Page 32 of Fated Redemption
“I am disowning this crazy heifer. Let me go, Abby!” Rebecca’s muffled voice shouted.
“Merry Christmas, everyone! I am doing great. I was kidnapped and tortured, but am mated and happy now. By the way I’m pregnant. Love, Rebecca.” Abby released Rebecca and stood back, panting.
“What the fuck kind of Christmas card is that! Do you have any idea how frantic we have been? There was no return address,we couldn’t find you! Cassandra was about to mobilize every Sentinel in the country to look for you!” Abby shouted.
Rebecca paled a bit. “They only give you so many spaces to type your message on those design your own Christmas cards online. I tried to give you the most information I could,” Rebecca said defiantly.
Aleks wasn’t the only one who covered his face with his hands. He, Kade, Beau and Liam sat back down.
“Gray was deployed, he nearly went AWOL to come home and look for you. Meg almost got fired andarrestedwhen she hacked into the NSA mainframe. Camille had contacted I don’t even want to know who in her family’s mafia-like underworld to get a mini-army together to take out whoever was responsible for kidnapping you. All because they didn’t listen when I told them you were just being your normal psycho self.” Abby threw her hands in the air.
“Are they okay?” Rebecca asked quietly.
Abby sighed and collapsed into the chair next to Rebecca.
“Gray stayed put, though I had to threaten his ass. He’ll be here as soon as he hits state side. He wants to make sure your mate is good enough for you.”
Aleks huffed.
“Cassandra pulled strings and covered for Meg, they are both waiting to hear from me. Camille is still hell bound and determined to find out who was dumb enough to kidnap you. You know her family adores you. Uncle Vinnie has been cracking his knuckles for weeks.”
Rebecca’s face took on a dreamy expression. “Hmmm cannoli. God that man can cook.”
“Seriously! Seriously? That is all you have to say?” Abby demanded.
Rebecca nodded, grinning, then stopped. She stared at Abby. “How did you find me? I didn’t put a return address because Icouldn’t tell anyone where I was. How does Cassie know about Sentinel?” Rebecca’s eyes narrowed to purple slits. “You’re a shifter, aren’t you!”
Abby rolled her eyes. “We all are, well except for you.”
Rebecca gasped. “Cass, and Meg, and Gray and Camille and you? All of you?” Rebecca looked shocked.
“Yup, short stuff, you were the only human in the bunch, but surprisingly enough you fit in so well that we never really made an issue of it.” Abby shrugged.
“Hey, what are you?” Rebecca asked, leaning forward, her eyes excited.
“Hasn’t anyone here taught you that it’s bad manners to ask a shifter that?” Abby asked.
Rebecca nodded. “Yup.”
“You don’t care, do you?”
“Nope. Now. What are you?”
“She smells canine,” Kate said, sniffing the air.
Abby shook her head. “Coyote. I’m a field biologist. I was between assignments, which is how I got tagged to be the one to track your ass down. Now. You said you were kidnapped. Are they dead?”
“Yup, shot him between the eyes. Do you know our instructor was right? In close quarters blowback is a bitch.” Rebecca scrunched up her nose.
“Wait, instructor?” Aleks asked.
“Rebecca and I took firearms courses in college instead of Health.”
Aleks stared at Rebecca. “You know how to handle a gun?” His eyes stared at Rebecca, who was looking everywhere but at Aleks.
“She won almost every competition our college entered,” Abby volunteered.
“Is that so?” Aleks’s voice was flat.
