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.”

to warrant that kind of attention. I go to work, take care of

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

nerves and growing anxiety. We had shared a few of these moments over the weeks. Each time left me wanting more than the last. My arms snaked around his shoulders, enjoying the

moved up my waist, one traveling up to the nape of my neck. I groaned as I felt heat growing in my core. Then he

house as I heard the front

pulled apart quickly, breathing

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Kingston called to Pierce. “I’ll

“That’s probably the last thing we need to be doing

not to some coward who sits in the shadows

to meet Pierce at the

cameras, sensors, lights, and some

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 window and door sensors. The current ones are outdated. These new ones will link up with the alarm.

“Great,” Kingston said.

the world did you get all of this so fast?”

within the pack. These are extras for replacements. I told Kingston this place should have been upgraded years ago, but he just

Kingston said, taking a seat to help Pierce. “It hasn’t been my top

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Chapter 31: Ayla

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“It

but tried to wave

said curiously, “why would my accident require

the accident, but what led to it,” Pierce

“It’s nothing,” Kingston said.

the

subject with me. Anytime I brought it up, he would brush

keeping something from

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