“I killed them all, Smoky. I killed those people and burned half the woods down, how the fuck can we fix that?”Wyatt asked, sounding as disgusted with himself as he felt.
“One thing I learned a long time ago, humans do stupid shit and when something seems unexplainable, they find explanations without any help from us.”Smoky stated.
“What will Rain think of me when he finds out he’s mated to a killer? I killed those people,”Wyatt rasped.
Smoky scoffed,“He’ll think you love him enough that you will do anything to keep him safe… and he’ll understand that it was a kill or be killed situation.”
Wyatt didn’t know if he completely believed that, but he also knew there was only one way to find out… he just didn’t know if he could face his mate right now. Besides, there was one hell of a mess to clean up… then a thought hit him.“Smoky, if Asod is here and you are here who’s watching over our mates? There were still men out in those woods.”
“You left one of your men at the cabin and Casper is there. Nothing will happen to your Rain nor my Jude,”Smoky stated with assuredness.
Gasping, Wyatt said, “No I didn’t. I wasn’t thinking, Smoky. When I left it meant it was you and Asod!”
“As my beautiful human soul bond often says… shit!”Smoky hissed,“We need to get back there now! Casper is a talented warrior, but seven against one are not good odds even for him.”
Wyatt called to his men,“We need to get back to the cabin. Ryan, you and Throm are in charge of clean up. Asod, you’re with me and Smoky.”
“I told you they are sa…”Smoky quit speaking, and Wyatt knew it wasn’t good and then the dragon said,“We need to go. Now!”
Wyatt didn’t think he could be any more afraid for his mate than he was right now… that was until Rain’s fearful voiced whispered through their mind link.“Danny’s here.”
CHAPTER 17
Rain was so confused at what the hell was happening. One second they were trying to reason with Noah, and the next he’d seen that red light… the kind you see in the movies. Rain hadn’t taken a second to think about anything… he’d just reacted. Hell, he’d heard the bullet pass by his own ear when he’d tackled Noah to the floor.
And then Wyatt had rushed out the door and … dear gods in all the heavens, it scared him to know his mate was out there with the very people shooting at them… however, nothing had made his blood turn to ice like the sound of that roar.
Rain knew it was his mate in dragon form… and his dragon was pissed.
“What the fuck is happening? I don’t… I can’t… Oh god.”
Rain turned to see Noah breathing fast and hard as he sat with his back against the wall and head nowhere near the window.
“We told you, your father is a piece of shit that has done some really shitty things to a lot of people and they want to hurt him. The best way to do that is to hurt his son,” Jude said from under his mate who didn’t look as if he was going to move any time soon.
Rain was careful as he looked outside, gasping, “Oh shit! He’s burning the woods down!”
“Get the fuck away from the window, Rain, if more shots are…”
“Jude, you are not listening. Wyatt is burning the fucking woods to the ground. Anyone over there is… oh my gods,” Rain rasped.
“Smoky’s on it. Rain and Asod is as well. The fire is being put out as we speak,” Casper stated as he looked out the back window. “The problem is, our back end is exposed. We really need to get the fuck out of here.”
“Burning the woods down? How the hell is he doing that?” Noah asked, giving them all a confused look, before saying, “You know what? I don’t want to know.” Waving towards Casper, Noah said, “What he said is a good plan. Go. I just want you all to leave. I… I don’t know what’s going on and my ‘dad’ can’t be here because he died. My mom told me he died in a motorcycle accident before I was born.”
“Your mom lied,” Jude snapped out. “I already told you that when you said it earlier. Your father is Danny Houdon. He is the head fucker of a one percent biker gang. He deals in drugs, gunrunning and anything else you can think of that makes him scum. He’s known to promise payment to people when he needs something done, and that payment is their death so he doesn’t have to give them shit. As a result…”
“Jude stop!” Rain snapped, making the other man shut his mouth. “I know you’re pissed that someone almost killed us, but it isn’t Noah’s fault. Just stop.”
Kneeling in front of Noah, Rain softly said, “Noah, your father is alive and Jude isn’t wrong. He’s a bad man. I watched him go into a birthday party and kill everyone there. I…” Rain looked away hating what he was about to say and hoping it didn’t make Noah trust them even less, when he continued, “I helped put him behind bars and now he wants me dead. He escaped from prison and put a hit out on me. He’ll pay on million to anyone that brings me to him alive as long as he’s out of prison so he can do the deed himself, and if he happens to get caught and sent back to prison, then he’ll pay half that for my death.”
“Oh my god,” Noah rasped. “That’s fucking horrible, but you don’t know that he’s…”
“Yes, we do, Noah. We do our research, but I promise you, if you still doubt that he’s your father, we can do a DNA test. His was taken when he got arrested. We can do a blood draw and then you’ll know for sure. But I swear to you, he’s alive.”
“Fine, let’s say he’s alive. What the hell does that have to do with me? I wouldn’t even know who he was if I passed him on the street. Why would anyone want to come for me? None of this makes sense. He never was a part of my life so I doubt hurting me would make a difference to the man,” Noah insisted.
Sighing, Rain said, “When you were young your grandparents started receiving money every month out of nowhere… right?”
