“Shall we call a meeting of the Griffins tonight and let them know?”
“Yeah, that’s a good idea. They should be warned.”
Rory and Sebastian got on the line and called a meeting. Almost everyone agreed to show up at the clubhouse that evening.
The day went by excruciatingly slowly. He had to resist the urge to call Colby or Savvy every five minutes to find out what was going on. Rory knew that they would call if there was any hint of trouble. They were radio silent.
Luckily, he didn’t have court, so his inability to focus didn’t hurt him too much. He found himself reading the same portions of a deposition several times without any comprehension. His kids were his life. If anything happened to them, he would slaughter everyone even remotely associated with the people involved. He was also worried about Savvy. She sounded very brave when she said that she had great self-defense skills, but she wouldn’t stand a chance against more than one person attacking, especially shifters. He couldn’t stand the thought of her getting hurt, especially when it wasn’t even her battle.
He rushed home and grabbed some dinner. The kids wanted a game night, but he said, “Maybe tomorrow night. There’s something that Daddy has to take care of tonight.”
They nodded. “I bet that we can talk Amy, Rosa, and Colby into playing Pictionary tonight,” Savvy said.
“Of course. You know I’m the master at that game,” Rosa said.
“You wish,” Colby said. “My team always wins.”
“That’s because I’m on your team,” Drake declared.
Everyone laughed and Rory was depressed when he pulled on his jeans, T-shirt, and vest and then headed to the clubhouse.
Once again, Rory explained what happened. There were various calls for the Griffins to annihilate the Silver Fangs.
Finally, once the uproar began to die down, Sebastian said, “I think that the best thing for us to do is to go talk to the leader and give him a warning. We’ll let him know that if anything like that happens again, the offending club members will be annihilated. We can tell him that if he has anything to say to us, he should say it to our faces and not harass our women and children.”
“I think that’s a good idea,” Rory said. “Shall we take a trip?”
The Griffins rode their bikes to the Silver Fangs’ headquarters. Everyone wanted to go inside, but Sebastian said, “No. Rory and I will go in. The rest of you guys hang out here. You’ll know if there’s trouble and we need you.”
They grumbled but obeyed.
Rory and Sebastian walked inside and all of the Silver Fangs stood, posturing for a fight.
“Well, well, well. Look who just walked in,” a large, grizzled man in the back said. He sat in a high chair at the end of the bar. “To what do we owe the honor of your visit?” he asked sarcastically.
“Blackjack, we need to have a conversation,” Sebastian said.
A couple of the Silver Fangs moved toward Rory and Sebastian and reached for them, but Blackjack, seemingly amused said, “Let them speak.”
Rory stood tall, with his shoulders back and head up. He stared straight into Blackjack’s eyes. “Three of your members came by yesterday. They were in the woods and approached my kids’ nanny to give me a warning, and then one of them clawed her face. If the Silver Fangs want to fight, we have some Griffins outside who are ready to go. If you, or any of your men, have something to say to me or anyone else in our club, say it to our faces. You and your men are to stay away from my house, my staff, and most especially my children. Only a coward would stalk children and a small, defenseless woman.”
“Who paid a visit to his house last night?” Blackjack asked, looking at the men in the room. No one spoke up.
“Let me make this clear. Our fight is with the Griffins – not their women and children. Stay away from them,” he said.
Rory wasn’t sure how serious the order was, but it was at least a start.
“As for the warning, you should heed it. The Silver Fangs are moving in. You can either join us or be destroyed.”
Sebastian laughed and said, “We’re not joining forces. And if you want to settle this right now, we can.”
Rory could feel the tension in the air as all of the Silver Fangs stiffened and got ready to fight.
“Nah, I’m not in the mood right now. We’re just having a nice, relaxing evening. Have a good day.”
Rory half expected to feel knives in his back as they walked out, but the Silver Fangs let them pass. Sebastian reported what went on inside the clubhouse.
“Do you think he meant the order when he said women and children are off limits?” one of them asked.