get to the ranch, and then we’ll talk more about it. I don’t like being out in the open like this,” he said as he started walking again. Opening the door, Kianna slid in past the steering wheel to sit in the middle of the bench seat so that she could be close to Teaghen.
He smiled, climbed in, kissed her quickly, and started the truck heading for the ranch.
When they arrived at the ranch, Alex and Duncan were waiting for them. He knew his brothers would be there, as they would want to see for themselves that their mate was not hurt.
* * * *
Duncan was the first to the truck. Opening the passenger door, he leaned in, unbuckled Kianna’s seat belt, and pulled her out of the vehicle and into his arms.
“Are you all right, sugar? We were scared shitless when we saw the truck in the ditch.” Duncan wanted to pick her up and take her back to their compound so that nothing could ever hurt her. He knew it was irrational, but his wolf was in full protection mode now.
Leaning down, he gently kissed her cheek and then handed her off to Alex. Alex placed his hands on either side of her face and started dropping kisses all over her upturned face.
“I don’t want to be that scared ever again, babe,” he murmured softly to her.
* * * *
Giggling softly, Kianna stepped out of Alex’s arms and took his hands in hers.
“I’m fine. Teaghen was there and made sure that nothing happened to me. I just don’t understand why the hell that driver wanted to make us crash.”
Releasing Alex’s hands, she slowly walked up to the house, the men following behind her. Taking her keys out, she opened the door and entered the kitchen only to find what looked like a tornado had hit.
Cupboards were emptied of their contents, and they were poured all over the appliances and floor. The word bitch was spray painted across the wall, and whore was written along the kitchen table.
She couldn’t believe what she was seeing with her own eyes. You could almost feel the malice behind the horrible sight before her. Was this going to be her life for the next two years? Was Ray so spiteful and vicious that he would deface his daddy’s precious home just to get rid of her?
Of course he would. Ray was a bastard just like his daddy. Only, he was a little crazier than Bubba ever was.
“Why?” That was all she could get out before her anger overtook her, and she turned and headed out the door. Halfway down the steps, Alex grabbed her from behind around the waist and lifted her off her feet.
“Slow down, sugar, you can’t go tearing after Ray no matter how pissed you are,” he said in a calming voice.
“Why the hell not, Alex?” she yelled, kicking her feet in the air. “You and I both know he did this or had one of his boys do it. I can’t just let him get away with it.”
Carrying her back into the house, Alex set her down and motioned for her to stay. Duncan and Teaghen were just coming back into the room after checking the rest of the place out and shook their heads wearily at him.
“It’s not just the kitchen is it?” she asked.
“No, baby, they hit the living room and your bedroom as well. They pretty much tore up most of the clothes that were there as well as painted a few more nasty words on your walls in case you didn’t get the message from the ones in the kitchen.”
* * * *
Teaghen was trying to lift some of the tension from the room but was failing miserably.
“I called Jack, and he’s on his way. He’s bringing someone to go over the place with a fine-tooth comb to see if they left any evidence behind,” Duncan said to him as he closed his phone.
“They’re not going to find anything. Ray’s too smart for that. Besides, he wouldn’t do this himself. He’d send someone to do it for him. And he’d make sure they had gloves on, too.”
Kianna sighed, and Teaghen felt a knot form in his gut as he watched her look around at the mess in front of her. She finally flopped down in the only unbroken
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