Kianna and Her Three Alpha Wolves [Featherstone Pack] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More) (21 page)

* * * *

Glancing in the rearview mirror, Teaghen quickly noticed the look of uncertainty that crossed his mate’s face. They needed to get a hold of Ray and ring the truth out of the little weasel. Kianna was not going to be placed in danger any longer than they could help it, and the only way to ensure her safety was to deal with Ray and his cronies head-on.

He looked over at Duncan and saw he also watched their mate, and the look of desire he saw in his brother’s eyes was probably mirrored in his own.

Teaghen’s meanderings were interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone.

Tapping the button on his Bluetooth that he’d placed in his ear the moment they’d left the diner, he answered, “Yeah, Teaghen here.”

“Eyes open, we’ve got company, boss,” Derek told him. “They’re coming up fast from behind, and it’s not the guys from the diner. It’s a different vehicle.”

Teaghen quickly relayed the message to his brothers and gave Kianna a nod to indicate it was time for her to listen to what Alex had told her earlier. He turned back to watch the road but heard Alex quietly praise her for doing what they asked of her.

“We’re just about home, baby, so don’t you worry about a thing. Derek and the boys will make sure you get to the compound safely,” Teaghen said.

Teaghen wanted to reassure her that, no matter what happened, everyone knew how important their mate was to them and her safety was paramount, but he knew his mate pretty well by now and was well aware that if he told her any of that then she would blow a gasket because she would be worried about their safety. So he left it at that and hoped she was okay with it.

Looking in the side mirror on the truck, he could see a light-colored truck racing up behind Derek. They were only about two minutes out from the turnoff to the compound, so he pressed the accelerator down a little to speed them along. He could just see the gravel road when he noticed that a group of men stood outside of some waiting cars just at the entrance. Not knowing if there were more hidden around, he didn’t slow down as he took the turn onto the compound’s road.

Gravel spit up at the men as he took the turn hard, but the moment he made corrections to keep their truck straight, he gunned it, Derek right behind him.

Teaghen didn’t think that even Ray would be stupid enough to come on to their land to start something. After coming to a hard stop in front of their house, he shut off the engine and turned to make sure that his family was all right.

“You all okay?” he asked.

Reaching back between the seats, he pushed the hair that had fallen over Kianna’s face behind her ear and right away saw the terror on her face.

“Baby, you’re safe now. You can sit up now so that we know you’re okay,” he quietly crooned to her and watched as his mate opened her eyes and looked directly at him.

“He’s not going to stop, is he?” she asked softly.

Closing his eyes briefly, he tried to gather thoughts together. He wished he could tell her that Ray would eventually tire of his games, but he knew that would be a lie. And lying was something they would never do to her. They may not always tell her everything at once, but they would never openly lie to her.

“Don’t worry about Ray now, Kia. We’ll make sure that he’s taken care of quickly.”

There was a tap on the window beside him, and Teaghen opened it so he could speak with Derek.

“They didn’t come onto our lands, boss, but they’re still waiting at the end of the road. Tony just called with an update as well.” Derek took a step back from the door as Teaghen opened it to get out.

“Are they heading back?” Teaghen asked him.

“Yeah, and they did get some information from the three men. It seems they were quite talkative after Tony and the boys told them that we all lived on federally protected lands and that it would mean very long prison sentences if anyone was hurt or disappeared from the compound.” Teaghen watched as Alex, Kianna, and Duncan came around to stand with him.

“Let’s wait until Tony and the rest get back here, and then we’ll start making plans to end this bullshit. I won’t have that asshole Ray and his goons causing any more trouble around here. It ends now.” He could taste the bile rising up in his throat at the thought of Ray or one of his men getting their hands on their mate. He and his brothers needed to come up with a plan to make sure Ray was stopped once and for all.

Entering the front door, right away Teaghen knew that someone had been in there. Putting his hand up to stop all movement, he stepped carefully into the kitchen and noticed a white envelope on the table. While motioning for Derek and his men to check out the rest of the house, he grabbed the envelope from the table and opened it to find a letter from Ray inside.

Hello boys,

Now that you’ve fucked that whore of a sister of mine, why not send her over to me and my friends so that they can have a “stab” at her? She must be pretty wild to take on all three of you, and this way we can all get what we want.

I finally get to show the bitch who owns her, and you get rid of an unwanted problem. This was never your fight, so why not just end it now. So it’s a win-win situation for everyone concerned.

Kianna isn’t my full sister by blood, so I figure I’ll show her how to treat a man by giving her to my friends to play with for a while. If she survives then I’ll ship her out just like all the other whores.

See, Bubba liked to fuck as many women as he could. I was a mistake from one such tryst. My mother was one of the girls that he grabbed when he first started his outside business years ago. When he found out she was knocked up with his son, he kept her around until I was born and then sent her out of the country to his partners overseas.

Bubba didn’t want any of his boys being raised by his whores. He wanted to make sure that we were raised right.

I found all this out after I overheard him talking to Marion one night. She was upset that he treated me and my brothers so well and his daughter like shit. Well, what did the bitch expect? We were his sons! We were his heirs! Her little mutt daughter couldn’t hold a candle to any of us in his eyes. It made me so proud of my daddy when he smacked her across the mouth and told her to shut up. That’s when I knew just how much my daddy cared. He must have gone a little senile in the last year to leave everything to his whoring daughter.

But all that doesn’t matter now, what does is the fact that you and your brothers aren’t a part of this. Kianna needs to be taught her place again, so why not just let me deal with her and you and your brothers can find another whore to fuck.

Call me to let me know when I can pick her up.

Ray

The growl that emanated from deep within his chest was loud and angry. Throwing the letter onto the table, he wasn’t fast enough to keep Kianna from picking it up and reading it.

Fuck. He should have put it in his pocket.

* * * *

Kianna’s eyes widened as she read Ray’s letter. A smile spread across her face as she handed the letter back to Teaghen.

“I don’t want you to worry about anything, baby. Ray won’t be able to touch you,” Teaghen assured her.

Pulling a chair to sit on, Kianna couldn’t keep the smile off her face.

“The fucker’s insane! All this is because he wants to teach me my place and then give me to his friends? Well, that’s just too sick for words.” She laughed out loud. “He still sees me as the weak little girl that he beat on all those years ago.”

Looking up into the worried faces of her three mates, she wanted to make them understand.

“That’s our ace in the hole. Don’t you see?” she asked. “Ray thinks that I’m weak. That I would put up little, if any, fight. Even though he’s seen what I can do, he still thinks of me as his inferior, and that error in judgment is going to work in our favor. He’s fucking crazier than Bubba ever was if he thinks I’ll cower to him ever again.”

Before she could explain further, they all heard Tony and his men as they pulled up in front of the house.

“We can talk about this when everyone is settled,” she said, taking Teaghen’s hand.

“Besides, Alex promised me one of his special omelets, and I’m really hungry all of a sudden.”

Kianna knew now how they were going to stop Ray. She just had to find a way to talk her mates into allowing her to do it. They were so protective and loving that it was going to be difficult for them to see that this was probably the only way they could put a stop to Ray and his cronies’ activities without, hopefully, anyone getting seriously hurt. Ray was an asshole, a sick, twisted, asshole, and deserved to spend the rest of his life behind bars. He didn’t deserve to die, and she knew if left to her men the situation would end violently. They were men of honor and would give Ray a chance, but she knew that Ray wasn’t going to stop until he was either in prison or dead, and she didn’t want any of her men to have to live with the fact they’d killed her brother and maybe face a prison sentence themselves. No, she was going to have to find a way to talk them into going along with her plan.

* * * *

Duncan sat down, across the table from his mate and watched the different play of emotions flicker across her expressive face. She was thinking hard about something, and that meant they all could be in for a world of trouble. Kianna may be submissive to them in the bedroom, but she would stand beside them in a fight, and if she thought for a minute one of them was going to be hurt, she’d stand in front of them. Damn he loved this woman.

“What’s going through that brilliant brain of yours, kitten?” he asked as he reached over the table to take her hand in his.

“Let’s wait until Tony and everyone sits down, and then I’ll tell you” She smiled back at him, squeezing his hand.

Sitting back against the chair, Duncan waited for Tony to come into the house. Their mate was incredibly strong for someone who had been raised for the first fifteen years of her life living with a monster. And to Duncan, there was no other way to describe Bubba Deacon than a monster. He could feel his wolf prowling around inside him just itching to be let go for a run, but right now, his human form was needed to be near Kianna. Her protection was the only reason he hadn’t allowed his wolf free.

As he continued to sit quietly and watch the interaction between his brothers and their mate, Duncan could feel the smile spread across his face. Even with all the shit that Ray was throwing at them, they were still able to laugh a little. The bond they all shared would only grow with time, and he couldn’t wait to see his mate’s tummy rounded with their pups.

Dammit, he didn’t need to be thinking about things like that right now. Every time he thought or envisioned Kia pregnant, all the blood seemed to rush from his brain to his dick and settle there. Hell, who was he trying to kid anyway. It didn’t matter how he envisioned their gorgeous mate. His dick stayed hard around her.

The sound of footsteps on the porch brought everyone to a stop. Tony had arrived, and now it was time to sit down and figure out how the hell they were going to stop Ray and his friends before they got to Kianna.

Duncan was a realist and knew the longer they waited, the more likely that someone would slip up, and the error would give Ray the opportunity to hurt her. They were, after all, part human.

Tony and four other men entered the kitchen. Each one nodded his head toward the brothers and then grabbed a seat. Some sat on the chairs that were available, and a couple sat on the kitchen counter.

“So, tell us what you learned from our friends from the diner, Tony,” Duncan said, resting his forearms on his knees.

“Apparently, they don’t make thugs like they used to.” He smiled and looked over at his men on the counter.

“When Duke started questioning them about Ray, they couldn’t stop talking. Ray’s been bragging to all of Bubba’s business partners how he’ll get you back in line again, Kianna.” Tony couldn’t seem to keep the smile off his face when he told her that.