My Commander(27)

Aiden reached for his phone.

"What's up?" Colton asked.

"Have the Beta Unit fill in for you guys and bring Alpha to Meryn's apartment. I want the guys here five minutes ago." Aiden growled into the phone.

"Are you injured?" Colton demanded, in the background Aiden could hear Gavriel barking orders.

"I'm fine, so is Meryn. We're at the old apartment building on ninth street, apartment 3B. Just get here quick."

"On our way." Colton hung up.

"What if you hadn't found me yesterday and kidnapped me? What if I had come home to find this guy waiting for me?" Her body looked like it was trying to shake itself apart. Aiden scooped her up and sat down on the couch with her in his lap. He cuddled her close and kissed her hair.

"You were meant to be with me. It's why Fate had you climb that fence. He will never come near you, I promise you Meryn. This guy is a walking dead man." He didn't have the heart to tell her that the semen was fresh. They had missed this creep by minutes.

"Let's get you packed up. The guys will be here soon." He stood and placed her on her feet.

"How will I know what he touched? I don't want anything he ... touched." She made a face.

"I'll bring anything that carries just your scent out here for you to pack up. When that is done, you can walk through the bedroom to see if the things left are things you're willing to part with. If you want to keep those items, I will clean them for you." He lifted her chin and kissed her softly. "How's that?" He asked gently.

Her eyes filled. "You're amazing. I might be sorry I hit you with your toilet after all." Though her eyes were filled with tears she grinned.

"You're never going to let that go are you?"

"Nope."

"My little warrior." He ruffled her hair.

"I'm going to get started, let the guys in or they'll break down the door when they get here.





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Aiden had most of her things out in the family room for her to pack before the guys got there. When she walked through the bedroom to see what had been 'contaminated' he noticed that her bottom lip trembled, but she took a deep breath and went over everything. He was so proud of her.

In the end everything left over were things she could part with. Aiden was furious to see that nearly all of her underthings, lingerie, and nightgowns made up the pile on the bed. He would get her brand new things and make sure she had fun picking them out.

Gavriel hissed when he walked through the bedroom door.

"We need to find this guy, he needs to die." Aiden clenched and unclenched his fists.

"It will be done brother. We won't let a threat to your mate exist." Gavriel laid a hand on his shoulder. Aiden was grateful for the unit's support, he knew, had they not been able to get there when they did, he may have lost control and went after this guy alone. But knowing that his brothers were on their way helped him keep his bear under wraps until they arrived.

"Aiden, can you smell it?" Gavriel took another deep breath.

"The fact that this asshole jerked off all over the place, yeah, I smell that."

"Then you missed the fact that it's a shifter." Gavriel took a step closer to the bed.

"It's faint, so faint." He surprised Aiden by walking over to the closet and pulling out a hanger before returning to the bed. Using the plastic hanger he shifted the bras and panties around.

"Found it." Gavriel lifted up a bra with the hanger.

Aiden shook his head, whatever it was, even being a shifter he couldn't smell it.

Gavriel laid the bra on the comforter and used the hanger to point to the bra clasp.

"Someone forgot about small metal hooks when they were using this to jerk off. There are faint traces of blood around each hook."

Aiden stepped closer and looked again. He could see smudges of red, but he would have missed it since the bra was a floral print.

"Good work. Bag it up and take it with us."

They walked out of her bedroom to the family room. Aiden snarled when he saw Darian packing the few pairs of panties that the psycho had missed into a small suitcase. Meryn laughed and walked over to him. She patted him on the chest and he quieted down.

"You're so cute." She smiled up at him. Aiden was glad to see that the traces of fear were gone. He frowned down at her.

"I am not cute. I am a ferocious killing machine. Paranormals everywhere tremble before me."

"My teddy bear." She pulled on his shirt until he was bent down enough to reach her lips and kissed him. He looked over to see Colton about to say something.

"Not a motherfucking word." He warned.

"Yes, Commander." Colton gave a salute, but his eyes danced with suppressed mirth. Aiden sighed. It was going to be a long day.