Page 178 of The Married Alpha And His Arrow: Vol 1

King Arthur spoke, “It is rare for anyone in the supernatural community outside of the Princess and Bexley to ask us about our past. No one thinks to do so. Yet you cleverly have, lass. I will think about this with my child. Your safety is paramount to Susanna, and she is with you not infrequently. Let’s plan to reconvene after Thanksgiving.” I nodded and they stood.

I inclined my head, “Thank you, your majesty. If I could speak to you privately for a moment. I would appreciate it.” King Arthur laughed, “Of course, lass. Are you sure you’re not part fairy? I’ve never known the Hood to be as entertaining as this group has been lately.”

I asked, “Group?” King Arthur gestured to those of us in the room. I pointed out, “We are not fairies.” King Arthur shrugged. Robert pointed out, “They do spend time with the Princess, and she has fairy blood.” King Arthur laughed, “So they do.”

Everyone else left. Kincade was shifting back and forth on his feet as I closed the door. King Arthur observed, “Your guard is uncomfortable. He thinks you will ask me a question I know you will not.” I frowned, “What question?” King Arthur smiled, “About your Alpha wolf, lass.”

I groaned, “Does anyone not know about that?” King Arthur laughed, “Not people that are paying attention, and people who are waiting for you to them yourself.” He said pointedly. I pushed my guilt about Haley aside.

I said, “Speaking of Haley.” King Arthur interrupted, “Were we?” I replied, “Yes, and you know it. She mentioned you’d be the one to ask if her Aunt ever met my parents and took them to some special fairy bank.”

King Arthur acknowledged, “She’s right, I would know. Faelynn took your parents there once, but it was not her who took them originally. It’s my understanding from my love that your parents were taken six times. Only the last time was by my Princess.”

I asked, “Do you know why the Queen would help my parents?” King Arthur replied, “I do not know definitively. I can guess it has to do with her daughter and yourself.” I nodded, “Thank you.” King Arthur stood, “I’ll think upon strategies for you.” They left.

Ted asked, “What was that about?” I answered, “A question about Haley’s aunt. She said he’d know.” Ted teased, “Evasive. We have been spending a lot of time with Haley. Time to get ready for the club. PLEASE Goddess let Haley have a different outfit for you.” I laughed.

Chase really was shutting down his club. I unzipped the second bag in my closet as Ted and Sally changed. Haley had conjured a pink and black dress. The top was hot pink and tied on one shoulder, and the rest was black.

Ted snorted, “I knew she’d get you in pink.” I smiled, “It’s mostly black.” Ted gestured for me to get moving, “Hurry and change we are meeting them at the club.” I flashed through my wardrobe change. We beat the guys and ordered drinks.

Cameron and Reagan walked in seconds later. Reagan joined us, “I’m so excited about this!” She bumped my hip, “Last time we were here, I was just convinced you were Chase’s mate. Now I know.” I laughed, “Apparently it’s not a well-kept secret.” Cameron choked on his drink.

I felt the tingles as arms encircled me. Cameron broke up our kiss. Reagan snorted, “Like he hasn’t seen worse.” I bit my lip. They guys were talking about hearing us last night. I shot Ted a look. He was serious? He just nodded. God... Were we really that loud? I shrugged it off. Werewolves had great hearing. What was I to do?

The whole night was so much fun. Part of me longed for Haley to be here with her own Alpha wolf. It would’ve made the group feel complete. Ted grabbed me and we ran to request our song to sing. We all belted it out. I looked at Ted towards the end of the song.

This was where Haley would’ve done some fairy thing that made us all hover over the ground for a few seconds. Tears filled my eyes because she should be here, and it was my fault she wasn’t. I pushed that aside and ran over to Chase. He could make me feel like less of a shitty friend.

The sex definitely took my mind off things. I was just going to have to add all his offices to our list. Along with mine. When we straightened back up and went back out no one was there. Now I felt awful. I was relieved when Chase said they were all just off having sex too. I was only winning the world's worst friend/big sister in one of my relationships.

Everyone came back out, and we danced and drank the night away. I teased Chase about Kincade and Carry. His reaction told me Haley was right about wolves being sexist if Chase was actually worried for Kincade. I’d fuck anyone up who tried to hurt Kincade for finding his mate. He had my back, and I’d have his.

The weeks flew by. Kincade and Carry were so cute together at the office. None of the werewolves seemed to realize what was happening. Kincade would bring Carry lunch on Tuesday and Thursdays. Coincidentally, those were the days Kincade would sit in our office for his “turn.” I swear the werewolves were blind.

Before I knew it Thanksgiving was upon us. Kincade actually asked me to confirm twice Carry wasn’t going to be in the office. He offered to sit with her while she worked. I wanted to wave a sarcastic flag saying: Nope. Not her mate at all.

How can no one see this? I had to tell him she was with family because no one worked on Thanksgiving. He actually looked like I’d ruined his whole day. I’d have to see if Carry could work a Saturday into her schedule to make up for this because Kincade looked like I kicked his puppy and I hated seeing him look so sad.

The morning of Thanksgiving Chase and I welcomed it with a bang before I had to get to the Shroud. I left with Matt and Ted. When we got there, we split off. Ted sighed, “You know you and Heath are welcome at our family’s Thanksgiving. We could just combine them. It’s only two extra people.”

I smiled, “You know it’s our thing. Our parents loved Thanksgiving.” Ted sighed, “Still, if you guys want to join the door is open.” I nodded, “I’ll tell him.” It just wouldn’t happen because it really was one way that we felt closer to our parents.

I flashed to Heath’s house. His front door was wide open. My heart stopped, and my blood ran cold. Heath never left his door open like that. Never. Not once. I ran to get the bow I had hidden outside his place.

I slunk inside. The oven timer was going off, but no one was in the house. I opened the oven and pulled out the Turkey that was thankfully not burned. I heard a noise behind me. I whirled, pulling my bow and arrow. Isaiah raised his hands in the air, “He’s on his way back.”

I instantly lowered my bow. He sighed and continued, “He texted me to let you know. He got pulled into an emergency.” I questioned, “Is everyone ok?” Isaiah nodded, “Heath got there in time. Everyone is fine.” Heath flashed in. He groaned, “Damn. I was hoping I’d get back before you.” I dropped my bow and punched him in the shoulder. I yelled at him, “YOU DO NOT leave things IN the oven with it ON when you run out of your house. That’s how you start fires, you dork!”

I was trying to get my heart rate back to normal. Heath looked at me and knew what was wrong. Isaiah excused himself quickly. Heath pulled me into a hug, “I’m alright. I’m so sorry. It was an emergency I had to run out.” I exhaled, “When I saw your door open…” Heath interrupted, “I know, Lex. I’m fine though.”

I took a deep breath and backed away, “So besides slightly overdone turkey, what are we looking at eating?” Heath laughed. He put on the football game and we both sat on the couch. He had beer for himself and wine coolers for me. I could never convince myself to like beer.

We always did a low key Thanksgiving. We’d watch the game and have some drinks with Turkey. It wasn’t stressful for anyone. Heath asked, “Are you going to Chase’s for dinner?” I answered, “That’s the plan. I’ll have my phone on me for Noel though.” Heath nodded.

I asked, “What was your emergency?” Heath sighed, “A string moment that was hard.” I asked, “Who was it?” Heath sighed, “One of our girls that just turned eighteen a few months ago. Her string is a Mintor.” I gasped, “WHAT? They are our enemies!”

Heath held up his hands, “This one just wants to be with her, but her family was not receptive.” I pointed out, “He could kill her.” Heath replied, “She could kill him too. We are deadly. Besides, he doesn’t want to kill her. He’s been with us for two months since they found each other in one of our secure cells. I even had Haley do her truth thing. He just wants to be with her. He didn’t even try to defend himself when they attacked him.”

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