Chapter 161 - AN END TO THE PEACE

Three weeks. I seriously couldn't believe that Maya was three weeks old now. These last three weeks had passed in the blink of an eye. Seriously, it was like I just woke up today thinking she was only two or three days old but in reality she was three weeks old, twenty-one days. That was definitely fast.

I had been sleeping better too since Kyle was holding me tight against him. He would hold me before, but not constantly, and not as tight. Now though, it was like he was making sure I could feel it no matter how deep asleep that I was. He truly was a good guy. I should tell him that more often, like maybe twice a year or something like that.

Tomorrow was Halloween. Tomorrow was Maya's first ever holiday, I will admit that I was being a little corny and she was wearing a shirt that said 'baby's first Halloween'. However, the fact that it was almost Halloween also meant that it was now only nineteen days until I turned thirty. And come February, Kyle would have his birthday and he would be thirty-three. This life of mine, that I was living right now, was nothing at all like the one that I thought I would ever have.

I can't say that I am upset with how things have been going though. It's all been working out in the end. I'm glad that I finally listened to EZ and let things move in this direction.

If I had continued on the path that I had been on, I would have ended up loveless and alone for the rest of my life. I would never have learned what it was like to be a wife and a mother. I never would have been able to see what happiness there was in life, even with all the negatives that might come with it all.

I had been getting a lot more comfortable in my role as a mom too. I was able to do everything for Maya with no problems at all. And Maya seemed to prefer me and Kyle over everyone else anyway.

Oh, and there was something else that I was happy about. I was very happy that everyone stopped coming over every single day to 'help' me with the baby. I was finally able to have time that was just for me and my baby girl. 

And I was no longer worried about things happening. Everything was going just fine and it was possible that Victor was never coming for me at all. I mean, if he was coming he should have done it already, right? That's what my dream had been telling me anyway. 

I didn't know how wrong I was when I thought that, though. I really never should have let my guard down like that. I never should have allowed myself to become complacent in my daily routine. I should have stayed on my toes, ever vigilant. I should have been the Alpha that I knew was buried deep inside of me. 

I had just taken dinner out of the oven. No, I wasn't the one who had cooked it, Kyle had. I was just reheating it per his instructions. I had grown to enjoy his food so much that I couldn't hardly stomach my own cooking anymore.

That was a problem too. I needed to learn to cook better eventually. I should cook with Kyle more and learn his tricks and secrets. If I asked him what he did, he would just tell me something stupidly cheesy like 'it's because I made it with love' or something like that. Nope, I would need to be there when he cooked several different meals and learn them that way.

Maya was sleeping in the living room, she would be ready for her dinner just about any minute, she was as regular as a clock. That would be fine, I needed to let dinner cool and Kyle should be home in the next five or ten minutes anyway.

As soon as I thought that I heard something at the door. 

"Huh, he's home early." I spoke to myself as I finished filling Maya's bottle so that it would be ready for when she woke up in a couple of minutes. I knew that, since he was home on time, Kyle would want to feed Maya himself.

As I was walking out of the kitchen and into the living room, I noticed the scent that was at the door. I had been distracted in the kitchen, since I was hungry and the food smelled so good, but out here I could smell the person that was there and it wasn't Kyle.

But, wait a minute, didn't I hear the door knob turning? Did that mean that whoever was out there came into my house?

My mind didn't need time to process it all. I instantly knew what was happening. This had been the night that I had been dreading. This was the night, this was when Victor was coming for me. And sure enough, there was that scent that was burned into my memory. There was the scent that told me that he was here to try and force me back with him.

I was walking toward Maya, intent to block her from the people at the door but it was too late. They were already inside. They were already in here with me and my baby.

"Oh my, look at you, Jacy." I stopped in my tracks when I saw the sneer on Victor's face. "I would have thought that you would be more alert than this." He chuckled at his own words.

"Victor." I glared at him.

"You look good." He grinned at me. "I am so happy to see that. I wouldn't want my bride to be all slovenly after all."

"I am not your fucking bride." I growled the words at him. "I will never be your bride. In fact, I can't be your bride since I am already married." I put a little bit of laughter into my words at the end.

"You dare to cheat on me?" He was looking at me with eyes that were dripping with venom and malice.

"It's hard to cheat on someone when they are nothing to me."

"Silence." He growled the words at me, but I didn't feel a compulsion to follow his orders. Either the pack never fully accepted him as its leader or I outranked him. Maybe I just wasn't part of the pack anymore. It was most likely the last one, if you asked me.

"Fuck off and die, cocksucker." I spit the words at him just as I heard Maya start to make small little sounds of distress. It was her way of letting us know that she was awake and ready for attention and food.

"Ooh, what do we have here?" Victor cooed as he turned to look at Maya, pretending like he hadn't even noticed her in the first place. "You truly have cheated on me, Jacy Rynn Kai. For shame. That was a naughty thing to do. Not only did you run away from me, but you allowed yourself to be soiled. Tsk tsk. I think I will need to cleanse you thoroughly."

The entire time that he was talking, I noticed that Victor was inching toward my daughter. I wouldn't let him get to her, though. I was already moving toward her again and was glaring at him.

"Stay the fuck away from my baby." I growled the words at him while I gripped the bottle in my hand tightly and blocked Maya from his leering gaze.

"Oh, what a protective Mommy you have become. I knew that eventually all that tomboyish behavior would disappear and you would eventually be a proper lady.

"Yeah, well, you were wrong. I'm still the same old me." He frowned at those words but didn't comment on them.

"Come now, Jacy, it's time for us to go now." I looked at Victor's outstretched hand and then at the men standing behind. That part of my dream had been right on the nose. There were about a dozen of them and they were all the same hired muscle looking type that I had dreamed about. 

Shit, I can't let this go like the dream had. I can't let this end up being the same way that I had dreamed it over and over again. If I wasn't careful, we could both end up either dead or kidnapped. However, as strong as I am, I can't take on a dozen men at once.

"Jacy." I saw a smirk on Victor's face. "I think you will find that you are outnumbered. Please do not make this harder on you than it already is."

"I won't go with you." He had been expecting my retort.

"Then I will have to do something that I really don't want to do. Please don't make me hurt a baby, because if you push my hand then I will do it."

"You won't lay a fucking finger on my baby girl." I screamed at him, my anger rising and Maya started to cry out in fear and frustration.

"Then you leave me no choice." He grinned at me. "Get her, boys."

Victor motioned them forward with his hand as he commanded them to attack. It was like a scene straight out of a cheesy movie but that didn't stop it from scaring the shit out of me.. I wasn't going to let any of these freaks touch my baby.