She quickly told them everything. “He’s been behind everything all along. He killed my mother, he tried to kill me and now he might kill Wolfe.”
Caleb came and crouched down in front of her. “Jelly bean, if there’s one thing I know it’s that Wolfe can take care of himself. But you know what he’d want right now?”
She took in a sobbing breath.
“For us to take care of you,” Aleki told her.
Her entire body was shaking as she sobbed.
“If we go looking for him now, we’d likely just get in the way,” Caleb told her. “Wolfe will call for help if he needs it. But there will be no helping us if he gets back and finds you in this state, all right? Just let us take care of you.”
“All right.”
* * *
Benjamin Mason didn’t stand a chance.
He thought he was clever as he tried to sneak his way off the palace grounds. He thought he’d gotten away with it.
With hurting Wolfe’s woman. His bride. His life. What he felt for her couldn’t compare to any feelings he had for anyone else.
Wolfe stalked his prey. His stupid, arrogant prey. Did he really think he could get away with what he did?
Did he think he could outsmart him?
No doubt he had a vehicle waiting somewhere. And he thought all the guards were still busy. What he didn’t realize is when you came after his family, then Wolfe would never let you live. Even if he had to hunt you down for the rest of his life.
Enough of this.
For the first time in his life, he was ready to end the chase. He was impatient to get home. He wanted to see his princess. He didn’t like that he’d had to lock her away. But she wasn’t locked away from him. It was to keep her safe.
He knew that Caleb and Aleki were likely with her already. But he wanted to be there with her too. To know she was safe.
So he circled around the dumb asshole then stepped forward.
“Hello, Ben.”
The older man stumbled, coming to a stop. The only light out here came from the moon and Wolfe stuck to the shadows so he knew the other man couldn’t see him clearly.
Not that it really mattered since he was about to die.
“Who are you? What are you doing?”
“I’m the last face you’re ever going to see. So if you have any prayers you want to make, I’d say them now.”
Ben turned and run. Wolfe sighed. Why did they always run?
In the end, it was too easy. It wasn’t much of a chase at all. But then Wolfe was in a hurry.
To get home to his girl.
* * *
Wolfe walked into the living room. She was sitting on the sofa. Caleb was next to her, his arm around her while Aleki was trying to encourage her to drink something warm. When she looked up and saw him, he tensed.
Would she feel disgust? Horror? She had to know what he’d done, right? Was she going to reject him? Because he couldn’t let that happen. He couldn’t allow her to walk away. Not ever.
Slowly, she stood. He saw the way she trembled and he waited. Tense. Unsure.