Page 74 of Havoc's Fox

“Huh?”

“Was it you who snuck over here in the middle of the night and then snuck away this morning?”

“No. She did.”

“Which is why I’m giving you the courtesy of a call and telling you to chill. We got this. Let the little Hellen-like-child hang for a while.”

“Thank you, Emmalyn.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Bye,” Havoc said.

“Havoc?” Emmalyn said.

“Yeah?” he asked, having almost hung-up thinking Emmalyn was done.

“This could be a start. Don’t make me want to kill you again. I do know some really, really bad people.”

Havoc gave half a laugh, relief flooding through him when he realized that Emmalyn was on his side. “I’m trying, Emmalyn. I’m laid bare. All I have is hers, all she has to do is let me give it to her. I’ll do anything, anywhere, anytime.”

“Laid bear? I thought you were a Wolf,” she said with a snicker.

“You know what I mean. I’ll be whatever she wants.”

“An Alpha, with a strong sense of who he is and what he and his mate deserve. But a humble one, too, ‘cause he knows he’s an asshole,” Emmalyn said. “Nobody respects somebody that has no backbone. But some have so much backbone they need that backbone shoved up their own asses.”

Havoc started laughing. “Yeah, I get you.”

“Bye, asshole.”

“Bye, Em.”

“It’s Emmalyn, I am a grownup now.”

Havoc laughed.

“Bye,” she said, ending the call.

She looked across the bar separating the kitchen from the living room and watched Analise and Harley, laughing and sharing what was left of the popcorn. She loved Havoc because they were of the same clan, grew up together; but hated the fucker, too, because he’d torn her sister apart. Still there was no denying what she was seeing happening here. Analise was actually laughing. She was relaxed. Her Fox wasn’t poised to go into fight or flight mode like she’d been since high school. This may well be the best turn of events for Analise and Havoc. Only time would tell. But if he hurt her sister again, they’d never find him. She wasn’t kidding, she really did know some scary people. And the old adage that people were scarier than animals was true.

~~~

Analise walked through the darkness listening to Harley’s incessant chatter. She held the little girl’s hand in hers and asked questions and laughed when appropriate. Harley’s eyes sparkled in the darkness, letting Analise know that it wouldn’t be long before her own little Wolf made an appearance. But none of that, not even the child looking adoringly up at her held her attention. Instead, her attention was on the Wolf tracking them. He stayed in the shadows and moved silently along with them, keeping a constant eye on them.

But Analise wasn’t afraid. The Wolf was there for protection. He was watching to be sure that his daughter got home safely, and maybe even that the female that walked her home was safe as well.

As they got close to the fork in the road on Kaid’s property, Analise looked down at Harley. “So, where am I taking you? Are you going to Poppy’s, or are you going to the house Daddy is in?”

“I guess Poppy’s. Because that’s where I was when I went to go visit with you.”

“Okay, let’s go that way, then,” Analise said. She and Harley skipped, and swirled and made a game of the entire walk from her parents’ home to Maverik’s. When they arrived and went up the steps, Analise knocked on the door.

Harley looked up at her questioningly. “Why are you knocking? I can go in whenever I want. I don’t have to knock.”

“Maybe not, but I do. I don’t live here, and while we’re in the same clan, we are not family, so it’s the right thing to do to respect people’s privacy. You don’t just walk into the house.”

“I know that. I knocked at your house. But you don’t have to knock. Poppy and Val said that you’re family.”