I dropped my bag on the floor, and threw myself on the sofa and took off my shoes, my feet throbbing, glad to finally get my heels off. Gabe seemed to have disappeared, scoping the house out or so it seemed, maybe being nosey, I wondered, though he was a warrior from what I gathered from Lexi so maybe he was being paranoid and checking the house was in fact empty. I figured he had been asked by Knox to make sure I was safe and obviously he had to follow orders of his Alpha.

I walked to the kitchen to find a drink as I heard his feet approaching...