The Mating Call: Drekinn Series by Jana Leigh Read Free Book Online Page B

kiss his feet. "I said we are leaving," she ground out.
    "I heard you, but we need to settle something first. We are mates, and partners, where you go, I go. Brooks warned me you would try to ditch me the first chance you got. I already knew that. But I want to be real clear on this. If you try to slip past me at anytime, or think you are leaving me somewhere or any other crazy-ass plan you have in that head of yours because yes, I have read up on you, I just didn't realize you were my mate, or to be honest, a female. Thank goodness I actually didn't know you, because I would have had a heart attack when you went to disarm that bomb at the WAC by yourself. Now, I can tell you that if you do anything that dangerous again without me present, we are gonna have a problem," Kade said smoothly.
    Calli stared at him in amazement. She didn't just hear him tell her that she had to be careful. She was one on the most highly trained Enforcers in the world; kids looked up to her and shit. Totally not going to happen.
    "Before you decide you are gonna argue, please note that I said with me there. I know your job is dangerous, and I know you are gonna do it. I would never try to take that away from you. I am just saying that I am your back up now. So, before you try to take my head off, please stop thinking the worst of me before you know me," Kade said and then stepped aside.
    Fucking A, he threw her for a loop. Now she couldn't say anything bitchy without looking, well, bitchy. That totally sucked.
     
     
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    Kade grinned as he followed his mate to her shuttle. Brooks and Ms. Praton told him how to handle the three girls. Rissa was the most flexible, while Cherri the most intellectual. Calli was the whole package, and as Ms. Praton put it, too smart for her own good. She needed to have things spelled out for her. Once she got something in her head, then it was hard to change it. They told him to let her be in charge at work. But when they got home, all bets were off. He was going to be the King of that domain. She was going to have to listen to him. Calli carried too much on her shoulders. He was just the one who could help her with that.
    They got into the shuttle, and she programmed the address they were going to. The Drag Bars were in one area of town, so it would be easy to find the one they were looking for.
    They drove in tense silence for a few minutes before Calli's communicator rang. He grinned when the ID was marked, Alpha Bitch. It had to be her mother, that was the only Alpha she would have; besides Calli groaned and hit the answer button.
    "Not alone, Ma," she said briskly. "And I'm working; you know I can't talk while I'm working. I will be over this weekend for dinner like always. And yes, the girls will be there too."
    There was silence on the other end of the line. He thought for a moment that her mother had hung up on her since she had answered the phone that way, but then he heard the threatening growl.
    "DO NOT TALK TO YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT! How many times have I told you that? Now, I would like to know exactly when you were going to call me and inform me that I had a new son-in-law?" her mother yelled and then changed tones and finished off nicely.
    That's when you had to be really careful. When her mom was nice and sweet as pie, she was actually plotting your murder or your wedding. In her case, it could be a toss-up. They fought like cats and dogs since she was in the womb, or so she liked to say.
    "Those treacherous bitches," Calli muttered. Rissa and Cherri called her mother.
    "Now don't call your blood sisters that," her mother mocked, and she closed her eyes. Seriously, they told this story over and over, it was not a surprise that her mother pulled it out. "They were required to call me, remember? You made it in the oath that they were responsible for notifications. You may be Alpha of your little pack, but I'm still your Alpha mother, stop being a bitch and give me some details."
    Kade put his hand up to