Page 39 of The Married Alpha And His Arrow: Vol 1

Ted sighed, “It’s not for me that I’m keeping it. I’m a regular old lady at the hairdresser with her friends, but for the people that matter; I can keep a secret.” I agreed, “Fine. You first.” Ted laughed, “Typical. Matt is my, well he says mate.” I shrieked, “WHAT? WHY DIDN’T YOU TELL ME?! I DEMAND to meet him formally as a human and not his wolf. Oh my god! That’s why he got so angry when that guy started towards you.” I started to laugh, “You met your mate dressed as Stitch in a onesie. My GOD Ted, that is SO you.”

I heard laughter that wasn’t Ted’s. I asked, “He can still hear us?” Matt answered, “Yes, he can. Hello, Lex. Can I call you that? Ted talks about you a lot and he calls you Lex so often it just slipped out.” I said, “You’re my best friend’s mate. God, that’s weird to say. It’s actually hard not to say what we call it but whatever. The point is you can call me Lex.”

Matt grumbled, “You two could slip and say what you call it, that would be fine by me. I’m so curious. Anyway, werewolves have VERY good hearing.” I sighed, “Of course you do. I guess put me back on speaker.” Ted sounded amused when he said, “You are pointlessly back on speakerphone.”

I ranted, “I can’t believe you. Is that why you had on a scarf? Did he mark you?” Ted squealed, “Yes! LEX, I left my body and came back. The pleasure was so intensely amazing.” I couldn’t help but smile. I told him, “I’m glad you’re so happy. Damn I just thought he was that good in bed.”

Ted sighed dreamily, “GIRRLLLL, he is that good in bed. I’m planning to keep this between us still. We obviously have a leak, and I don’t want them after him because of me.” I frowned, “Matt seems like a really strong wolf. You don’t have to worry.” Ted snorted, “Do you tell the sun not to shine?” I acknowledged, “No, you’re right. What was I thinking?” I heard Matt ask, “Huh?

I explained, “Matt, Ted is the captain of the worry wart team.” Matt laughed, “I have noticed that about him.” I sighed, “He’s right though. There’s a leak, and it’s about me. You can keep him safe though, right?” Matt growled a little, “I will keep him safe.”

Ted harrumphed, “If you two are quite done making me want to throttle you both while kissing you both at the same time; It’s your turn, Lex. What did Noah lie to you about?” I sighed, “I only say this with Matt on the phone because as your st... BLAH it’s so hard. Your mate, you’d just tell him anyway. Until recently, I thought I was the only person who knew about this.”

Ted yelled, “What the HELL girl? Who else knows?” I huffed, “We will get to that. The night before our ceremony the Lieutenant snuck over to my place.” Ted gasped, “That fucker! I went a whole month without you, and he had the AUDACITY to tell me I couldn’t see you. We all knew you weren’t my person. I’m older than you, and VERY OPENLY gay!”

I teased, “You’re only older than me by six months.” Ted dismissed that, “I’m STILL older. Continue. Noah is a hypocrite and….” I cringed, “He told me he’d felt the pull to me since he was eighteen.” Ted gasped, “THAT MOTHER FUCKING ASSHOLE! I’ll kill him! He TRICKED you into sleeping with him?”

Matt interrupted, “Wait, what?” Ted asked him, “You felt a pull to me in some wolf way, right?” Matt laughed, “Yes.” Ted explained, “We feel our people’s version of that too. You don’t really even understand what it is until you are standing in front of your person that’s meant for you. It’s how it works for us.” Matt sighed, “Ok, I was hoping that would give me a clue as what the hell you two are, but I’ve got nothing.”

Ted brought the conversation back to me, “So, that’s why you changed your mind about waiting for your person, Lex? Because Noah lied to you?” I answered, “Yes. I mean I’d already had sex with him. Why wait, potentially for years, to do it again? Plus, I wanted to know if that’s what sex was like.”

Ted asked, “I’m sorry. My girl said what?” I admitted, “It was bad. The worst sex I’ve had bad. I wanted to know if it was really that bad. Everyone talks about it like it was fun, so I found it was just bad with him. A few others, but he was the worst.”

Ted started to cackle, “YOU ARE KIDDING?! Mr. I’m god’s gift to women in bed, is bad at sex?” I sighed, “With me he was. It was over so fast.” I could hear Matt chuckling. Ted connected the dots, “So that’s why Haley hates him. Which means the rumors are true. Someone DID have to elicit a promise for her not to kill Noah.”

I admitted, “Yes, I was passed out after drinking the whole fiasco away. Bjourn made her promise not to kill him UNLESS he caused a problem.” Ted was laughing, “I KNEW IT! I knew that was true! This all makes so much sense.” I sighed, “I’m not done.” Ted huffed, “Of course you aren’t.”

I admitted, “The Lieutenant walked towards me at the ceremony on purpose. To hurt me when he turned to Sally. The people in between her and I are the ones who know the truth. He didn’t ever feel like I was pulling him. He knew it was Sally, he smirked at me before he turned to her. I didn’t know they’d seen it.”

Ted gasped, “But Sally was….” I interrupted, “She’s known all along apparently. I only found that out recently. I never knew, but I guess Susanna came to see me because she was nervous. She heard his confession, and the start of things happening. Before I arrived that day, she’d told all the girls that it was official, he was mine.”

Ted sounded sad, “Oh my god. My poor girls. HOLY SHIT! Sally isn’t trying to have a baby then. Is she?” I quickly shut that down, “I can’t talk about that.” Ted ranted, “Don’t talk, I will. That mother fucker! It HAS to be Noah. He was so controlling when you guys were together. This is him. He wants you back in the fold under his thumb. This business is different from you staying away and going on missions. He doesn’t want you to be happy. FUCK HIM! He wants to have his person and you! HOW DARE HE! Matt and I had to FLEE from my apartment last night. I spent MONTHS getting that place together. Now, I’m in a stupid hotel. A nice hotel but stupid.”

I bit my lip, “Which is why I’m your best friend.” Ted asked, “Huh?” I laughed, “I’m going to text you an address. I had Haley mirror your apartment from pictures. It’s a house though, so there are things for you to tweak. It’s actually not too far from my house. You will be able to see it when you get there. Once you bring Matt past the fairy barrier, he will be able to see it too. It’s just like mine. Anyone you bring in can come back and see it just fine. Just be careful who all you let in. I wanted you to have somewhere to be just in case. Well, I didn’t think we were going to be hiding from our people, but you get the point.”

Ted sniffled, “You had Haley conjure a safe house for me like yours?” I gently replied, “You’re my best friend. You know I’ll do whatever I have to when it comes to your safety.” Ted said, “You are amazing. I am so grateful Matt had us come here so I didn’t get abducted in the middle of the night.”

Matt growled, “That wouldn't have happened.” Ted laughed continuing, “It really is a great hotel. Apparently, it’s your sister from another mother’s husband’s place.” I agreed, “So it must be nice.” Ted admitted, “It is. It’s just not home.”

I sent Ted a text then told him, “I sent you the address. Get settled, and hopefully Matt can go with you to your event tomorrow.” Matt said, “I’ll talk to my Alpha. If I can't, someone will be there if this threat is still present.” Good.

I instructed, “Let me know if Matt can’t go. I’ll figure something out.” Ted said, “I would be perfectly fine at an event. You two have the nerve to try to take my title of Worrier King. My crown is firmly planted on my head, and you can’t have it.” I laughed, “Get moving to your place.” Ted said, “Damn, it really is close to your place. WE CAN HAVE SLEEPOVERS!” I laughed, “I do think several steps ahead for a reason.” I hung up.

My phone rang seconds later. I smiled answering, “Hello, Haley.” Haley immediately said, “I might have eviscerated your brother with my words. By might of I mean I did, and you are free to get out of lockdown.” I laughed asking, “How did you manage that?”

Haley told me, “Bjourn and Eric say I have a way with words. I also might have somewhat incapacitated the fucking Troll.” I snorted, “What happened?” Haley explained, “It’s not my fault. I would like to throw that out there into the damn universe.” I agreed, “Of course it’s not.”

Haley said, “See, there I was going about my day when I got an emergency call from your brother. I popped to him right away, and he DEMANDED I tell him where you were. I was very confused because my emergency calls are usually to go in and find you undercover, make sure you are ok, or go kick some ass with you. Your brother explained the situation. I was about to tell him where I was going to shove my shoe when the Troll walked up to us. He was fucking rude. I might have had lightning strike him.”

I commented, “I didn’t know you could do that.” Haley sighed, “Truthfully, I didn’t either. It’s new. I just imagined lightning striking him and BAM passed out Troll. Then I brought the rain and had it out with your brother. I used one of the many favors he owes me to back off of you and Ted. Plus, while I was there, word went out that your mark came into town to speak with Alpha Kyle. It did not go well, and Alpha Kyle had to kill him. See, I just know that’s not true. Because I thought to myself, Lexi asked for weapons to be concealed behind the hotel.”

I sighed, “I’d rather not discuss it. TeleTed handled the cover story, and we needed to throw them off us or we’d be on lockdown. There’s another leak, and this one is coming at me.” Haley yelled, “I fucking knew it! I KNEW IT! First, you have a shit alias and now an old mark coming in town. FUCK. I’m going to tell Eric without telling Eric your real identity when I can’t lie.”

She complained, “GOD, being a fairy is too damn hard. I WILL solve this puzzle though. I don’t want you or Ted getting hurt. Next time you have a body drop, I’ll help with the cleanup. Or make it look like they never made it into town. Harper’s boytoy lover LOVES it when I ask him to do things.”

I laughed, “Gunner loves you like a sister.” Haley snorted, “Not like any brother I have.” I teased, “Like a normal brother. You bicker, but you also enjoy teasing each other. He would do anything for you, and you for him.” Haley agreed, “You’re right. I would never let anything happen to him. Is that because of him or Harper though?” I laid down on my bed, “I think it’s both. You see him how you see your brother’s mates.”

Haley teased, “Hey now, who’s studying to be the therapist here?” I laughed, “I’m just glad you’re opening up to see these things.” Haley admitted, “Me too. You know I’d never let anyone hurt you, right?” I smiled, “I do.”

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