Page 14 of His Protective Bear

“I promise he’s not in trouble,” I reassured the young omega. “And he’s lucky to have you.”

His smile at that time was blinding. “He says that all the time. But I’m the lucky one.” He looked at his mom, “Can I go call Cam now, please?”

“Go on, honey,” she said, and Lucas waved at me and ran back to the house.

Maybe I needed to take tips from this young alpha. He seemed to have things more figured out than I did.

Linc moved to follow, “One-second son,” I said.

He turned to me, “I won’t apologize to him. Lucas is too young for anything like that.”

I looked at Mr. Muller, and the man looked like he was about to say something, but I shook my head.

“You were protecting your brother Lincoln, and I understand, but Cameron’s his mate. Maybe you need to talk to him but without your fist this time. I have a feeling as much as you want to protect your brother, he wants the same thing. Maybe the two of you can find some common ground,” I suggested.

He shrugged, and his mom nudged him.

“Fine,” he said, “Can I go now?”

“You may,” I said.

When it was just me and the older Mullers, I smiled at them. “I don’t think this needs to be an official call.”

“Thanks, Sheriff,” Mr. Muller said. “I guess we need to have a conversation with Lucas.”

“Well, if that’s all, I’ll be on my way,” I said.

When I moved to leave, Mrs. Muller's voice stopped me. “And if you don’t mind me saying, you deserve better than an omega that doesn’t have the good sense to see what he has.”

I growled and turned toward both Mullers. They must have seen something in my face because they took a step back. I drew in a deep breath and told myself to calm down while forcing my bear to do the same. We were both sensitive about anyone talking badly about our mate.

“Good day,” I said and didn’t wait for a reply. I walked back to my car and got in.

If anyone thought I would give up on my mate, they knew nothing about me. Clearly, someone had damaged Sage’s trust, and it was up to me to show him I was being honest.

I went straight home and informed my deputies that I would be available on my phone if they needed me.

My brothers must have been looking out for me because the second I pulled into my drive, they were on me, all of them, their mates included. And since my parents weren’t there and my nieces and nephews were absent as well, I knew where they were. Which meant they’d all heard.

“Is this the intervention committee,” I asked, brow raised.

“Do you need intervention?” Rhys asked, his lips twitching.

“Guess you all heard.”

“Yup,” Austin replied.

“Guess we should go inside,” I sighed and started walking, knowing they would follow.

Once we were all seated in my living room, Rhys spoke first. “I hate to say I told you so.”

Gabe snorted, “You love to say I told you so.”

We all chuckled, and Rhys shrugged, “Well, it would be nice if someone proved me wrong and I didn’t have to.”

“Yeah, yeah, maybe you were right. I shouldn’t have ambushed him,” I sighed, rubbing my brow.

Nash leaned forward and, in a low voice, said, “I’m sorry about the bad advice.”

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