As the cars turned into the driveway of the Noctua Clan’s old mansion Adler saw Darius and Valion standing on the front porch, both of them looking grim and concerned.
Adler got out of the car and quickly went around to the passenger side, while looking up at them and holding a finger over his lips for silence. He opened the door and bent in, gently picking up the sleeping form of Jesse. She mumbled a small groan of pain at the jostling movement, but settled in Adler’s arms with a contented sigh, her forehead buried into his neck.
Darius sped down the stairs and up to Adler’s side but was halted by a hand gripping his shoulder as Trey stood beside his Alpha, tall and menacing. “Back off!” Trey hissed.
Darius frowned, annoyed, but looked at Adler as he turned from the car holding the sle
