“That’s my girl!” Daniel said. “You aim like I taught you?”
“Yes, sir. But I consciously decided not to kill her. I just needed her to go away.”
“Oh, she went away. With a cross bow bolt in her butt, a gash on her arm from the first bolt, and a cut on her forehead from a coffee cup,” Boon said. “I was so proud.”
Angelle laughed.
“A coffee cup?” Avaleigh asked.
“Yes. The one she was drinking out of when I came home and found her here. I decided she could take it with her and threw it at her as she lay on the ground bleeding and screaming. Apparently, it cut her forehead.”
“Bet they all know who they’re dealing with now,” Daniel said approvingly.
“Why was she in your house?” Avaleigh asked.
“Broke in, I guess. Didn’t take long for her to decide to leave, though,” Angelle said.
“Are you safe to be here without Boon if he goes off to do whatever he needs to do?” Avaleigh asked.
“Yes!” Angelle insisted.
“Did you not hear how she defended herself, her home and her mate? She’s got it under control,” Daniel said.
“She does. And I’ll be making sure there are as many safe guards on our home as can be so she won’t be put in that position again. I thought it was safe before, but it will be even safer,” Boon said.
“What kind of safeguards?” Daniel asked.
“Protection spells. Securities. Some of my family are elementals, as you know. Don’t worry. It won’t be happening again.”
Daniel nodded his approval.
“Come to think of it, I like the cross bow, but I’d like something smaller that I can easily carry with me at any time.”
“Already thought of it. It’s in process.” Boon kissed Angelle’s forehead as he walked past her on his way to the kitchen. “I’m hungry. Anybody else want something to eat?” Boon asked, leaving Angelle to handle her own parents, as he went into the kitchen and started digging through the refrigerator.
Daniel looked at Angelle and Avaleigh as Angelle fielded more questions about what had happened the day before, then looked over at Boon. “I could eat,” he said, deciding that Angelle had things under control and didn’t need his input. Besides, he was a little hungry. They’d not slept well, and had awakened early to go see how Angelle was after the events of the day before, so they’d had a little breakfast before the sun even came up. It’d been a while since then.
“What are you having?” Daniel asked.
“Got a few of these cutlets left over. I made them last night,” Boon said, handing Daniel one.
Daniel examined the cutlet which appeared to be a hand sized medallion of meat, pan fried with a light breading on the outside, before he bit into it and nodded approvingly. “That’s good! What is that? Venison? You made that?”
“I am a male of many talents,” Boon said.
“And what if she comes back?! She could break into your home while you’re here alone, sleeping or showering or something!” Avaleigh said, her voice rising in volume with her anxiety.
“Then I’ll shoot her again, Mom. It’s not going to be an issue. Let it go!”
“Let it go, she says,” Avaleigh said, walking away from Angelle to take a seat beside Daniel.
“Angelle is safe,” Boon promised.
“We thought that yesterday before this happened. Then Lily comes home yesterday telling us all about how Angelle defended her home,” Avaleigh said.
“Yeah, speaking of. This happened yesterday, why are you just coming by today to tell me how much danger I was in? If you’re all that worried, you should have come by yesterday,” Angelle said.
“Your father was fishing with Carnage and Dima. He didn’t get home until after dark, and Lily assured me that you were perfectly well and with Boon. I had to wait until this morning to see for myself.”
