Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45266 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 226(@200wpm)___ 181(@250wpm)___ 151(@300wpm)
Damon’s eyes widened. “That’s pretty far.”
“Can you hear female voices?” Felix asked.
Molly nodded. “Yes. Lots of them. Like several women are together.”
Gavin nodded. “They are, Little one. Olivia and Khloe are at Felix’s house. His is the closest home to here.” He turned to face the others. “Who else is with them?”
Damon chuckled. “All the girls. Jezebel, Suzette, and Leah are also there. Arion is with them. He made them all line up for self-defense classes before he would let them play. Brock and Elias are on patrol.”
Molly twisted back to look at Gavin again. “Take me back outside.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I want to see if I can tell what anyone is saying. Maybe I can isolate some noises from others. I’m not sure.”
Gavin didn’t want to overtax his mate. They were bombarding her with so many things during a time that should be spent naked in his arms. Nothing about this mating was usual. Her shift had even been odd. He realized after the fact that all the strange things like dunking herself underwater had been to keep the noises at bay.
After reaching out to his father and several other elders, Gavin had come to the conclusion that no one had ever heard of something like this happening before. But strange things had happened several times in the past few years, so it was growing less shocking.
Molly bounced excitedly in his arms, so he couldn’t deny her. He held her close, kissed her temple, and headed back outside. This time the others waited in the insulated room, which was probably for the best. It would cut down on at least a fraction of the sounds.
As soon as Gavin stepped outside, Molly closed her eyes and tipped her head back, turning slowly to angle herself how she wanted.
He smiled as he watched her. She had positioned one ear exactly in the direction of Felix’s house. There was no way she could know that, but it did give validity to the fact that she might indeed be listening to the other mates.
Finally, she covered her ears and nodded.
Gavin hurried her back in through the house and into the new room.
As soon as he shut the door, she breathed out a sigh of relief and lowered her hands. “Can we go to Felix’s house?” she asked, her eyes wide with excitement.
Gavin frowned. “Someday soon. Why?”
“They’re using finger paints, and Arion said they could have candy after dinner if none of them got paint on the carpet.”
Felix groaned. “Finger paints…”
Damon laughed. “If that’s not solid confirmation that Molly can hear at a great distance, I don’t know what is.”
Felix pulled out his phone and tapped the screen. A few seconds later, he said, “Khloe, you girls better be sitting at the table with those paints. Did Arion put a cloth down first? And if I find out you had more than one piece of candy, I’ll spank your bottom both before and after your bath.” He hung up immediately, not giving his mate even a fraction of a second to respond.
Gavin chuckled. “I suspect you just shocked the hell out of them.”
Seconds later, Damon’s phone rang. He answered it on speaker. “Hey, Arion. How are things?” he said, barely containing laughter.
Arion was quick to respond. “Would you please tell me how Felix knew what the girls were doing from all the way over at Gavin’s house? Now, they’re all mad at me because they think I called you and ratted them out.”
The women could be heard talking over one another in the background.
Molly covered her ears again.
Gavin set his large palms over hers to help block out whatever was bothering her now.
Damon took the phone off speaker and held it to his ear. “Long story. I’ll explain when I get there, but for the love of all that is holy, keep the candy to a minimum.” He disconnected.
Gavin lowered his hand and rubbed Molly’s back. “Was the phone too loud, Baby girl?”
“I think it opened a connection to everything beyond it,” she said.
Ezra rubbed his face. “Amazing. I should go. I’m going to meet with some other elders first thing tomorrow. I’ll call you afterward.” He patted Molly’s back. “Hang in there, Molly. Don’t you fret. Gavin won’t let anything happen to you.”
“Thank you, sir.”
Damon looked at Gavin. “Before we leave, Felix and I will move your mattress in here. Is there anything else you want us to move?”
Gavin slid his hand into his Little girl’s hair and leaned her head against his shoulder. He hadn’t thought of that, but he was grateful they had. He definitely wanted to be able to spend some quality time with Molly without the headset. “Thank you. That’s the only large thing for now. We’ll come up with a more permanent solution soon.”
He already had an idea, but it wasn’t something they could accomplish in a day or two. It would take time. In the meantime, Molly was going to be spending the majority of her days in this insulated room. It was unavoidable.