Ruled by her Daddies (Harem of Daddies)

“Don’t worry, when I get downstairs, I’ll pull the blanket up over your face. And it’s the early hours of the morning, so there won’t be many people.”

“Okay, Aleki, this prank isn’t that funny. It feels like you’re kidnapping me.”

The elevator opened and he drew the blanket up over her head. “Of course I’m not kidnapping you.”

Relief flooded her.

“I’m stealing you.”

Right.

She wished she could pinch herself. Because she really needed for this to be a dream.

“Aleki! Put me down! You can’t just steal me. Where’s Caleb?”

He would talk some sense into the crazy man. Caleb was always the voice of reason.

A sharp smack landed on her ass. “Stay still. I don’t want to accidentally drop you.”

“Did you seriously just smack my ass?” she growled at him.

“Yep. What was your question? Oh yeah, where’s Caleb.”

“Yes. Where is Caleb? I want to see him.” Caleb would tell Aleki that he was being a dickhead.

“You can talk to him in a minute. He’s bringing around the car. Oh yeah, here he is.”

Suddenly, Aleki ducked and sat with her on his lap. The blanket was removed from her face and she looked around the dark car. What the hell?

“What is going on?” she screeched.

Caleb turned around in the front seat. He raised an eyebrow at Aleki. “You didn’t tell her?”

“No, he didn’t! He made some joke about stealing me.”

“Jelly bean, that wasn’t a joke. Put her on her seat and make sure she’s belted in,” Caleb commanded.

“On it.” Aleki set her down next to him, then reaching across her, drew the seatbelt over her.

Were they kidding her right now? He didn’t undo the blanket, so she was still trapped with no way of getting free. “What is going on? This has to be a joke, right?”

She moved her gaze frantically from Aleki to Caleb. They couldn’t just steal her. And where the hell was Wolfe? Okay, things were bad if she was waiting for Wolfe to be the voice of reason.

Aleki shook his head. “Afraid not. We’re stealing you. We’re taking you home to Escana with us.”

“But . . . but I told you why I couldn’t come with you.” And they hadn’t really argued. That had hurt her, truth be told. It felt like they gave in far too easily.

“No, you told us that your father and this mystery asshole are a threat to you,” Caleb growled at her. “Did you seriously think we would leave after that? That we could just walk away?”

She was taken aback by the vehemence in his voice. That note of steel. This wasn’t the gentle dominance she was used to. This was pure Alpha.

“You’re in danger and we can’t just walk away,” Aleki told her. “If you think that’s the case then you don’t know us at all.”

They weren’t boys anymore. These were battle-hardened warriors.

And aren’t warriors what you need? You can’t do this on your own. Without protection, you’re dead.

But what if I cause their deaths? What if they’re hurt because of me?