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Broderick picked up on the second ring "Hello? Who is this?"
"Hello sir, this is Gavriel Aht be hearing froround Gavriel heard a second male voice ask "Is that him?"
"Yes, Caspian, it’s Beth’syou on speakerphone" After a brief pause he heard Broderick come back on the line "Okay we’re both here How did Beth hurt herself?" he asked
"She fell down the stairs"
"Ahh Yes, she doesn’t get along ith stairs or rugs Basically anything that could be a trip hazard is a disaster waiting to happen," Broderick said
"Flat surfaces are best, but not a guarantee," he heard Caspian chime in
"She won’t want to wear it, but make her reset her ’Alert’ necklace You’ll need to change it so that if she activates it will reach out to you and local friends instead of us She absolutely hates it, but it has saved her life more than once," Broderick said
"We had it ic went into it," Caspian explained
"How did you not lose your h "Who says that we still don’t?" Caspian asked
"There were so hts where we just laid in bed and stared up at the ceiling and prayed to whoever was listening that she would outlive us We were thankful each and every evening after she went to bed that she had survived one st humans were the worst" Broderick’s voice cracked
"She’s safe now love" Caspian murmured
"Is she? Is she really? Gavriel, she told us you were going through transition, that you have an ene Lycaonia that has even threatened Unit Co my precious baby is the type of person who can’t even check thea concussion Is she safe there with all the dangers and with you?" Broderick asked
Gavriel moved the phone to his other ear "All of the unit warriors have been patrolling night and day in addition to daily training to keep the city and people safe We have created new protocols and drills to help us fight this new enemy Just today we installed alarm and protection spells here at the Alpha estate to keep our mates safe Even with this new threat, I honestly feel she is safer here with the Alpha Unit than anywhere else," he said
"Is she safe with you? My brother’s last transition was brutal The th, the harder the transition is on us, and this was the transition that put him in position to become our Elder so you kno perilous it was Towards the end, right before his apex, he turned savage We are at our ain our new abilities Given Beth’s uncanny bad luck, is she really safe at your side?" Caspian asked, his voice hard
Gavriel didn’t answer right away He thought about the growing number of instances where he had lost control recently His first encounter with Beth had been alot to his apex He searched hinize his own ave the only answer he could
"I don’t knoant to assure youhell, I want to assure uarantee it I can swear to you that I would never knowingly or willingly lay a single finger on her in anger That I would die to protect her, but you er to her than our enemy" He covered his eyes with his hand "Maybe I should send her back to Nocteuard yourself Right beforeand he asked to be chained It was the only thing that kept those around hi myself I want to tell you, ’yes, send her to us’, but I know that would be wrong Mates belong together If Fate has brought Beth into your life, now of all times, then I have to believe that she is there for a reason I have to, or lose my mind orry," Caspian admitted
"Thank you for that I’ve been without a ottenI’ve learned in n of her oeaving We li woven that we know nothing of Fate didn’t forget you Gavriel, she was just waiting for our Bethy to grow up," Caspian said kindly
"Thank all the Gods you watched over her the way you did, or II can do to minimize the, um, accidents?"
"Not to make Beth sound juvenile, because she isn’t childish by any stretch of the i, falling or turaceful and poised, but you ’ the estate," Caspian advised
"Baby proofing? What’s that?" Gavriel got out a pad of paper and pen At the top he wrote a reuess you wouldn’t havepillows around a brick fireplace so that the angled edge isn’t exposed or replacing glass furniture with blunt edged pieces Lots of soft surfaces and padding Stairs will always be a danger but by now she’s learned how to fall down thee," Broderick explained