Balance by Leia Stone

plan.
                    “Kai,
we were just starting to bond with them.”
                    “Pack
only!” His neck veins were bulging so I didn’t argue. Maybe later.
                    There
was a knock at the door. I inhaled. Max.
                    “Come
in, Max,” I called out to him softly, trying to will my headache away.
                    He
opened the door and met my gaze, shaking his head.
                    “I
can’t believe you did that to me.” He threw his arms in the air.
                    I
laughed. “Everyone needs to quit acting like I wanted to be shot!”
                    Max
sat at the edge of the bed. “All I’m saying is trouble sure seems to follow
you. Kai would have killed me.”
                    Kai
nodded. “Yes, I would have.”
                    Max
smirked but I leveled his gaze with mine. “Seriously, thank you.”
                    Max
returned my serious look and nodded. “You realize Kai will never let you out of
the house again, right?”
                    I
glared at Kai, who glared back. “This just means we have to take out Layla now.
RAIDOS won’t be after me once they know she is gone. The sooner we end this
threat, the sooner we can move on.” Anger rumbled in my chest. “Enough bullshit.
Let’s kill this bloodsucker.”
                    Max
stifled a laugh at my comment and Kai cut him a glare.
                    Then
Kai suddenly stood. “You get some rest. I have to make a few phone calls.”
                    ‘Kai,’ I started but he cut me off.
                    ‘I
held my dying, bleeding wife and thought all hope for my future happiness was
over. Now you want to run back into danger the first chance you get! I get to
be pissed!’ he roared.
                    I
flinched. Shit. He was right. That must have been awful for him. I remembered
how awful it was for me when RAIDOS had captured him and I had gone in to get
him back. They had him naked and strapped to a gurney, a few of his fingers cut
off. He had been in rough shape and it had terrified me.
                    ‘You’re
right. I’m sorry.’
                    Kai
nodded, Max stood and they both left the room. Well, that didn’t go as planned.
I sighed and decided to take a shower to get the crusty blood out of my long
hair.
                    When
I went out to get breakfast, I saw that Kai had made me a veggie omelet and was
cleaning the dishes. All was forgiven, that was my Kai. He couldn’t stay mad at
me for too long and he always worried if I had eaten enough. I wrapped my arms
around him and leaned in to cradle my nose against his neck. He took a deep
breath and I felt his possessive love settle into the mate bond. He didn’t want
me to ever leave this house again.
                    “You
want to lock me in the basement with Jeremy, don’t you?” I joked.
                    He
gave a short bark of laughter. “Yes, I do.”
                    I
chuckled and pulled away from him, smiling.
                    He
pushed the omelet in front of me. “Eat,” was all he said, kissing my forehead before
walking back into his office.
                    I
did and it was amazing. Kai made omelets with a touch of Indian spices in them;
they were beyond delish. I chugged some orange juice and realized my headache
had eased. Feeling better, I went to find Kai and heard him yelling loudly on
the phone in his office.
                     Opening
the office door, I met his yellow gaze.
                    “I
warned you!” he screamed into the phone and slammed it down as I walked in.