Chapter 31: Ayla

“I have to call Zeff,” I rushed to find my phone, but Kingston grabbed me.

“Ayla, calm down,” he said. “You said you just talked to him last night. You left him weeks ago and he’s still fine. Whoever this is has lost interest in him.”

“They were there,” I said, panic making me taste bile in my mouth.

“What?”

“Whoever sent these,” I said. “They were there when Theo rejected me. The card said they were glad I got rid of my mate. No one could have known that. Zeff was the only person I told and I doubt Theo told anyone.” I pushed my hands through my hair, pacing the room. “We were outside in the back yard. They heard the whole conversation.”

“When did you get this first one?” Kingston asked.

“The day before I left or the morning of,” I said. “I always got yesterday’s mail first thing in the morning. Theo showed up shortly after that.”

“Hey,” Kingston said, dragging me against him again, “it’ll be okay. We’ll find out who’s doing this. Nothing is going to happen to you.”

“He’s threatening you, Kingston,” I said.

“And I’ll be just fine,” he insisted. “I’ve got Pierce on his way to

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set up more security cameras, and I’ll keep a guard on the house going forward.”

“Why is this happening? I didn’t do anything to anyone.” I started pacing again.

“Honey, it doesn’t sound like he’s doing this because you did something to him,” he replied cautiously. “It sounds like he’s infatuated with you.”

work, take care of my family, and keep

“Yes, you’ve done nothing to warrant anyone’s affection.” He grabbed my arm and wrapped me in an embrace. “Except

taste of him calm my raw nerves and growing anxiety. We had shared a few of these moments over the weeks. Each time left

I groaned as I felt heat growing in my core. Then he was pushing me back toward

through the house as I heard the front door

pulled apart quickly, breathing

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Kingston called to Pierce. “I’ll be right

we need to

“I’m not about to give you up, Ayla. Especially not to some coward who sits in the shadows

me out of the room to meet Pierce

and

alarm set up and the existing cameras near the entrances. I’ll be adding more so that we have coverage of the entire perimeter and a few inside for good measure. I’m also going to be replacing the

“Great,” Kingston said.

get all of this so fast?” I

the packhouse,” Pierce said. “We like to keep up security within the pack. These are extras for replacements. I told

taking a seat to help Pierce. “It

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Chapter 31: Ayla

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“It should have been

grimaced but tried to

“why would my accident require him to increase

what

“It’s nothing,” Kingston said.

you were in the middle of the road?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest

I brought it up, he would brush it off and

something from

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