My Guardian (Bewitched and Bewildered Book 6) by Alanea Alder Page A
Authors: Alanea Alder
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herself walking to the bathroom.
"I can let go if it bothers you." Eva's voice broke his train of thought.
"No! I mean it is perfectly acceptable." He began walking toward his house.
"You seemed really deep in thought. Wanna share?"
"I was just thinking you are the first woman I have ever held hands with. Bethy does not really count because you have to hold on to her wherever she goes."
Eva stopped. "What exactly is she to you? Don't think I haven't noticed the affectionate way you say her name."
Was his mate jealous? He looked her in the eye and saw hesitation. He shook his head. "I have known Bethy since she was about a year old. That was when her father moved to Noctem Falls to begin research on creating a blood substitute. We all quickly learned that Bethy has the world's worst luck. She had broken every bone in her tiny body by the time she was three. She has tripped, fallen, crashed through, set fire, got trapped in almost every inch of this city. Magnus assigned her both a vampire guard and a witch healer just to keep her alive long enough to grow up."
"Oh Gods! That poor woman. She's better now right?"
Adriel shook his head. "No, but I think everyone around her is so used to it, we manage to avoid the dangerous injuries."
Adriel pointed to the large building in front of them. "That is our meeting and dining hall. Each unit warrior has their own small house on this level. Unlike other cities, where the units live together in estates, we were given an entire level to keep us segregated from the upper classes, so we had enough room to build as much as we liked."
He guided her down the middle of the cavern that acted as their 'main street'. "Across from the dining hall, we have our training grounds and a recreational center. We have our own library, movie room, small commissary, pool, and storage center."
"Pool! Y'all have a pool! Where is it?" Eva looked around excitedly.
"Behind the mess hall. I take it from your reaction that you enjoy swimming."
"I'm a tiger shifter, of course I love swimming. When can we go?" She looked up at him as if he had promised her the sun and stars.
"I have something better, remind me to show you later."
Her eyes narrowed. "Better than a pool?"
"Better than a pool."
"Okay, I'm trusting ya on this. So how does the commissary work?" Eva walked over and peeked in the window.
"It is on an honor system. Because the city is impregnable, we do not have to do patrols the way other city's units have to, so we have more downtime. In that downtime, we have all taken up hobbies. The Kappa Unit likes to garden, so they have their own indoor hydroponics building. They keep us in fresh vegetables and fruit year round. Beau and Riordan from the Lambda Unit like to build things, so every couple months they head to Albuquerque to hunt for quality wood pieces, and they have their own workshop. Deacon and Belenos from the Theta Unit love to cook, so they run our mess hall. Grant from my unit knits; he says it calms him. Anyway, he creates the most intricate blankets I have ever seen. Everything gets put in the store along with anything extra picked up in the city. If someone needs something, they grab it, but they will always leave something in exchange or offer service hours, for example, trading tunnel escort shifts with the item's creator."
Eva laughed. "I'd rather have one of the unit warriors escort me than that asshole from earlier."
"What exactly happened?" he asked.
When she told him what was said and how the escort had shoved Meryn, he felt his blood pressure begin to skyrocket. Not only was Meryn mistreated, but was done so in full view of a unit warrior. Which translated into showing no respect for Magnus or the unit warriors; it was a treacherous mix.
"I will speak to Magnus at dinner. Since Aiden is visiting, my entire unit is invited to dinner during their stay."
"Was that Aiden's request?"
"Yes. He does not often get the chance to travel around to the different cities and
"I can let go if it bothers you." Eva's voice broke his train of thought.
"No! I mean it is perfectly acceptable." He began walking toward his house.
"You seemed really deep in thought. Wanna share?"
"I was just thinking you are the first woman I have ever held hands with. Bethy does not really count because you have to hold on to her wherever she goes."
Eva stopped. "What exactly is she to you? Don't think I haven't noticed the affectionate way you say her name."
Was his mate jealous? He looked her in the eye and saw hesitation. He shook his head. "I have known Bethy since she was about a year old. That was when her father moved to Noctem Falls to begin research on creating a blood substitute. We all quickly learned that Bethy has the world's worst luck. She had broken every bone in her tiny body by the time she was three. She has tripped, fallen, crashed through, set fire, got trapped in almost every inch of this city. Magnus assigned her both a vampire guard and a witch healer just to keep her alive long enough to grow up."
"Oh Gods! That poor woman. She's better now right?"
Adriel shook his head. "No, but I think everyone around her is so used to it, we manage to avoid the dangerous injuries."
Adriel pointed to the large building in front of them. "That is our meeting and dining hall. Each unit warrior has their own small house on this level. Unlike other cities, where the units live together in estates, we were given an entire level to keep us segregated from the upper classes, so we had enough room to build as much as we liked."
He guided her down the middle of the cavern that acted as their 'main street'. "Across from the dining hall, we have our training grounds and a recreational center. We have our own library, movie room, small commissary, pool, and storage center."
"Pool! Y'all have a pool! Where is it?" Eva looked around excitedly.
"Behind the mess hall. I take it from your reaction that you enjoy swimming."
"I'm a tiger shifter, of course I love swimming. When can we go?" She looked up at him as if he had promised her the sun and stars.
"I have something better, remind me to show you later."
Her eyes narrowed. "Better than a pool?"
"Better than a pool."
"Okay, I'm trusting ya on this. So how does the commissary work?" Eva walked over and peeked in the window.
"It is on an honor system. Because the city is impregnable, we do not have to do patrols the way other city's units have to, so we have more downtime. In that downtime, we have all taken up hobbies. The Kappa Unit likes to garden, so they have their own indoor hydroponics building. They keep us in fresh vegetables and fruit year round. Beau and Riordan from the Lambda Unit like to build things, so every couple months they head to Albuquerque to hunt for quality wood pieces, and they have their own workshop. Deacon and Belenos from the Theta Unit love to cook, so they run our mess hall. Grant from my unit knits; he says it calms him. Anyway, he creates the most intricate blankets I have ever seen. Everything gets put in the store along with anything extra picked up in the city. If someone needs something, they grab it, but they will always leave something in exchange or offer service hours, for example, trading tunnel escort shifts with the item's creator."
Eva laughed. "I'd rather have one of the unit warriors escort me than that asshole from earlier."
"What exactly happened?" he asked.
When she told him what was said and how the escort had shoved Meryn, he felt his blood pressure begin to skyrocket. Not only was Meryn mistreated, but was done so in full view of a unit warrior. Which translated into showing no respect for Magnus or the unit warriors; it was a treacherous mix.
"I will speak to Magnus at dinner. Since Aiden is visiting, my entire unit is invited to dinner during their stay."
"Was that Aiden's request?"
"Yes. He does not often get the chance to travel around to the different cities and
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