Page 76 of Edge of Darkness

“I know.”

“Who is a feline shifter.”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t I hear someone tried to enter Kit’s place of business, but the wards rejected them?”

“That’s correct.”

“And didn’t Beckett say he noticed the scent of a feline shifter after that incident? Plus, Kit felt uneasy while grocery shopping too, right?”

“Yes. There’s been a few incidents. Hudson and I have picked up a feline scent also. And while it’s easy to assume that it was Lennox, we don’t know that for certain.”

“But it could’ve been.”

“Most definitely, or it was just a random shifter. We don’tknow,” Connie stressed. “Which is why Hudson wants you to beef up security around here.”

Torres opened his mouth.

“Yes, yes, I know we already have good security, but Kit is staying here now. Humor us, okay? Call it instinct, call it the jitters, call it whatever you want, but we both need to make sure our mate is protected.”

Torres paced back over and patted Connie on the shoulder. “I’m glad things worked out for you and Hudson. We all knew you two cared deeply for each other.”

“Yeah, we weren’t exactly subtle.” Connie blushed when he remembered how he and Hudson went at it after they were attacked coming back from the airport. He was sure everybody in the house had heard them.

“We will welcome Kit with open arms too. You know that, right?”

Connie grinned. “Hudson won’t allow anything else.”

“There is that,” Torres said.

“Anyway, I can’t think of anybody in our court who has a problem with humans so that shouldn’t be an issue,” Connie said.

“I agree.”

“Okay, I need to get going. We’re having Kage and Austin over for dinner tonight, and I have some stuff still to do. Kit is joining us, so none of us will be in the communal dining room this evening,” Connie said.

“I’ll pass the word around.”

“Thanks. If you have any questions about security measures that you need to check on, contact me.”

“I will. Have a good time tonight.”

“Thanks.” Connie waved as he walked out of Torres’ office. Next on the list was calling Kit so he would be aware of what was happening that evening.

Unfortunately, it seemed like everywhere Connie went in the main house, there were dragons who wanted to talk. After the fifth time being stopped, Connie used one of the side doors to slip outside. He started toward one of the lakes, hoping he could find some privacy.

Halfway down the path, he stopped. If he kept going, he’d end up at the communal lake, and he could hear people there. Looking around, he decided where he was at was a good enough place to call Kit. At least no dragons were around asking him questions, although he could hear a few birds chirping rather loudly at him.

Connie dialed Kit’s number and waited patiently. No one had to know just how nervous he was calling his mate. That was between him and the birds.

“Hello? Connie?”

“Hey, Kit. Do you have a few minutes? I need to ask you some questions.”

“Hey, yeah, sure. Give me a sec to get to my office.”

“Sure.” Connie heard Kit speak to someone, then he listened to Kit moving away from people.

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