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Clairn
I knew nothing was happening here. Logically, I knew it. But logic meant jack shit when it came to my mate. Just like when we were in that cave, the idea of Finn and Kiana made sense to me and
drove me mad.
Unless I fucked Kiana good, and soon, I very well could go mad.
“You have got to get a grip,” Kiana muttered as she stood. Finn just flashed me a smile and stood as well. “Where do you want my bodyguard to be? Miles away?”
Yes.
My gaze moved down to the hand flexing by her side. There was a crumpled note in. My note.
“What are you doing here?” Kiana asked as she shoved the note in her pocket. “Besides apparently
spying on your spy.”
“Oh, he’s not my spy. Yet. But I do need a word with him.” I glanced around the apartment. I’d done all the clean-up work myself. It was only the second time I’d stepped into her apartment.
Both times, I’d hated every second of it. This was not where she belonged. She fucking belonged
with me.
“Thank you,” Kiana said softly. “For the new paint job.”
1 raised an eyebrow. “Does it hurt to thank me, Kiana?”
“Oh, fuck off. I guess I’ll be downstairs while you talk to Finn.”
“But,” Finn started as she turned and disappeared down the steps. “I’m supposed to be guarding
her.”
“Bridget and Amelia are downstairs. They’ll protect her.”
Relaxing, Finn nodded. “What do you need, boss?”
Boss. Finn was loyal. I knew that deep down in my bones. He might be my newest wolf, but he would not betray me. With Kiana gone, my senses cleared, and I relaxed as well.
“I received an official call this morning. In five days’ time, all the alphas of TK will convene here with their witches. What happened to Irene has happened to others, although they were not as lucky. Claudine Frost knows you’re here. She’ll want to see you.”
Finn stiffened. “Think she’ll try to execute me?”
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“No. You’re under my protection. She wouldn’t dare, but Claudine likes to play head games, and she doesn’t like that you’re mine. I could send you away, at least until they’re gone.”
“No, I won’t run.”
I didn’t think he would, but I had to extend the offer. “Kiana will be in even more danger while they
are here.”
“I’ll guard her, if you want.”
I cut him a dark look. “She needs friends. I appreciate you being one of them.”
Finn couldn’t help but grin. “It doesn’t matter if it’s me or another man. Or woman. You’re going to feel this way until you fix things with her. I know your role in Wisteria Woods was an act, but you are mated. Not many shifters turn their backs on their wolves.”
“My relationship with Kiana is none of your business, Finn” I growled.
“I’d say it is, because if you mated with her the way that you should, your pack wouldn’t be trying to
kill her.”
“They know she’s mine.”
“Do they?” Finn crossed his arms. “Because I know that when an alpha chooses a mate, really chooses her, they become a partner. Another layer of protection of the pack, and a pack would
never endanger that.”
“Downstairs,” I said softly. “Guard her.”
With a nod, he turned and stopped. “Claudine Frost. Did she ever take a mate?”
“You’re the messenger. Don’t you know?”
“I never ran messages to Indigo Peak.”
“Makes sense. Claudine’s mated status has been debated for a long time. Most say she was mated before becoming an alpha but he died. Others said she mated and hid the bond somehow, from even her pack. Others think she probably executed her mate.”
Finn snorted. “Probably the latter.”
I was inclined to agree.
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