Chapter 0061
Eamon’s POV
I answer the phone as soon as I see Cara’s assitant’s name on the screen.
“King… You need to come… quickly. We’re close to the border, in DarkWood…” Her signal seems really bad. The voice keeps breaking up.
“We’re on our way.” I ask her as I rush down the hall towards the garage. All the brothers who could go are there, tense. “What happened?”
“Cara’s date… he… attacked her, tried to… rape ber… the kids…they’re…”
“We’re on the way right now!” I say into the phone.
But there’s no reply.
Colin and I are in one car, heading to Cara. Aidan and Ryan insisted that they wanted to take another car, so they could search for Cara’s date… her attacker.
I almost don’t want to know what they’re planning to do to him once they find him. They’d do anything for Cara. Any of us brothers would.
When Colin and I arrive at the cafe parking lot, we immediately spot Cara’s bright red dress and bright red hair.
“Cara!” Colin yells as he runs towards her.
“Mama’s sleeping,” a little voice says.
It’s Ethan.
“What are you doing here?! It’s the middle of the night! How did you get here?” I fire the questions at the little boy in quick succession.
Ethan has a very guilty look on his face.
“Mama called us, and Mia said she needed help. We found the note with the address, and I figured out how to get a taxi.” The boy’s voice shakes when he sees my look of disapproval.
“While I was paying for the taxi, Mia went in first… I just got here too, and I saw a big guy saving Mom.”
As we are talking, another car screeches to a halt right next to us. Ruby jumps out of the car nervously.
“Mia! Ethan! How could you sneak out of the house like that?!”
I kneel down next to Ethan and rub a hand on his shoulder to comfort him. “You could’ve been hurt, Ethan. That was much too risky. You should’ve called me.”
Chapter 0061
+25 BONUS
Ethan has always been the smartest one of the twins.
“Your uncle is right!” Ruby looks very angry.
Ethan shrugs, “Mia said we could do it ourselves. But we didn’t do it ourselves! The big man saved her!”
“Big man?” I ask, suddenly very curious.
“Yeah, he got that bad man away from Mama. But then the big man and Mama were arguing. Then he left.” Ethan explains.
…Big man? Arguing with Cara?
Who could it be?
Surely not Alaric…Or. Or was it?
Ruby suddenly lets out a cry, “Wait… Where’s Mia?!”
I suddenly alarmed that I haven’t seen anything of the little girl.
Colin walks out of the café, his face not looking too good: “Aidan and Ryan said they’re going to deal with that jerk personally. The assistant and Cara are already in the car…Mia isn’t here, I haven’t found her.”
“Let Aidan and Ryan remember to take Ethan home… and also…Where’s Mia?!” I ask the boy.
“I don’t know… I haven’t seen her since the big man left. I’ve been staying with Mama, to protect her.” Ethan’s big green show a bit of fear.
“Good job, Ethan,” I say to him with a pat on his head. “You’ve taken care of your mother very well. Now let me take over.”
“Is Mama going to be okay? Is Mia going to be okay?” Ethan asks worriedly.
“Don’t worry,” I tell him reassuringly. “I’ll handle everything.”
…We need to find Mia.
“BEEP BEEP!”
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Suddenly my phone rings.
I look down at the screen and suck in a breath when I see the name.
It’s Alaric.
Alaric’s POV
That was not how I expected my first meeting with Cara in six years to go.
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Chapter 0061
#25 BONUS
Even though I was forbidden from seeing her again, I had spent a fair bit of time imagining how our first meeting would go, if it ever were to happen.
* Chapter 0062
Chapter 0062
