean is not my Beta. He doesn’t even deserve the title.”
Xander said, “They thought you were exactly where you were. Didn’t they? That’s why you needed me. So they didn’t suspect you.” I bit my lip admitting, “I can’t answer that right now.” Xander rubbed his thumb on my cheek, “When can you?” I whispered, “I don’t know.”
Xander laughed, “You know I can probably figure it out when we get home.” I looked down before saying, “I’m sure you will.” He pulled at the tie on the robe. He cupped my face and kissed me as the robe fell. He picked me up and put me on the counter.
He broke apart from my lips and whispered, “I missed you so much, Lovebug.” He slid my underwear off and dropped to his knees, pulling me to the edge of the counter. He blew on my clit. I shivered in anticipation. I gripped the edges of the counter the second his tongue hit me. I moaned and could practically feel him smirking. Freya purred.
I grabbed his hair and screamed, “XANDER!” It didn’t even take him more than a few minutes to have me dripping wet, climaxing on his tongue. He snapped his fingers and was naked himself. I gulped as I ran my hands down his abs. He really was photoshopped.
He grabbed my hair and kissed me roughly. I loved it. Xander lined us up and slammed into me. His mouth on mine drowned out my screams. I held onto him as he gripped my hips and pounded into me. Xander growled, “MINE!” I threw my head back, “Yours!”
