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cause a shitload of problems, especially with the females in his pride. But he’d handle them. He was, after all, the boss—even if they tended to forget that at times.
    Pacing the sidewalk in front of her building, he heard the hum before he saw Leo arrive on his fully decked out Honda Goldwing. Harley owners might stick their noses in the air at his choice in bikes, but only once had a pair of morons said something to Leo’s face. Funny how the legend of him tying their beards in a knot traveled. Leo’s version of poetic justice.
    The big man got off his bike and strolled over to Arik, who had stopped to stare at the offensive door.
    “That’s not very nice,” his omega remarked.
    “Care to state something more obvious?” was Arik’s snapped reply.
    “Do I know who lives here?”
    “Not quite, but you’ve heard of her and her cutting skills.”
    “I assume you mean the hairdresser. This is her door?”
    “Yes, this is her door. She’s upstairs right now crying because of the asshole who left this.” Arik slammed his fist into the palm of his other hand.
    “Judging by your current anger, I take it your dinner date went better than expected.”
    “I would hardly call this better. I brought Kira home, expecting an evening of… Let’s just say fun stuff, only to have her ditch me, terrified out of her mind because of some jerk.”
    “And you didn’t kill someone?” Leo arched a brow. “I’m so proud of you.”
    “Keep your sarcasm. I called you here to keep me from doing something drastic. Your remarks aren’t helping.”
    “If you feel a need to hit something, I’m here for you. And if it will make you feel better, I’ll hit you back.”
    “I don’t think that will be necessary.” Arik didn’t need to get personally acquainted with the pavement. Being alpha of his pride might make Arik strong, but when it came to brute strength, Leo outweighed them all.
    The lion-tiger mix was a big bastard, but lucky for them, he had no interest in power or leading the pride. Leo loved his role as Omega, a guy who, with a single glance and crack of his knuckles, could calm any hotheaded situation. Or crack them together if required.
    “I haven’t told you the best part yet.”
    “The guy’s a wolf. The blood scent kind of gave it away. Does she know?”
    “Doubtful. But then again, I didn’t really have a chance to ask her. If she’s in the dark about our kind, then blurting, ‘hey is your ex by any chance a werewolf?’ is a sure-fire way to never have her see me again.” As if he’d allow that.
    “Again? The girl must have really struck your fancy.”
    She’d struck a lot of things. However, he wasn’t in the mood to discuss them at the moment. “Did you bring the cleaning supplies?” Arik asked.
    “Yeah, but shouldn’t we leave the message here for the cops? They’ll want pictures for their report.”
    “She’s not calling them.” He could tell by the resigned way she’d even suggested it that she already knew it would do no good. The only thing she might achieve was having some disinterested officer take a report. In their eyes, this wasn’t a true crime. Not until actual violence was dished would they get involved.
    Violence. His lion heartily approved of it, but he’d have to do it in such a way that Kira wouldn’t find out. He got the feeling she’d already faced enough.
    Despite their short acquaintance, Arik knew Kira wasn’t the type to get scared by petty threats, nor would she ditch her life to start over unless something truly bad had gone down. Nothing short of life-threatening would have Kira reacting the way she had.
    He was proven right less than an hour later.
    Hayder’s voice didn’t hold even a smidgen of humor when he called and relayed his findings. “I got what you asked for, dude. And it wasn’t easy. This Kira broad might be Dominic’s granddaughter, but they have different last names. Even once I figured that out, she wasn’t easy to track. Your