Chapter 239 - Thank You, Shadow

Kaiden and Rylan followed the Alessandros to their family mansion to join Shadow's welcome dinner. Everyone had a great time and it helped all of them in calming down after all that happened in Domenic's office during the afternoon.

By the time clock hit ten o'clock, it was finally time for the Sullivans to take their leave as the dinner finally came to an end and everyone was dead tired after a long day full of an emotional rollercoaster ride. However, when Emily stood up to accompany Kaiden and Rylan to their car along with Shadow, Domenic, and Daniel, her mate suddenly put forward his request and to all their surprise, Domenic permitted Kaiden's wish without a second thought.

"You don't have to do this," Emily whispered to Kaiden as the man followed her to her bedroom along with Leo and Mark who were there to make sure that their sister was safe from the hands of the werewolf Prince.

Kaiden gave her an assuring smile and kept climbing the stairs before they finally appeared in front of her bedroom. Though Leo and Mark stayed outside the bedroom, both Emily and Kaiden were aware that those two would be paying attention to everything happening inside the room. There was nothing like privacy for the two of them when they were in the company of her brothers.

"I'm sorry but you know that they are protective of me," Emily said in an apologetic tone as she took a seat on the edge of her bed before fixing her attention on her mate who came to crouch in front of her and took hold of both of her hands in his own before bringing them closer to his lips and placing soft warm kisses on the back of her hands.

"Overprotective..." He corrected her and chuckled when his woman gave him a sharp look.

"Come on, go get changed so that I can do what I'm here to do." He told her after a few seconds before he stood up and pulled her to stand too. 

Emily did as she was told and within ten minutes she found herself on her bed, safely tucked under the blanket as Kaiden sat next to her while brushing his fingers softly through her hair that she had left open.

"I wish I'll fill your dreams tonight. Sweet dreams, love." He whispered next to her ear before placing a soft kiss against her temple before he rested his head on her shoulder while he started humming a sweet melody as he kept patting her head like she was a child.

"Good night, Kaiden," Emily whispered before she closed her eyes and let his soft melody pull her into a beautiful dream.

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"Can I have a word with you?" 

Shadow looked up from his tab and found Kaiden standing in front of him who had just returned from upstairs. His eyes betrayed him as he found himself glancing in the direction of Emily's bedroom before he returned his focus on Kaiden. "Sure." He replied as he set his tab on the table and stood up to follow Kaiden who led him outside the mansion.

"What's the matter?" He asked the man as they reached the bottom of the stone stairs where Rylan was waiting next to their car.

Shadow barely got any time to process what was happening before he found himself pulled into a tight hug as Kaiden wrapped his arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly. "Thank you, Shadow. Thank you so much." Kaiden spoke these words from the bottom of his heart.

While Shadow was having a hard time wrapping his mind around what was happening, Rylan was standing there with his jaw hanging open as he stared at his brother. In his entire life of almost twenty-three years, he had barely seen his brother being so soft and vulnerable in front of someone and he would never have imagined Shadow to be on the list of those rare people. 

"Kaiden, are you alright?" Shadow finally found his voice and asked the question as he tried to pull away from the hug but Kaiden refused to let him go and only tightened his arms around him. It was a good thing that none of the Alessandro's was there to witness the scene, especially Emily. But Shadow had a strong feeling that the girl would have enjoyed the scene the most.

"I'm perfectly fine. I just want to thank you because of all that you have been doing for all of us." Kaiden told him and finally pulled back after a few more minutes and there was a smile playing on his lips when he looked at Shadow. "I'll be taking my leave now. Good night." He said before stepping away and heading towards his car where Rylan was still standing with a dumbfounded look on his face.

Shadow stood there in his shocked state as he watched their car leaving the driveway and disappearing behind the tall trees that were surrounding the mansion. A long sigh left his lips before he turned around and started climbing the steps to head inside the mansion.

"We are heading to the dungeons," Mark told him as soon as he entered the living room where he was standing with Dominic, and Daniel, dressed in dark clothes as if they were planning to assassinate someone.

Shadow knew exactly what they were up to. He nodded his head and handed them a key card laced with magical spells. He watched the three of them leave before he locked the doors and headed upstairs.

He shouldn't have disturbed her sleep but he couldn't help himself and found himself stepping inside his Princess' bedroom which was filled with complete darkness. The only source of light was the moonlight that was filtering inside the room through the window that was left open.

He hesitated and decided to leave but as soon as he turned around, he heard the girl stirring in her bed before she called out his name softly. Just like he feared, he had disturbed her sleep. "Sorry Princess, I didn't mean to wake you up." 

"Can you come here? I have something to talk to you about.." The girl said as she moved to a sitting position and patted the space beside her on the bed.