Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder) novel Chapter 235

Chapter 235

Xena’s POV

Seeing that everyone had finished eating, Ryder stood up. “Ready?”

“Yes, Alpha!” Their voices weren’t perfectly synchronized, but close enough.

“Are you coming out with us?” Ryder looked at me and asked as everyone stood up.

“No, I’ll clean up the kitchen and then work in our office until you’re done.” I sighed, standing up to start collecting plates.

“We’ll help get everything to the kitchen,” one warrior said, taking the plates from my hands.

“That’s too heavy for you,” another said. Soon, they were all cleaning up and carrying things to the kitchen. Watching Ryder’s men help me, I felt a surge of immense pride from Ryder’s heart.

“Thank you all!” I said as I followed them in. They even put away the food and loaded the dishwasher. With so many of them helping, it only took a few minutes to finish what would have taken me nearly an hour alone.

As they left, they all bowed to me. One by one, they walked out the door to go outside and release some energy. “Go to our office and lock the door,” Ryder said softly, then kissed my forehead.

The kiss was light but carried deep protectiveness.

“Okay.” I didn’t argue, turning to hurry toward our office. There was no reason to linger there.

For some reason, working in the office felt stifling. When I locked the door, all I could see were files. Papers were still scattered on the floor–we hadn’t finished examining everything on that phone yet. I closed my eyes, refusing to look at the papers on the ground, and walked straight to Ryder’s desk to sit down. Exiting the photo interface and opening the next folder was easy enough.

“How’s it going?” I asked Ryder through our mind link. That was about twenty minutes after I felt the third explosion. The entire pack house shook when they detonated the explosives. When it first happened, I actually worried it was an earthquake.

“Almost finished. What are you doing?”

“Just finished going through the files. I didn’t find anything unusual. No matter how I studied them, nothing looked suspicious, nothing I thought could be a clue. I was sure these all meant something, but I had absolutely no idea what it could be.

“I didn’t think there would be. It’s almost like they gave us these things just to keep us busy. Not even sure this is everything that was on the phone,” Ryder sighed, seeming to be moving something heavy.

“I really wish I could get my hands on his computer.” I leaned back in my chair, looking at our messy office.

“Has he left you alone?”

“Yes, it’s been very quiet. Too quiet, actually. I don’t like it.”

“Hopefully things will get back to normal soon,” Ryder said, but we both knew it was a lie.

“Yeah, and Ama will stop crying about everything, stood up and started collecting the papers from the floor, organizing them in a certain pattern so we could piece them back together if needed.

Damn,” Ryder grunted quietly. “I’ll be right there. Stay in the office. I’ll come get you, then we can go back to our room.”

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Chapter 235

“What about dinner?”

“I ordered pizza for everyone,” Ryder said. “You’ve done enough today

“Alright.” I accepted calmly.

Ryder didn’t respond, but he kept the link open. When I finished orgnizing the photos, I was able to clip them together properly. When I was done, I heard the door lock opening.

“Hi,” I said while moving the last chair back into place.

“What are you doing?” Ryder was covered in sweat and dift.

“Cleaning up the office.” I shrugged, turning off the lights and walking out through the door Ryder held open for me.

“It was hot as hell in those tunnels,” Ryder sighed.

“Smells like it,” 1 pinched my nose and made a face.

“Very funny, Ryder tried to put his arm around me, but I dodged away.

“No way, sir! You need a shower!” I laughed and ran away, putting distance between us.

“You won’t be able to run away in our room,” Ryder called out in a very seductive tone.

“I’ll tell you what…” I leaned against our bedroom door as he closed the distance. “You shower first, and then I’ll show you what my tongue can do besides being sharp…” I looked up at him and winked.

My heart raced as I felt the burning desire in his eyes.

“I’m going to hold you to that promise,” Ryder said in a low voice as he opened the door. I had to laugh because he didn’t hesitate to walk straight to the bathroom and start the shower.