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.”

attention. I go to work, take care of

to warrant anyone’s affection.” He grabbed my arm and wrapped me in an embrace. “Except being beautiful,

he stopped me with a 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 left me wanting more than the last. My arms snaked around his shoulders, enjoying the effects his. touch always had

my neck. I groaned as I felt heat growing in my core.

the house as I heard the

pulled apart quickly,

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Pierce. “I’ll

last thing we need to be

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

grabbed my hand and led me out of the room to meet Pierce at the kitchen

and some things I didn‘ t

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.

“Great,” Kingston said.

you get all of this so fast?”

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,

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Chapter 31: Ayla

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him a bit of a dirty look. “It should have been after the night of Ayla’s

tried to wave

curiously, “why would my

accident, but what

“It’s nothing,” Kingston said.

the road?” I asked, crossing my arms over my chest

Anytime I brought

something from me. Now I

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