Monster Pucker: A MMF Monster Hockey Romance(21)

“Okay.” She took Klaus’ hand and he helped her to her feet. “I can drive my car and meet you there. I don’t want to leave it here at the park.”

“Do you want me to ride with you?”

Holly grinned despite everything. “I’ll be okay.” She slipped her arm in mine, leaning into my body and giving me a sense of reassurance. “I’ll meet you both there. Walk me back, though?”

“Of course,” I said.

As angry as I was, I felt a sense of relief as we walked Holly back to her car. A stalker we could handle, but rejection from our mate would tear Klaus and me apart.





CHAPTER 9





KLAUS





What Holly had revealed to us stoked a fire in me I had never felt before. For the first time in my life, I felt the full weight of being a public figure. Someone had watched us last night. Someone had taken moments that were precious to the three of us and turned them into blackmail.

I pulled into my driveway and got out, slamming the door hard enough that the entire truck rumbled. Flurry got out and came around to me as Holly pulled in behind us. I felt Flurry’s hand on my shoulder, rubbing my tense muscles. I couldn’t relax.

What if they were watching us now? What if they were waiting in the trees somewhere, trying to get more photos?

Rage had my hands curling into fists.

“We’ll figure this out,” Flurry said. “But for right now, I think we could all use a little relaxation. We’re all scared and angry. I’m worried about Holly.”

What I needed was to find this creep and give them the true krampus experience. The one that haunted people for decades, enough that the legends and stories had stuck around for generations.

Holly got out of her little Honda and walked towards us. I cursed as her boots hit a patch of ice and she slipped. I caught her before she could fall, pulling her close to me.

“Klaus,” Holly whispered.

I took a deep breath. Flurry was right. We needed to take a moment together for comfort, but before that, I would need to check the area around the house.

“I would like to check the woods,” I said. “It won’t take me long. I want to make sure we aren’t being watched tonight before we do anything else.”

“I can help,” Flurry said. “Divide and conquer.”

“What should I do?” Holly asked.

“Each room has a window control and you can make them dark so that no one can see in. I hate that I didn’t even think about this last night. We’ve had no security issues before. Wherever he set up was far enough out to escape three monsters.”

Flurry gave me another gentle squeeze. I could feel his apprehension too, but he was always more easy going than me. He would keep me from leaving the house tonight to hunt down the bastard doing this.

I held Holly tighter for a moment, pressing my face against the top of her head.

“We’ll figure this out, princess,” I whispered.

“I know,” she said, looking up at me.

Before she could protest, I lifted her and carried her up the rest of the drive, not letting her go until we were inside the foyer.

“Thirty minutes, tops. And then when we return, I promise that we’ll make you forget everything for tonight.”

Her brown eyes softened, her brows drawing together. “Only if that means you can forget for the night, too.”

I was silent, but Flurry spoke from behind me. “We’ll make him forget, snow angel.”





I’d lost track of how many times I’d circled the house. I’d gone through the forest, further out than I ever had before, looking for any signs of someone being there.

I found nothing.

I was frustrated, but a good portion of my rage had worked itself off. I was still angry, but I wasn’t blinded by it.

We needed a plan. A plan of how to find this stalker and stop him. My thoughts ran through a million scenarios as I approached the house, but they all fell away when I saw Flurry standing, holding a piece of fabric in his hands.

I cursed, rushing to him. He held it up, his eyes dark with anger. It was a bright red piece of nylon. I took it and sniffed it, not recognizing the scent.

“This was all I found,” he said. “I looked everywhere, and that was the only sign of someone being in the woods.”

“Where?” I growled.

“South of the house. There is a clearing on top of a hill that has a perfect view of our bedroom. They must have set up a hardy tent to weather the storm. They were determined, which only pisses me off more. I can’t think of anyone who has it out for the two of us.”

The thing was, I couldn’t either.

I worried they were after Holly. She was the one that had received the message, after all.

Our PR team would have a fucking field day with this.

“There isn’t anyone here tonight, Klaus.”

“I’m going to rip them to shreds.”

Flurry clapped my shoulder, snow shaking off the two of us. “We will. But right now, we need to be here in the present.”

I stared at him for a moment and then sighed, nodding. “I need you both,” I whispered softly.

“And we need you. Come on. Let’s go get in the hot tub, maybe do some massaging…”