Wolf's Claim (The Royal Heir #3) - Jen L. Grey Page 0,24

case of an emergency." She rolled her eyes.

"Really?" Now that she’d said it, that kind of made sense.

"Duh." She snorted as she took in my expression.

"Is this an emergency?" Mason growled the words in warning.

"Yeah, it really is." Ella placed her hands on her hips and glared. "The last thing that any of us wants to hear coming from in here are moans and groans. I was afraid the bed was about to squeak."

"We weren't moaning." Actually, I wasn't quite sure about that. For some reason, I thought the small room would be more soundproofed.

"Oh, you were." Ella pointed her finger at me. "It may be a new plane, but it’s not sound proof."

I wanted to turn invisible right now. “Good to know.”

There’s no reason to be embarrassed. We’ll pretend like she’s not here. He lowered his head to mine, kissing me slow and sweet.

"I'm right here." Ella's voice raised an octave.

What are you trying to do? If he thought this was some sort of punishment for his sister, I was all for it.

She tried riling us up with her theatrics. His tongue skimmed my lips. I figure we owe her a show.

"Don't make me have to sit between you two." Ella took a few steps closer to us. "Because I will."

For the love of God. Mason pulled away and readjusted so I was against his chest. "There, Mom. We're behaving."

"Good." Ella sighed. "Because that could have gotten awkward like that one time you kissed my hand."

"You put it between our mouths." Mason's voice was low and annoyed. "Don't make it sound like I actively sought it out."

"Leave them alone, for God's sake." Louis chuckled. "They are now fully aware that we can hear them."

"We're resting, promise." Even though Ella was annoying as hell, she had some kind of charm. "You can even leave the door open."

"Okay, but one more sound, and I'll be taking his place." She winked at me as she turned around and skipped back to her seat.

Why did we bring her again? Mason growled in my ear.

Because she might have been more of a target otherwise. We had actually been torn on that decision.

Fine, but next time, I might be willing to take our chances. He growled.

"Noises," Ella called from the other room.

My shoulders shook with laughter. I guess we better behave and actually try to take some kind of nap.

When we landed, the Atlanta airport surprised me, it was the largest airport I'd ever been in. Even the private area was packed.

As we climbed from the aircraft, it felt nice to place my feet on solid ground after our initial scare. "Do we have vehicles and a hotel lined up?"

"Of course we do." Mona grinned as she caught up to me. "Do you think this is our first rodeo?"

"Let me guess—Suburbans?" Ella rolled her eyes as she shook her head.

"Of course." Tommy laughed as his hand brushed against Kassie's.

"And we'll be staying at the Four Seasons." Kassie noticed my glance and stepped away from Tommy. "I'm just glad nothing happened on the flight. I'd been worried."

"I'm not sure if it's much better." Louis frowned and shook his head. "Head games can be more brutal and tragic than physical trauma."

He was right on that. Watching my dad die all over again continued to haunt me. It didn't even matter that it was only a dream.

"Well, once we figure out who it is, we'll level the playing field." There was a darkness to Mason's tone.

We entered the airport and hurried through the crowd.

"Tommy and Mona are going to go ahead and take you to the hotel while I stay behind and load up the second vehicle." Kassie motioned to the two Chevys ahead.

"Someone needs to be with you." I hated to leave her alone. "What if something happens?"

"It won't." Kassie's voice was tense.

"There's got to be a way we can all stay together." If we left and she got hurt or worse, I wouldn't be able to live with myself.

"Elena is right." Mason took my hand and stepped closer to me. "We'll all leave together."

Kassie's eyes narrowed. "But ..."

"You heard them." Tommy's tone was rigid. "And I agree. We can get them settled into the first vehicle, and Mona can keep watch. It'll be easier to take one Suburban anyway."

"But we said two." Anger flared in her eyes.

"It's not safe." Mona's calming voice interjected. "It's better with larger numbers."

"Fine." She hurried over to the black vehicle in front and opened the trunk. "Get those four inside now."

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