Grayson nodded and gathered the girl to him so he could hold her better. Together, the two of them walked toward the exit. They didn’t get far before a woman who looked very familiar to Arden came charging after them, dragging a demon-boy and yelling, “Let them go. Put them down.”
This time Arden wasn’t stopping for anyone. He picked up his pace and sniffed out the right path to freedom. When the light shone from up ahead he covered Remy’s eyes. “Grayson, cover her eyes. We don’t know how long some of them have been under here.”
Grayson covered the girl’s eyes as they stepped out into the rising morning sun.
Remy turned into his embrace, hiding her face from the sun. Arden walked straight to the medical tent. He wanted Remy checked out. The voice of the woman who was following them faded. The medical tent was busy. He could see his brother was even helping, dressed in blue scrubs.
“Kane, it’s Remy,” Arden said.
Kane looked up from the patient he was with and spoke to a woman in green who took over from him. Kane came over to Arden and guided him to a corner with four beds.
“Grayson, lay the woman you have on one. Arden, put Remy here.” He pointed to a bed, and Arden placed Remy down. She clung to him and Kane chuckled. “If she can cling to you like that, she will be fine. I’ll look at her to make sure she hasn’t undone any of my magnificent work from months ago.”
Arden sighed in relief and pried Remy’s fingers from him. “Pixie, let go. Kane needs to cheek you over.”
“No. You smell good. My Arden,” she mumbled.
“Yes, I’m yours, but Kane needs to make sure you’re okay.”
“Mmm, no. Don’t go.” Her eyes fluttered and she grabbed for him.
Kane stepped in his place and Arden held her hands. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Remy settled down and Kane checked her over.
“She’s exhausted. She has several deep cuts, and if she wasn’t mated to you I’d have to stitch her up. But she’ll be fine. When we get her home, at some stage, I want to check the baby’s heart and look on the monitor, but right now she needs rest.”
Arden felt a weight lift off his shoulders. He’d been so worried and scared that he’d lose Remy and this time he wouldn’t get her back. Arden hadn’t told her he loved her and she’d told him a number of times now. When he found out she had left he was terrified that he’d never get to tell her. He loved the little fool with all his heart. She loved with her whole heart. You never messed with anyone she loved or you’d regret it. She wasn’t afraid to speak her mind, and she voiced her opinion whether it was wanted or not. She was saucy, sassy, and his. He stroked her hair and let her rest.
Kane went over to Grayson. “Who do we have here, Grayson?”
“I don’t know. She won’t talk. She’s my mate though.”
The girls hands flew about in the air and Kane smiled. “Hi, Nara. I’m Dr. Kane Wolfen.” Kane turned to Grayson. “She’s deaf. I can sign. I’m rusty, but I remember. Faith and Kirby will teach you if you ask. The place they work at has one child who’s deaf and another who’s hearing impaired.”
Grayson nodded, but his eyes never left Nara. “Ask her why she was yelling at Arden.”
Kane turned back to Nara and slowly moved his hands and fingers. The girl’s eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. Then she signed back. Kane started laughing. He laughed so hard he held his stomach.
Arden narrowed his eyes. What had gotten into Kane?
Grayson was getting pissed and growled, “What are you laughing about, wolf?”
Kane moved his hands and fingers quicker this time before he turned to face Grayson. “You’ll never guess who she is. I only hope for your sake she isn’t anything like her sister.”
Now even Arden was intrigued to find out who Nara was. “For crying out loud, Kane, who is she?” he snapped.
“She’s Remy’s little sister.”
You could have knocked Arden over with a feather right then. Remy had a sister, and a brother, he remembered her saying she had to save her brother. “I wonder how old she is,” he murmured to himself.
Kane turned back to Nara and signed. “She says she’s nineteen. That she was caught with her mother and father when she was eleven.”
Guilt flooded Arden. Remy’s family had been taken by demons eight years ago and his own family, who were protectors of the world, hadn’t come to their rescue. Arden was sure that if it wasn’t for Remy they would have never been found.
He leaned down and brushed his lips over hers. “I’m sorry, my little pixie.”