Ronan took the phone from Bam and took a few minutes scrolling through the screens of the app he was looking at as Bam explained what he was seeing.
“Back when I didn’t think Everly was mine, she was being harassed by her Fox skulk. Even though I couldn’t have her, it didn’t mean that I was going to allow anybody to hurt her, so I wired her studio in town. It let me know when anybody came or went — sent pictures to my phone. She, and her building were under complete surveillance at every second of every day. And the day I got the message they’d broken into her building, it was the only thing that saved her.”
“I didn’t know,” Ronan said.
“It was a long time ago. Anyway, I wrote the security program and installed the hardware. So when we were building the shelter, I just updated the program and we installed it in the building and on the grounds. It’s not in the tiny houses, but a couple of the cameras pick them up from the main building and the edge of the parking lot.”
“How did I not know this?” Ronan asked, getting to his feet. “Can I have access to this app? Is this something that only you have?” Ronan asked Bam.
Bam grinned at him. “We all have it on our phones. Give me yours and I’ll add it to yours too.”
Ronan quickly handed his phone to Bam as he continued to scroll through the security app. “This is great. You don’t know how much I appreciate it.”
“You think we’re just going to send you off with an app?” Kaid asked.
“I mean, it helps, and greatly so,” Ronan said.
“You can’t stay up all night every night, shifted and hiding in the shadows to watch over your family, then go to classes all day, and work on the weekends, and continue to be effective at any of those things. You have to rest, too.”
“Their safety is more important than me resting,” Ronan said.
“Which is why we’re going to take rotating shifts. We usually shift into our animals and run a few times a week at night anyway. When it’s our turn to stand watch, we’ll just shift over at the shelter,” Kaid said.
“Well, except me, because I’m a little large to be able to stay hidden, but I’ll still be taking my shift. I can be illusive in human form,” he said, waggling his eyebrows.
“I don’t know what to say,” Ronan said.
“Say thank you. And next time you’re trying to protect your family, don’t think it’s not important to the rest of us. Come to see us,” Kaid said.
“Yes, indeed,” Bane said.
“You told Brandt or any of your crew?” Maverik asked.
“No. They all got littles. They need to be at home for their families,” Ronan said.
“Brandt’s going to kick your ass,” Bane said.
“I’m trying to handle my issues and be considerate of everybody being a daddy, and needing to be near home.”
“Makes sense. But still, you need to tell him. We don’t have any littles at home, except for Tessa if you want to include herand she’s eighteen and driving me insane anyway. I love that child something fierce, but I need a break sometimes,” Kaid said.
Everybody laughed.
“He’s trying to say we’ll be glad to help you. Retirement is boring,” Bane said.
“Got it!” Bam exclaimed, closing the screens he had opened on Ronan’s phone before handing it back to him. “I set up the alarms on your phone for you, too. You might get some people going in and out and moving around that don’t matter to you, but it’s the price of watching all activity in and out of the building.”
Ronan took his phone back and immediately checked the app Bam had added. “This is perfect, Uncle Bam. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Any chance after my house is built, you’d be interested in adding a system to it?” Ronan asked.
“What house?” Maverik asked.
Ronan looked up from his phone with kind of an ‘oh shit’ expression as he met his father’s gaze. “Emmalyn gave me some land between her and the pool and Brandt’s going to build the house and I’ll start paying him back after I finish with school.”
Maverik nodded slowly, then patted Bam on the back. “I told you my boy was a planner. He’s always on the ball.”
