Chapter 38 - Brandon

“Beautiful, how much longer are you gonna be gone? We miss you,” I whine into the FaceTime call with Kayla.

“I know, Brandon. I need my Master and my Alpha. Unfortunately, my old boss is out because he had a family emergency. His daughter had to have an emergency appendectomy and she became septic because of it. She’s only 12, so…” Kayla shrugs. “He needs to be at my exit interview because he’s my direct supervisor. I won’t be coming back until at least Tuesday.”

Both Zak and I groan, missing our mate almost unbearably.

“You could come down?” Kayla suggests. “Just for the weekend?”

“I have to go to Arcadia tomorrow morning to see Esteban’s cousin’s alpha. He has to come to Arcadia for his brother’s graduation. He said he’d come a day early and meet with Hakeem and me. That way, we could talk with the cousin in real time through his mindlink. Hopefully, after that I’ll be able to get Esteban and send him home to Chris,” I say.

“Soooo, you could come after?” Kayla