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.”

done anything to warrant that kind of attention. I go to work, take care of my family, and keep to myself. There’s nothing special

me in an embrace. “Except being beautiful, and smart, and

kiss. I returned it, letting the taste of him calm my raw nerves and growing anxiety. We had shared a few of these moments over the weeks. Each time

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

as I heard

pulled apart quickly, breathing

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Kingston called to Pierce.

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

he insisted. “I’m not about to give you up, Ayla. Especially not to some coward who sits

me out of the room to meet Pierce

– cameras, sensors, lights, and some things I didn‘

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

“Great,” Kingston said.

you get all of this so fast?”

keep a lot of this on hand at the packhouse,” Pierce said. “We like to keep up security within the pack. These are extras for replacements. I told Kingston this place should have been upgraded years ago, but he just kept putting it

seat to help Pierce. “It

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bit of a dirty look. “It should have been after the night

tried to wave

would my accident require him to increase his

the accident, but what led to

“It’s nothing,” Kingston said.

were in the middle of the road?” I asked, crossing

avoiding the subject with me. Anytime I brought it

was keeping something from

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