the back door of the SUV and forced himself to get in the driver’s seat, urging Jax to get in the passenger seat. Reven realized Jax must be stunned because she didn’t argue and just got in and gently closed the door.
Reven and Jax waited with bated breath for long minutes until the little girl struggled into the back seat, never letting the baby out of her arms. He waited until she shut the door before putting the vehicle in gear and slowly letting off the brake.
“Thank you for trusting us. I promise you; we're just going for food. We have friends here with us, people that are different like us, that are going to get you both some clothes too. If that’s ok?” Reven asked the frightened girl as he watched her reaction in the rear-view mirror. He felt like yelling in triumph when she nodded her head slightly.
The baby began cooing and babbling making Reven and Jax both smile, the sound too adorable not to be affected by it.
“Your sister is adorable. Does she have a name?” Reven asked gently, glancing in the rear-view mirror. His heart sank when the girl shook her head and looked out of the window, cuddling the baby closer to her.
Jax and Reven had already sent warnings through the Shengari’ for the others to get food and clothes in Jax’s hotel room and to make sure they didn’t try to approach the skittish children. So they weren’t surprised when they pulled into the motel parking lot to find it deserted. Even the vehicles were hidden.
Reven put the SUV in park, turned off the engine and looked into the little girl’s scared blue eyes. “We’re going to get out of the vehicle. I’ll open the door for you, so it won’t be so hard with the baby. There is food and clothes waiting in Jax’s room.”
“You can follow us when you’re ready. We’ll leave the door to the room open for you. My room is next to Jax’s and we’ll keep that door open to, in case you have questions. Ok?” Reven asked, feeling the fear coming from the girl while the baby cooed and patted her sister’s cheeks.
He watched closely as the girl stared at the baby for long moments before she nodded her head. He gave a brief glance to Jax, making sure she was still going to go along with it, then opened the door and slid outside.
Jax gently closed her door as he closed his own, and he turned and opened the back passenger door. He looked at the trembling child and pointed to the two rooms in front of the SUV.
“The one on the left,” Reven said pointing to it. “Is Jax’s room. That’s the one we’ll leave open for you. The room next to it is mine, and we’ll be in there if you have any questions.”
Reven looked into those big, pale blue eyes and attempted to send comforting energy to her, while the baby cooed and strained against the girl as she held her arms out to Reven.
“If you need help feeding her so that you can eat as well, just knock on the wall and Jax, or I can feed her by the door while you eat. Ok?” Reven added, hoping the girl would let them help her.
By the looks of her tiny arms and legs, it was a wonder; she could hold herself up, much less the healthy-looking toddler she tried to carry. Reven’s anger grew as he realized either the girl gave all her food to the baby or whoever held them captive hadn’t fed her intentionally. Either thought sickened him to his core.
When the little girl nodded again, Reven turned to the motel and saw that Jax already had both doors open and was standing in the doorway of his room. The closer he walked to her the more he could feel her worry and fear for the children, and he wished he could grab all three of them in his arms and stop the world from coming near them.
Until they were truly his, he would have to tread carefully he thought.
“Ours. Our family.” His beast Karak growled through his mind.
“A little late my friend. I figured it out already.” Reven said to his beast,
Reven and Jax waited with bated breath for long minutes until the little girl struggled into the back seat, never letting the baby out of her arms. He waited until she shut the door before putting the vehicle in gear and slowly letting off the brake.
“Thank you for trusting us. I promise you; we're just going for food. We have friends here with us, people that are different like us, that are going to get you both some clothes too. If that’s ok?” Reven asked the frightened girl as he watched her reaction in the rear-view mirror. He felt like yelling in triumph when she nodded her head slightly.
The baby began cooing and babbling making Reven and Jax both smile, the sound too adorable not to be affected by it.
“Your sister is adorable. Does she have a name?” Reven asked gently, glancing in the rear-view mirror. His heart sank when the girl shook her head and looked out of the window, cuddling the baby closer to her.
Jax and Reven had already sent warnings through the Shengari’ for the others to get food and clothes in Jax’s hotel room and to make sure they didn’t try to approach the skittish children. So they weren’t surprised when they pulled into the motel parking lot to find it deserted. Even the vehicles were hidden.
Reven put the SUV in park, turned off the engine and looked into the little girl’s scared blue eyes. “We’re going to get out of the vehicle. I’ll open the door for you, so it won’t be so hard with the baby. There is food and clothes waiting in Jax’s room.”
“You can follow us when you’re ready. We’ll leave the door to the room open for you. My room is next to Jax’s and we’ll keep that door open to, in case you have questions. Ok?” Reven asked, feeling the fear coming from the girl while the baby cooed and patted her sister’s cheeks.
He watched closely as the girl stared at the baby for long moments before she nodded her head. He gave a brief glance to Jax, making sure she was still going to go along with it, then opened the door and slid outside.
Jax gently closed her door as he closed his own, and he turned and opened the back passenger door. He looked at the trembling child and pointed to the two rooms in front of the SUV.
“The one on the left,” Reven said pointing to it. “Is Jax’s room. That’s the one we’ll leave open for you. The room next to it is mine, and we’ll be in there if you have any questions.”
Reven looked into those big, pale blue eyes and attempted to send comforting energy to her, while the baby cooed and strained against the girl as she held her arms out to Reven.
“If you need help feeding her so that you can eat as well, just knock on the wall and Jax, or I can feed her by the door while you eat. Ok?” Reven added, hoping the girl would let them help her.
By the looks of her tiny arms and legs, it was a wonder; she could hold herself up, much less the healthy-looking toddler she tried to carry. Reven’s anger grew as he realized either the girl gave all her food to the baby or whoever held them captive hadn’t fed her intentionally. Either thought sickened him to his core.
When the little girl nodded again, Reven turned to the motel and saw that Jax already had both doors open and was standing in the doorway of his room. The closer he walked to her the more he could feel her worry and fear for the children, and he wished he could grab all three of them in his arms and stop the world from coming near them.
Until they were truly his, he would have to tread carefully he thought.
“Ours. Our family.” His beast Karak growled through his mind.
“A little late my friend. I figured it out already.” Reven said to his beast,
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