Total pages in book: 42
Estimated words: 39596 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 198(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 39596 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 198(@200wpm)___ 158(@250wpm)___ 132(@300wpm)
Callan pulled him back into the room and cupped his face. He stared at him for several long moments before he finally spoke. “No, Lonnie. We were alone. What happens between us is just between you and me.”
Chapter Nineteen
Callan
Going back into the classroom after that wasn’t easy. His body was sated, in the best way possible, but his mind was whirling with a mix of worry and hope. The hope was the easy part. He could actually have a future with Lonnie, and if the last week was anything to go by, he had many passionate years ahead of him.
But it was the worry that was really bothering him. His mate had an actual warper wizard after him. They were some of the most powerful beings on Earth. He needed to figure out who it was, because not one student who’d come into this room held that kind of power. Were some fixated on the professor? Yes, there were actually a few who found Lonnie attractive and thought about that a lot. He’d glared at them more than a few times. But they were all thought and no action. None had that sort of maniacal obsession present.
So the danger wasn’t coming from here.
And outside of Gabby, Callan hadn’t met anyone else in Lonnie’s life. Hadn’t heard any mentions of other friends. Lonnie kept to himself. Then it hit him. Lonnie had mentioned message boards where he talked with others about his collectibles. Could it be one of them? That was his only other outlet outside of this university.
Just as he was making a plan to go over all those messages, a familiar scent hit his nose, and he went still. He didn’t look around so he didn’t alert the wizard that he knew he was there. He really wished he’d called in Finn to help guard Lonnie. Finn could sense warper magic before the wizard actually arrived. And he could track that magic if the wizard didn’t warp far. To follow a longer path, a warper wizard needed to work in tandem with another warper, which would mean they had a bigger problem.
Cursing his own need to keep Lonnie to himself, he watched his professor to see if he seemed to be looking at anyone new. But Lonnie just kept going on as he pointed at the huge screen at the front of the room.
Magic crawled along the surface of Callan’s skin. It was dark, full of hate, and a puff of breath brushed over the back of his hair. He swiftly turned his head only to see a shadowy form blink out of sight.
This wizard was getting braver.
Too fucking brave.
Callan stayed vigilant, never removing his gaze from Lonnie and once they were on their way back to Lonnie’s house, he called Xavier.
“I need Finn on Lonnie with me. The wizard showed up in his class.”
Lonnie gasped beside him.
“Finn is on a job out of town, or I’d pull him off and replace him. But Lake is about to be free. He’d be even better, since he can follow.”
Lake was one of the two warper wizards Xavier employed. He didn’t normally work as a bodyguard, though. Most of his time was spent transporting Protective Solutions employees to jobs farther out. They also worked magic on the more personal jobs Xavier took on. Not everything about the company was about protection. Xavier also went after some of the worst criminals when law enforcement couldn’t take care of them. Lake and his brother, Liam, could have easily made a fortune working for some of those criminals—as warpers often did. But they were good guys and had known Xavier a long time. Callan didn’t know them as well as he did the other bodyguards, but having Lake would help a lot.
“How soon can he be here?”
“I’d already planned to send him over there tomorrow, but I’ll move it up to tonight. He’s been on a long job for me, so he’ll need to rest.”
“He can take the room I was using.”
“Things are going well with your mate, I take it?”
“Yes.” Callan didn’t bother to elaborate, not with Lonnie sitting right next to him in the front of his truck. But he put as much emphasis into that one word as he could.
“I’m happy for you, Callan. Does he know what he is to you?”
“Not yet.”
Xavier’s deep chuckle came over the line. “You are staying aware of your surroundings at all times still, yes? Not letting your feelings for him distract you?”
“I understand my job.”
“I know you do, but I also know how a mate can be a distraction.”
He did? As far as Callan knew, Xavier had no mate. Confused, he frowned as he pulled his truck into Lonnie’s driveway, parked and looked over at him. Lonnie was watching him, but he looked pale, and Callan inwardly cursed. He should have told Lonnie about the wizard showing up in his class before he called Xavier.