“Danger? What is it?” she asks, and I see resignation before she puts up a mask and hides it.
He pulls back on the lead, struggling hard.
Sofia springs out of her seat and catches him just as his harness pulls off his little body.
“Hey, hey. I got you. It’s okay. What’s wrong?”
Danger whimpers and buries his face in her neck.
Devon, Mack, and I go on full alert. What has taught our puppy to be that afraid?
I put myself between her and the threat and brace.
“Take your hands off me.”
Sofia’s gasp draws my attention. Her head shoots up; her face goes pale.
“No!” she moans.
To my surprise, she bolts, but Mack is faster. He grabs her around the waist and lifts her off her feet, carrying her into the cute Valentine’s Day decorated café. I follow on his heels. As soon as he lets her go, she races for the door, but Devon is there blocking it.
“Talk to me,” he demands.
“No. I have to go.”
“No, talk to me, and then we’ll go. All of us together.”
“This was a mistake. I should have known better. Oh, god, I’m sorry.”
She couldn’t have hurt me worse if she tried, but I shove all that aside because I know she loves me.
“Sofia, just talk to us,” I plead with her.
She peers out the window and whispers something to Danger.
“You have to promise me, no matter what happens, you won’t let anyone else take Danger.”
“What?” Mack asks, confused. He walks towards her, but she backs up, her eyes wide.
“Promise me!”
“I promise,” I say inthe silence.
She slumps, but the door opens, and in flood, a whole heap of people we know, all family and friends, burst inside.
“Sofia Sol, what is going on? Why is there a pack out there saying that they are your alphas!”
There’s a ringing in my ears. I can’t hear anything but those words over and over. My lungs ache until I remember to breathe.
She has a pack?
Devon whirls towards the door, his expression and bond inside like thunder. He’s going to kill them.
Chapter 33
Sofia
Igrab Devon’s arm, pulling him back. “Wait. Please.”
