Chapter 440

Chapter 0440 “No. I’m not sure she could tell me even if she did know. She’s pretty traumatized.” Liam says.

“Let my dad speak to her. He’s been interviewing the supernaturals that were rescued from the compound they found. He knows how to ask the questions slowly and carefully.”

“Good idea. If he wants to come tonight, I'll set him up here, but I'd prefer that he wait to speak to her until tomorrow. She needs food and rest. How do you both feel about moving our training session to my pack this weekend. I’d like to keep Angel close to home, but it's possible that we may be able to speak to Audra. She might be more willing to speak to our mates, knowing that is who the hunters are after.”

“That’s fine with me.” | say and Rik agrees.

“You know we have to tell them.” | say to Rik and Liam.

| hear them both sigh. “Yeah, | know.” They both say.

“They are Guardians. They are strong, but they need to be prepared. They need to be warned to be on alert. And Grace, at least, will want to know why I’m tripling our patrols.” | tell them.

“Cara will too. She won't let it go until | tell her.” Rik said. “And I'll feel better knowing that she’s being extra careful if she’s out with Lily.”

“Agreed. So, we all tell them tonight since we'll be together tomorrow?” Liam asks.

We all agree.

I finish the call and head to our room, following my mate’s scent. | find her in the shower and lean against the door, watching her.

“Why are you watching me like a creeper?” She leans her head out to look at me..

“Just enjoying the view.” | tell her.

She crooks her finger at me. “Come join me.”

| strip down, walking into the shower behind her, wrapping my arms around her. She turns in my arms, looking at me with a mischievous look on her face, her hands slowly sliding down my chest to my stomach and lower.

“Do you know how much | love you?” | say, meaning it with every fiber of my being. No one and nothing will take my mate from me. | will die before | let those hunters or anyone else hurt her.

‘| will tear anyone to shreds if they even think of hurting our mate.’ Louis says.

Grace’s hands stop their descent and instead, her brow furrows and she slides her arms around.

me, leaning into me.

“What is it? What's wrong?”

| look at her, my throat getting tight at the thought of someone coming after my mate. | swallow a couple of times, trying to get the lump out of my throat so | can answer her. | lean down and kiss.

her nose.

“We found out that the hunters are coming after the Guardians specifically. They are coming for you.

“Hey, they won't get me, or my sisters. We are strong. We've been training and we’re ready. | say. let them come. We'll show them that they are no match for us.”

“If they are planning it, then they have a thought of how they will win. Liam said they have been experimenting on wolves, most likely rogues, but they may have found a way to hurt you that we don’t know about.”

She cups my face in her hands. “I’m not going anywhere. No one is taking me and Maia away from vo you and Louis. You're stuck with us, forever. That's what you promised me and that’s what I’m getting. Nothing and no one is taking that from us. We've worked too hard to finally find the happiness that we both deserve.”

| lean my forehead against hers, my eyes closed, trying to get control of my emotions.

“Eli...” She says gently, feeling my struggle.

“Promise me. Promise me that you will be careful. Promise me that you won’t take any unnecessary risks. Promise me, Grace.

Promise me so that | can go about my day and not worry. every second that something has happened to you. Please, just promise me that you will be okay.”

“| promise you, Eli Gunnar, | will be okay.”

| take my mate to bed and make love to her, slowly, taking my time, savoring every taste, every scent, every sound that she makes. | need her to know how much | treasure her, how precious she is to me, how much | need her. When | finally find my release, | hold on to her like I’ll never let her 1. go.