Part Seventy-Five

I glanced over at James. “What’s going on with you?”

“I understand everything that happened. I’m just a little pissed that nobody phoned us when things started here.” Our bond was as strong as ever and a Beta would always feel that he had to protect his Alpha, so I understood why he was mad.

“It wouldn’t have mattered. I didn’t even have time to phone Malachi and you would’ve arrived here at the same time Malachi found me.”

“I just wish that I could have been here, that I could have been there. Maybe then you wouldn’t have been tortured by that maniac.” I sighed and James gave me a smile.

The lights were on downstairs and we could hear laughter from the kitchen. Adara and Shoran had planned a family meal for all of us. Christian ran inside ahead of us and right into Adara’s arms. He hugged her and she kissed the top of his head and ruffled his hair.

“Today was so cool, Adara! Kiran kicked Malachi’s ass!” Christian’s excitement knew no bounds.

“Don’t say ass,” we said in unison and he