Page 30 of The Broken Aztec Princesses

“Apologies, Rose. I was in the middle of training.”

Cade raised his eyebrow at the name, and a corner of his mouth quirked when he noticed how much it annoyed me.

‘There was no training today,’I hissed via mind-link.

‘I wasn’t about to tell them I was tending grapes,’he replied.

“This is Beta Hugh,” I introduced him instead of giving him a piece of my mind.

Cade and John shook his hand. Hugh came around the desk and tossed a hand over my shoulder. I pushed it off, starting to lose my cool.

‘You’re fucking pushing it,’I growled.

‘I’m just trying to make sure they know you’re not alone, Luna. Make sure they see they can’t step all over you.’

I would feel touched if I didn’t know it was absolute and total bullshit. Hugh just wanted to make it seem like he had more power than he had.

“As I was saying, we’ve got about a hundred and thirty beds if your unmated wolves don’t mind the dorm style bedrooms we set up in the pack house, and I have another 30 houses ready for any families—”

“I didn’t bring any families,” Cade interrupted.

“What?”

“I left all the families in Crescent Moon. I only brought unmated wolves. They’ve got less shit to haul around, and Crescent Moon has a school the little ones can attend.”

“Then, I guess you can decide who bunks together in the houses,” I said, pushing over the maps I had printed and marked all the empty, habitable houses around the pack. “Most of the pack house is empty, so first come first serve on rooms unless you want to organize them yourself. I marked Hugh’s apartment,so they know to stay away from his wing and I’ve got a room ready for you on the alpha floor.” I told him and then hesitated.

“But?” Cade asked, seeing the hesitation reflected on my face.

“Violet is up there. Two doors down from yours. Some... things, happened to her last year. She’s uncomfortable with people approaching her, men especially. I’d prefer if you didn’t wander around up there too much.”

“If she remembers m—”

“It’s not just strangers, Cade. It’s almost everyone. It took our family months to be able to hug her again.”

“I understand. I’ll be mindful.” Cade answered, sitting back with a frown.

I was thankful he didn’t ask me what happened. It wasn’t my story to tell.

“Dinner is at six, but it might be a little late while my staff gets used to the added people.”

“I brought our chef. He’s ready to jump in and help if he’s shown where everything is.”

“Tomorrow. He should settle in first. I’m sure it was a long drive.”

“Patrol schedules next?”

We spent the next few hours deciding on a plan for the next few months, though Cade was honest and stated he was already looking for his new pack grounds and was hoping it wouldn’t take more than a couple of months to find a decent place for his people. He had three real estate agents competing against each other for the commission, so he was hopeful.

A few months was enough to get through the worst, and I was more than grateful that he was willing to help with the harvest.

“I run training every day in the mornings,” Hugh stated when Cade asked how we wanted to divide his people. “Your people can join, and we can assess them and see where they place.”

Cade’s eyebrows furrowed, and he looked over at me. “I was under the impression that you needed help with harvesting and processing the grapes, not training.”

“That’s correct. However, if you want your people to train, I can work with a few less each morning. We do have rogues occasionally pushing through the borders, so anyone patrolling needs to be able to protect themselves.”

“I’m sure they’ll be fine. What time do you start your day?”

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