Chapter 102

Les runs interference just as well as any of my regular guards could. I can see her fingertips out of the corner of my eye when she spreads her arms wide. Her confident silence combined with Bronx keeping his hand on the small of my back makes me feel more secure. Les tells the photographers they can get pictures at the flower well just like everyone else. I realize Les’s presence is so authoritative that the crowd automatically abides by her orders and goes to the photo area. I smile to myself, knowing it’s her goddess ability at work and she’s using it to protect her Alpha and Luna. Not because she has to, because she volunteered to.

As people call our names, I feel Bronx’s hand wrap further around my waist protectively. As his temper builds, Les moves closer to us. He’s more on edge about photographers after what happened last year in the children’s boutique. The police caught the photographer who shot him, but they let him out on a bond and skipped the country. Reggie and Milo say