Everyone else followed, and Ezra shut the door.
Molly jerked upright and gasped. Her eyes went wide as she looked around. “How’d you do that?”
Daddy blew out a relieved breath. “Thank fuck. It worked? Are the noises gone?”
“Yes! How?”
“We’ve worked around the clock to build this insulated room, Little one. The walls are thick and filled with a material that blocks out all sound. I was awake half the night thinking after the headset helped you settle, trying to figure out a way to make it so you wouldn’t have to wear the headset all the time.”
She couldn’t stop grinning. The relief was tremendous.
Daddy turned her to face the two men she didn’t know. He pointed toward the first one. “This is Damon. His mate is Olivia. She’s the one I told you about whose human side is blind, but her wolf can see.”
Damon smiled at her.
“And this is my brother, Felix. His mate is Khloe. She’s the one I told you whose wolf is large. She and Olivia both have unusual attributes like you do.”
Molly shifted her attention back to her Daddy. “You think I have unusual attributes?”
He chuckled. “I’m sure of it. We just don’t know what it means yet.”
“What is it that you hear, Little one?” Ezra asked.
“I’m not sure. It seems like everything.”
“And you never experienced this before your mating?” he asked.
“No, sir.” Molly was so relieved that she was shaking.
Daddy rubbed her back, still holding her. She hoped he wouldn’t put her down. She was only wearing the nightgown and a diaper. She didn’t want anyone to see either of those.
Daddy kissed her cheek. “You panicked when I carried you outside. Was it louder out there?”
“So loud, Daddy. Like ten thousand people screaming.”
“People?” Damon asked.
She shrugged. “And twigs and every animal in the forest. And everyone nearby who was talking.”
The men all glanced at each other. “No one was nearby talking, Baby girl,” Daddy told her. “Some other Alpha Protectors were keeping watch over us, but they weren’t talking.”
She frowned. “I’m sure they were.”
He patted her bottom. “Okay. Well, you can’t hear any of the noises in here, right?”
She smiled. “No. It’s so nice.”
“I’d like to step back out of the room. Do you think you can focus on what you hear so you can tell us, Little one?”
“I’ll try.”
“I’m going to take you outside for a minute, too, so you can compare. Then we’ll come back in here, okay?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Does it hurt?” he asked before opening the door.
She thought for a moment. “I guess it sort of hurts. It’s more like annoying. I can’t focus or hear what I need to hear because of all the other noise. Imagine if you were in a building and the fire alarm went off beside your head. You would feel a sort of pain and cover your ears. People around you might be shouting over it, but you would only see their lips moving. Annoying.”
