Page 3 (2/2)

Lia spot next to Deceo Wanted to keep holding on to her like this as long as she’d let hiet her home

When she realized they’d stopped, she pulled back and looked at hi, he fished out the car keys from her purse and handed them to his packmate "Follow ?" she asked

Lianored her as he rounded the vehicle and slid into the driver’s seat He didn’t want to ht not be in shock, but she was shaken up pretty bad

"Lia back to your place and I’ your brother" He’d have already ht it would upset her

He found it interesting that instead of er seat, she stayed where she was, in the , she actually ht try to deny the chemistry they had, but she instinctively knew he’d protect her Deceht not even realize it, but her most primal side trusted hie soothed his inner wolf And he would protect her No matter the cost

"You think it’s safe there?" Her voice was a whisper

He gripped the wheel tighter "Hell no, I don’t think it’s safe, but unless you want to coht, then We’re going back to your place and I’ure out what the next move is" He knehat his next move was Convince her to move to the ranch with hi enough for hiether That was the plan anyway

"What?" Shock laced her voice

He stole a quick glance at her She’d gotten ht?" Not that he actually cared what she said He was staying with her

"Maybe we should call ed

He knehat direction she was headed and he didn’t like it "We’re going to call hi over Soo, then soo, and now souy at the store just wanted to rob me There’s not a conspiracy behind every door, Liam I run a business and it’s one of the risks" Her voice was defensive

Liauy hadn’t wanted to rob her He’d wanted to kidnap her Liaotten the piece-of-shit APL member to tell hiet that information was a broken thuuy told the cops the real reason he’d been at December’s store Liam and his pack didn’t want the cops involved with the APL Their involveround Liam and his brother, Connor, didn’t want that They wanted to stop the APL before their influence grew and before they hurt anyone else And they planned to do it their way Huulations So his pack didn’t have to deal with

As they pulled into her drive, another thought occurred to him "Do you have your cell?"

"Yeah I usually keep that on , she nodded, but at least she handed it to hiers brushed, he cursed hih him They barely touched and his entire body reacted "Will you stay here while I search your house?"

For a ue, but she finally nodded "Fine, whatever You’re going to do it anyway"

Daht he was "Stay here with her," he said to Ryan as he took her key ring

The second he stepped inside, he was accosted by her soft jasered on her and in her house it was htened senses it almost enveloped him with its purity

As he moved from room to room, it was easy to see December’s feminine touches Most of the roo and soft, like her Once he’d checked each room, every , and all entrances, he allowed hins of a break-in and he couldn’t smell the re at her store Liam had tried to convince her to let him have an alarm installed there and at her house Even her brother, who basically detested hiht have so to do with the fact that he’d ordered her to let hi her As second-in-command of his pack--well, technically third now that his brother was h Especially not when he kneas right

Deceht not have accepted that she was his intended mate, but he kneith every fiber inside him He didn’t kno he knew--he just did It was as if so inside hio--before his father had turned into a shell of a wolf due to his htered--his father had told hinized their intended s usually did Just like his brother had recognized Ana as his other half If only Liaure out a smoother approach with December She didn’t co about pack law or…hie that