Axel’s POV
Dax carried a passed out Cat and laid her in bed with me. I pulled her as closed to me as I could and he headed to the shower. I kissed her head and inhaled her scent, and my heart calmed down. I swear I was a nervous wreck the entire time they were gone. I couldn’t let anything bad happen to her again. I knew Dax would keep her just as safe as me, but not being with her was tearing me apart. I closed my eyes and fell asleep, holding her to me tightly. Dax, coming to bed, woke me up but didn’t keep me up.
“It’s been a week. He had a week to contact us and he didn’t. So now we’re going to go,” I tell Dax as I am looking at flights.
“I know you have to, but I hate it.”
“Trust me, I know.”
“Who do you want to take with you?”
“I thought about Eli and Sarah and Wyatt and you ca
