Chapter 23 Saxon
I WAS STILL in a bit of a daze. My body was threatening to quit on me, but Danny didn’t need to know that. I was eager to get back on the plane and take my omega home.
I still had to tell him we were mates. I wasn’t sure how that would be received. But one thing at a time.
In a few hours, my mother, brother, and Wilder were going to fly back on a separate plane. It was wasteful, but I wasn’t going to trap Danny in a small space with a demon, not when we were thousands of feet off the ground. I didn”t give a fuck what anyone thought about that. It was too risky.
Before we let him on a plane at all, I had to talk to the demon and hear his story. I rented two hotel rooms so that Danny could lie down and rest. I wanted to join him but I had to get this demon situation handled.
Then I had Wilder, my mother, brother and the demon come to the adjoining room. I still wasn’t able to bring myself to call him Larsen, and I didn’t see that changing. I was going to take over as the heir, for now, but I was going to train my brother to be my replacement.
“You.” I pointed at the demon. “Start talking.” I didn’t trust him at all, but I didn’t have to trust him to listen. “Why didn’t you come to me?”
“Because you’d kill me on sight. Your omega listened to me.”
That was true enough. I would have killed him on sight. “How did you find Danny?”
“I followed him. I was following him since the cave.”
My heart lurched. Hell. I’d been so close to losing my mate.
“I was with the demon who attacked you at the cave. You knocked him out. Then I killed him.”
Jesus. If he’d done that, he would always be a target. “You killed that demon?”
“Yes. And for that, I will always be on the run from them.”
“What do they want?” I asked.
“Your territory.”
“Why?”
“They want to establish a home on Earth. They don’t want to be banished.”
“So we’re looking at another invasion,” I said.
“I don’t know that it’s an invasion. There are more like me, against needless violence.”
“How many?”
“About seventy are committed to taking your territory.”
“Why mine in particular? And when is this happening?”
“I don’t know a precise date. A month? Two months? They think you have the best land. And also, revenge. They hold you responsible for their defeat.”
As well they should. I had led every campaign against them for decades. The only reason I could face doing it again was because I had to ensure a future for my child, with an Earth not overrun by demons.
It wouldn”t be hard to rally the Fae if there was an imminent threat.
I spoke to Wilder about the bond, to ensure that none of the Fae tried to take our baby from Danny if I was incapacitated again. It was possible, now that the demons were plotting. Wilder knew a witch who specialized in vows, and we scheduled it for the following week.
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Before we left South Marigold, I was determined to set up a donation for the shelter. As soon as I was done with the demon, I called my lawyer, and he got the paperwork rolling to create a trust that would deliver ten million dollars to the shelter over the next five years. I stopped by the local bank and introduced myself. Even though the payments would be directly deposited into the shelter”s account, they were the bank that would be receiving them. I’d let Danny call the shelter and break the news later.
After we left the bank, he just sat with his hand over his mouth. “That kind of money boggles my mind. I just can’t believe it.”
We did stop by the shelter so he could collect his belongings. I didn’t go in with him; I wasn’t eager to tell him I’d busted my way into an omega-only space earlier.
“Oh my God. I still haven’t told my brothers anything. Or Zander.”
“I asked Luke if he’d let them all know that you’re safe.”
“Okay good.”
“Don’t feel bad. We’ve had a year’s worth of events happen in just a few days. They’ll be fine.”
I sat on the sofa in the plane and pulled Danny close. I couldn”t stop scenting him. There was a new scent now that he was pregnant – vanilla. It mixed in with the caramel apple smell in a really enticing way.
I’d planned to talk to Danny about being mated, but I fell asleep.