Page 20 of The Alpha Warrior's Mate

“He really is.”

They stepped in, strolling away with the babies, and Jeremy offered to take me on a date—an ice cream date.

“Or…”

“Or?” He stopped walking and gave me his undivided attention. “Or what? I’m up for anything.”

“Fabulous, because what I have in mind requires us both to be up.” Before I finished my sentence, Jeremy had me in his arms and was carrying me straight to our room. There had been a time when I’d have argued that I was too heavy, or that I could walk, but that time wasn’t today. This was so much faster than my waddling, and I couldn’t wait to strip my mate naked and have a little snack.

Chapter Seventeen

Jeremy

All the omega mates were now involved in team meetings, which was a good thing. We gathered around the table in the kitchen at Tyrus’ request. He had news.

His news involved all of us.

Jack and Hutch had made some cookies, which they raved about, saying they were good for all of us. Clay took two and a huge glass of milk with him to the table. My omega wasn’t shy at all about eating for two. I swore that some days he grew bigger overnight.

He was a beautiful sight.

“Alright, Tyrus, what’s happening?” Hammer asked after getting Grey seated next to him.

“Look at this.” Tyrus sat down after Sloan did and passed around a list of properties. They were all listed as owned by a certain company.

We all paused, reading over the companies when King let out a curse. Jack congratulated him on it. Jack loved to say the word fuck. Aziz chuckled and wrapped his arm around his mate and kissed Jack’s temple.

“What am I missing?” Maverick asked. “A bunch of properties owned by shifter companies?”

“Look at them. Closer. They are all the same company. Wulf Incorporated. Canis Lupus, LLC. All of them a form of wolf. I traced the addresses from the companies along with all their bank accounts. It’s all one entity. And this one…”

He pointed over my shoulder to one of the properties near the top. The place was purchased for over a million dollars. “A new electricity account was opened for this property three days ago. So, I went over there and scoped it out with Aziz.”

All heads turned to Aziz who was holding Bryant and very much not paying attention to the meeting at all. Jack nudged him and, finally, he looked to us. “What? Oh. Yeah, I went with the bear to see all the assholes moving in.”

Aziz’s mate and their young was his whole world now. There was a time when we didn’t see him for weeks or even months but, since admitting that Jack was his mate, he tried to stay close to home.

We all had jobs to do but our mates and families were first priority, always.

“They’re already moving guards in?” I asked, leaning forward to better inspect the property specs Tyrus had printed out. He even had pictures from search engines and maps. The bear was getting better and better at giving us as many details as possible.

Details were good in our line of work.

“They are. You know better than anyone what that means, Pop-Tart.”

Clay snickered beside me. No matter how many times he’d heard the nickname, he still cracked up when he heard others call me that.

“Hush, you,” I whispered in his ear. “Laughing at me like that will get you a spanking later.”

“I wasn’t laughing at you,” Clay murmured. “Besides, that’s not a punishment.”

Laughter around the table quieted as my wolf let out a growl. “It means, they are expecting a shipment and need to secure the property. I’m assuming you’ve seen some communication about a truck?”

Tyrus nodded. “Yeah. We need to move on it. Now. No time to waste.”

“Let’s go, then,” Aziz said. “The sooner we go, the sooner we get back.”

Everyone grunted agreement.

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