There were simply too many questions with no good answers.
No one knew what tomorrow would bring.Or the next day.They only assured her that there was safety in Little River and that a herd of stallions was willing to put their own lives on the line to keep her safe if Otto should show up.
She hoped that was true.
But mostly she hoped that she’d never see Otto again.
* * *
“We’re almost there,” one of the males said, breaking through Fallon’s endless thoughts about the future.
She sat up a little and peeked between the seats as the SUV turned and the tires crunched on gravel.She couldn’t see much since it was so dark out and there weren’t street lights, but occasional breaks in the clouds allowed moonlight to shine through, which revealed wooden fences, open pastures, and a farmhouse with barns.The gate was opened by several males and the SUV drove through, and she heard the creak of the gate as it closed behind them.
“I’ll come around and let you out,” one of the males said when the SUV stopped.
She settled back and waited, her heart in her throat.
The liftgate opened and Jupiter smiled gently at her.“This is where you’ll be safe, Fallon.The farm is full of protective measures and we weren’t followed by anyone except our own SUVs, which are parked on the main road.”He offered her his hand and she stared at it for a long moment.
She very much wanted to believe him.But she just wasn’t sure if there was any place that was actually safe from an alpha who thought she belonged to him.
Taking his hand, she let herself be guided out.As she straightened, she felt something deep in her bones.
Turning slowly, she stepped from the shadow of the SUV and looked around.What was she feeling?It was a pulse of something, an urge she couldn’t place.
There was the farmhouse, white siding stark against the night sky, porch lights lighting the wide wooden planks and the rocking chairs.Then her gaze landed on the largest barn.
A male stepped out of the barn through a big open door.
He was tall and broad-shouldered, backlit by the soft glow of the barn’s interior.
As he made eye contact with her, her jaguar stirred inside her.
“Hi, I’m Crew.”
She nearly jumped out of her skin as the voice spoke from behind her.
Pressing a hand to her chest where her heart was doing the rumba, she turned to see who spoke.
The male was tall and wearing a plaid shirt rolled up at the sleeves.Next to him was a petite female who smiled.“I’m Crew’s mate, Zara.We’re alphas of the Little River Herd.Welcome to the farm.”
Fallon was caught in limbo, curious about the male, who she could feel drawing closer, but not wanting to be rude to the alphas who’d opened their home to her.
Instead of turning to see the male walk toward her, she extended her hand and shook theirs and thanked them.
She was introduced to stallion Grey and his human mate Tatum, and Ford, another stallion.And then the male who’d been walking toward her appeared with the others and she finally got a good look at him.
And help her, he was a sexy hunk of male.
He greeted her with a warm smile, introducing himself as Avi.
She was aware she was gawking, but her life had been turned upside down repeatedly over the course of the last few days, and now here she was, standing in an unfamiliar place with strangers, and…one of them happened to be…no.
She wasn’t going to deal with that right now.
Firmly pushing the wayward but very enticing thoughts to the back of her mind, she moved clear of the SUV so the doors could be closed after her bag was set on the ground, and listened as the park shifters talked to Crew and the other stallions.
Joss cleared his throat and Fallon looked at him.“You can contact Sunny through the phone we gave you.If you want to pass a message to your mom, do it through Sunny so we know for sure there isn’t any way that Otto can track you here.We’ll keep you posted, but hopefully things will settle and Otto will move on.Either way, you’re safe here.”
