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“He needed a last swift reminder,” Dolly said as she ambled back to the car.
We watched her go, and I glanced back at the door, letting out a sigh.
“You really think that’s it? It felt…”
“Too easy?” Griff finished, his frown deepening.
“I’ll put a tail on him,” Ash promised. “I have some contacts that can help.”
“Thank you,” Griff said. “For now, hopefully, we scared them a bit.”
“I’m sorry,” I started to say but Griff put a finger to my lips.
“Stop apologizing to us,” he said, voice firm and eyes blazing. “WE did this. Us. Not intentionally, but at the end of the day it doesn’t matter. It is our job as your alphas to keep you safe and we intend to do just that.”
“For now, it’s over,” Jackson said. “We keep watch but I think our message was made.”
“And how are those knuckles?” I asked.
He snorted and held up his hand. The skin was split open but he was grinning, not bothered in the least.
“Let’s get you back and ice that,” I said, rolling my eyes.
“Coach is going to kick our ass, let’s get back to Willow Lake,” Cy said, looking far too cheerful. He must have enjoyed that hit as much as I did.
As we all piled into the cars and started the journey back, I couldn't stop the unsettling feeling from growing.
Something was off. There was no way it could be that easy.
“Get him,” Dolly said around a snore, her breathing even almost as soon as the words finished.
Bea laughed softly. “At least she didn’t knock anything over this time.”
The first few times she woke up with a start she’d swung the purse she had clutched in her hand. After knocking down one of our cute little side tables and a vase of flowers, we moved them out of reach.
She’d barely stayed awake through the entire thing.
Our little adventure wore her out, but just having her here made me feel a whole lot better. Henry surely wouldn’t try anything if he saw her again.
His bruises hadn’t even healed properly yet.
Despite the extra protection, I kept expecting Henry or his crazy sister to pop out and try to attack me again. She’d somehow snuck in despite a fairly obvious resemblance and I didn’t trust either of them.
Henry seemed so calm at his house. He almost made her out to be the crazy one, but her same unhinged smile was a mirror of the one he’d given me a few times now.
He truly thought they were untouchable. That right there was enough to keep me nervous as hell.
I tried my best to keep my worries under wraps, but the way Bea and Taryn kept checking on me made it obvious I wasn’t doing a great job.
Hell, even the guys had been tugging on the bond on and off. We didn’t want to part ways but it was just a short time.
We had lives to live and jobs to keep.
It was almost closing time anyway. I’d already started my closing walk through just to make sure everything was in order and there was no trash or anything else littering the floors. I just had to vacuum and sweep before I left since I completed my dusting in between customers and packing boxes.
"Dani?" Taryn called.
"Here," I said before walking back towards the register.
