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instincts were screaming at him to cut and run. Kelan was moving fast. Very fast. Jake didn’t know how to deal with that. He must have looked like a deer caught in headlights because Kelan walked up to him and placed his hands on his shoulders, his expression soft.
    “Jake, will you quit worrying? Stop waiting for something to go wrong between us. It isn’t going to. I’m here and I’m not going anywhere, okay?”
    Jake nodded. “Sorry, I guess old habits die hard.”
    “Don’t worry,” Kelan said. “I’ll be sure to tell you every time you act like an idiot.”
    Jake threw his head back and laughed. “I’ll hold you to that.”
     
    * * * *
     
    When Jake awakened the next morning, he felt incredibly happy, his doubts and reservations from the previous evening gone. Kelan was sleeping soundly at his side and Jake had to pinch himself to prove he wasn’t asleep himself. Although Jake had convinced himself he had been happy in the years he’d spent alone, he had to admit   how incredible it   now felt to have someone to wake up to in the mornings, especially someone as amazing as Kelan Morgan.
    Jake imagined the two of them spending a lazy Sunday morning together. Maybe they would eat breakfast in bed, read the papers, snuggle up. Do the things other normal, happy couples did together on their weekends off.
    He should have known better than to hope for something so mundane. When he went out to the kitchen to put on a pot of coffee, he discovered another note pushed under his apartment door. His stomach tightened when he opened it and began to read.
     
    Nice apartment you have, Jake, even if you don’t deserve it.
    Scum like you don’t deserve anything good.
    I’m going to see to it you get what’s coming to you for what you’ve done to me.
     
    Well, shit. That at least proved Kelan had been right. Whoever left the first note was the same person that had been in his apartment last night. It was obvious now this wasn’t some silly prank like he’d first thought. The person who was leaving these notes had some sort of grudge against him and now they’d taken it one step further. They’d actually broken into his apartment.
    Jake shivered as he looked around the living room. He hated the fact that someone had been in his home, his sanctuary. What had they been doing in here? Had they been through his personal belongings?
    Jake folded the note and stuffed it into the pocket of his robe. Maybe it wouldn’t be such a good idea to tell Kelan . The man was already insanely overprotective. If he read this note, Jake doubted Kelan would leave his side for a single second.
    “What do you have there ?” Kelan asked, walking in and nodding to Jake’s pocket.
    Crap.
    “Uh, nothing,” Jake said, being careful not to look Kelan in the eyes.
    “You know I can tell when you’re lying, don’t you?” Kelan said. “Your scent changes.”
    Jake sighed. So much for keeping this to himself. He pulled the note out of his pocket and handed it to Kelan . “I didn’t want to worry you.”
    Kelan read the note. He growled, his eyes instantly shifting to their wolf form.
    “Does this guy have any idea who he’s fucking with?” Kelan raged.
    “I think we should call the police. There’s obviously something wrong with this guy. He could be dangerous. We don’t know what he’s going to do next.”
    “I don’t think that’s necessary. Trust me, this creep won’t get the chance to get anywhere near you any time soon. I’ll make sure of that.”
    “I don’t understand who would do something like this. And how did he get in here?”
    “Are you sure no one has a spare key?”
    “No, I haven’t given a copy to anyone. Although I do keep one here.” Jake crossed the living room to a hook that hung next to his bookcase. “Yep, still here.”
    “Is there any way someone could have taken the key, copied it?”
    “I don’t know. I haven’t left any men alone in here for any length of time.”
    “Just how