Marked By Pain (The Marked #2)(37)

“We are so lucky to have met you Kenzie,” Locke whispers, pulling my body against his as Logan pulls one of my legs over his hip.

“I think I’m the lucky one,” I yawn, before slowly drifting off to sleep.



“Have a good night?” Enzo asks me, making me jump and drop my coffee, but he catches it with his air mark, floating it back into my waiting hands.

“You scared the shit out of me,” I exclaim, leaning back against the counter as I look out the window at the sunrise. It’s painting oranges, pinks and red across the sky, it's really pretty to look at.

“You never answered my question, Crowe,” Enzo asks, stepping closer to me, and pushing his body into mine as he reaches for the kettle behind me.

“Do I need to? You know I did because you heard,” I shrug, and he grins as he gets a cup out of the cupboard and adding coffee to it. He pours his water in and adding a little milk, while I just watch him. His black hair is longer than it has been in a while, dropping into his dark eyes a little but it just adds to how good looking he is. He has on jeans and a tight, white shirt that sticks to his muscular frame, making it a little hard to look away.

“You're right, I did, and you know what?” he asks me, sipping his coffee before putting it down, not saying a word until he steps in front of me. He takes my coffee from me, putting it on the side and leaning down to whisper in my ear. “I would usually be jealous to hear the girl I'm fucking mad for moaning, and fucking someone else, but it didn't make me jealous.”

“What did it do?” I ask breathlessly.

“Turned me on so damn much, Crowe,” he says, turning to kiss me harshly. He picks me up and slides me onto the counter as my legs go around his waist. We pause when a door is slammed shut. Enzo moves away from me, muttering curses under his breath as we turn to see Mr Daniels. He looks worn out as he leans against the door, his head bowed.

“Long night?” I ask him and I pick up my coffee, pretending like I wasn't seconds away from sleeping with Enzo on the kitchen counter. Damn, that would have been some good sex.

“Meetings, and then we just found out Stella's parents are dead,” he says. I instantly feel sorry for her; despite how much I hate her, I wish she didn't have to go through that.

“Shit,” Enzo mutters loudly. I slide off the counter, walking over to Mr Daniels.

“Then how are we going to find my brother and Kelly?” I ask.

“I don't know, Miss Crowe, I haven't got a clue and I hate it,” he answers, sending dread through me as he pulls me to his chest, while I try not to panic.





Chapter 24





Mackenzie





“You should answer the door, I know it's for you,” Mr Daniels says as I lift my head off his chest and frown at him in question. I slide off him, walking over to the door, and pulling it open to see my mum standing there, with Dad P right behind her.

“Mum, Dad?” I say, just before my mum pulls me to her and squeezes me tightly.

“Oh, Kennie, I swear I will kill Alaric for what he has done to my children,” she whispers, loud enough that Dad P hears and gives me a worried look as he steps closer, and puts his hand on my cheek.

“You have grown up so much, I can tell just by looking at you,” he says, and my mum finally lets me go so Dad P can hug me.

“Hello,” I hear Mr Daniels say and I turn to see him in the doorway.

“Would you like to come in, Mr and Mrs Crowe?” he asks, and I quickly wipe my tears away as my dad lets me go.

“Now you must be Mr Daniels, the one that called us and got us transport here in such short notice?” Dad P asks, walking around me and offering Mr Daniels a hand to shake. They introduce themselves and when Mr Daniels looks over at me, I mouth “Thank you,” at him.

“Mrs C?” East says behind Mr Daniels, who steps out the way to let my mother go to East. She hugs him tightly, and pulls back.

“Your mother is worried sick about you, now go to your room, and call her right now,” she says, and East loses all colour in his cheeks as he nods and walks away.

“Now, what is the plan for saving my son and making sure no one ever touches my daughter again?” my mum asks, her hands resting firmly on her hips.

“We finally have a location,” I hear one of my other dads say in the distance, and I turn to see Dad M and Dad L walking out from the woods. I run to them, hugging them both as they give me relieved looks.

“I want to ask how you are, but it seems like a stupid question,” Dad M asks, as I pull away from him.

“Not good, but a location? Do you know where Ry is?” I ask.

“Why don't we take this inside?” Mr Daniels suggests once more and this time we all go in, finding spots on the sofa to sit. East and Enzo come out the room, followed by Locke and Logan who all introduce themselves before finding walls to lean on near the chair I sit in. East sits on the arm of my chair, and Mr Daniels sits on the other one. My mum gives me a knowing look as she looks between all my guys and how close we all are, before winking at me, making me smile for the first time in a while.

“Now Kenzie, I don't want you to freak out when I explain this all to you? Okay?” Dad M asks, as East slides his hand into mine.

“Okay?” I question nervously. Telling someone not to freak out, actually just makes them freak out, so I never got the point of people saying that.