Page 134 of The Alpha and His Childhood Sweetheart

EJ popped in with his brothers, sisters, and Eric. My father in law immediately snarled. Haley pinned Julie and said, “I should really just kill your pathetic ass, but now you can answer to your own Werewolf council why you attacked me in a hotel where a human could’ve seen. You’re welcome to keep them out by the way, someone will have to get the surveillance footage.”

She threw Julie at Liam, our Lead Male Warrior, and said, “Please do something with that bitch.” She kissed Eric passionately then pulled away. He growled and reached for her, but she popped back to her seat.

She said, “Now, where were we?” Eric was stunned, “You cannot be serious.” Haley frowned, “Of course I am. These brunch’s are important. Google says so.” I heard Dylan Frost say, “Yeah SGAP. Google says so.” I couldn’t stop my laughter.

Everyone else started laughing too. The guys stepped out of the restaurant. Cassie’s mate took his seat. He whispered in my ear, “You just can’t be late for these things, can you?” I laughed, “No, you really can’t.”

Flashback Ends

I shook that memory away still loving that Haley INSISTED we have our brunch afterwards before dealing with the fallout. She was just like that. Rhea chimed in, “Epic fallout.” Yeah, it was pretty up there in glorious falls for a bitchy she wolf.

EJ was still chastising the girls who just weren’t getting it. Rhea snorted, “Told you we should’ve just killed a bitch.” She might have a point. Rhea purred, “Progress. I am makingprogress. I can feel it.” EJ ordered our Warriors to make sure the girls left the territory.

Rhea was victorious, “Ohhh he wants a quickie too. If only you two were down to stay right here so those catty bitches could hear our screams of ecstasy as they fled. It would be beautiful sexual justice.” I shrieked, “RHEA!” Rhea sighed, “I’m going to keep working on this with you. I’ll bring you out of that shell of yours.” I rolled my eyes.

EJ popped us to one of our treehouses. It wasn’t exactly a quickie, but it wasn’t long either. Rhea purred, “No complaints from my end.” I reasoned, “I’m not complaining either.” EJ and I teased each other about it. Rhea huffed, “We can’t link him every time these she wolves give us trouble.”

No, we couldn’t because he’d never get anything done. Plus, these catty bitches needed to spread the word that I could take them all on my own. Haley never ran to Eric when the crazies came for him. She slapped them, sometimes literally, into their places. I could handle it.

EJ brought up the party. Rhea cackled, “Should we tell him about our theory?” I wanted to sigh but didn’t. Buttercup, Micah, and I had a meeting yesterday. Cassie’s mate called in, but he wasn’t worried about Cassie’s reaction. Honestly, neither were we. We knew that we would be the ones with the problem if Angela’s mate popped in.

Tim and Brady were probably going to be the most sensitive about it since they’d just turned sixteen and heard about Haley’s past. Parker, Cole, and Calvin were still sensitive about Fairy things too. Rhea encouraged, “We should give him a heads up.”

I took her advice and that had us discuss avoiding the Cassie situation. The whole thing was ridiculous, but I knew EJ still felt bad about it. Rhea groaned, “Come on! They were joking around. It wasn’t their fault. They had no idea. UGH. I CANNOT get into that again.” No joke.

I teased him that we needed to get back. He snapped us into our clothes and popped us to the party. I linked Buttercup, “Did we miss it?” Buttercup gave me a look and then glanced around the room. She asked, “Do you think you did?” I bit my lip acknowledging, “As no one is losing their mind, I’m going with no.” Buttercup winked, “Exactly. You didn’t miss a thing.” I asked her, “Is your dad here yet?” Buttercup snorted, “Nope. He’s going to be so upset if he misses this moment.”

I linked Haley, “Maybe getting Grant, Bryce, and Bradley out of the immediate area would be good.” Haley’s Fairy past was bound to come up if all of us speculating were right about Angela. Haley replied, “I have them ready to bring Angela’s present that I put in the Hackura realm. They promised only to pop or portal in when I tell them to come.” She was always seven steps ahead.

Angela popped over to Haley. Buttercup linked me, “Explosion in three, two…” She trailed off then groaned, “Ohhh Wesley’s already mad. He figured it out. Defcon five everyone.” I mean it was obvious now. Angela asked about a Fairy family.

I could feel the war happening in EJ’s emotions. He was upset, but he was trying to remain calm. At least I had that going for me. Rhea linked, “Brutus is not happy but he’s not just growling so that’s a bonus.” Maybe this would be ok on my end.

Almost a minute later Trixie, Farrin, and their kids popped in. Angela immediately blushed and introduced herself to Klaus. He was only three years older than her. Rhea linked, “The Moon Goddess is good. That age is workable.” No age would really matter, but it would be easier for us mates to sell to our partners. Plus, they were so cute.

Buttercup linked me, “Awww, look at them.” I agreed their interaction was adorable. I got so lost in it that I actually jumped when Eric lost it. Maybe we should’ve warned him. Buttercup linked me, “We can’t do anything about him.”

I gaped when Haley yelled at him. I linked Buttercup, “Hell just froze over, but Haley’s got this.” Buttercup bit her lip, “I’ve never heard her yell at him like that.” Neither had I. Well, they argued when people weren’t around.

Rhea linked, “Something has obviously gone down with Farrin and Haley. That’s why she’d stopped him from talking.” Micah linked me, “I want to look away, but I can’t. I have never been more interested in a silent link conversation between two people. If only I could write a code to crack it so I could listen in.” I bit my lip so I wouldn’t laugh.

I linked my mom, “What’s the tea?” She laughed, “I couldn’t ruin the moment you find out.” I groaned and she just laughed. Dakota linked, “How dare you not tell me this beef! What’s happening?” I admitted, “I have no idea what’s going on.” He said, “I’m siccing Cooper on dad. He’ll get it out of him. Link me or Dalton if you find out.” I wanted to laugh but I liked the plan.

Haley took control of the room. Angela was near tears, but Eric quickly got her back to being her happy self. She skipped outside with Klaus. The rest of us went to the office. Cassie popped in and Haley took everyone to task. Buttercup linked me, “We were worried for nothing. We should’ve just left it all to Haley.”

I joked, “You and Micah need to stop making me almost laugh. It’s not the time.” Buttercup smiled at me. Haley refuted all of Eric’s points about the newly mated pair. I linked Dalton when I found out what happened with Farrin.

“Brother, I hope you are sitting down. Eric’s problem is that Farrin tried to have sex with Haley at their wedding when she went into her concupiscence.” He shouted, “WHAT?!” Buttercup and Micah linked me at the same time, “NO FUCKING WAY!” I would not have guessed that.

Rhea agreed, “He never seemed attracted to her.” There were Fairies who were overt and obvious about their interest in Haley.Farrin never seemed that way. Haley made excellent points in her rebuttals. I linked Dalton, “You cannot imagine the drama in this room.” He snorted, “Based on what you said I kind of can.”

Cassie smirked and linked me, “Some days I consider going by Veronica, but then I remember the real reason my name is Cassie.” I replied, “She doesn’t mean you anyway.” I teased, “Aren’t you happy you didn’t miss all this?” She agreed, “I definitely am.”

The guys did eventually calm down once Haley reminded them this was about Angela’s happiness. I felt for Haley in this situation. She worked really hard to overcome her demons. She even went to Faerie frequently with the Conners pups.

Sometimes I could tell when a bad memory was surfacing. She would freeze, but her face was a vault. She did a lot better there now though. I’d seen a few genuine smiles from her. The mood took a turn for the better. Farrin and Haley were even bantering.

When Cassie jumped in with her comments, I agreed with her wholeheartedly there. We needed to avoid that again. Rhea cackled, “Cassie and Rain just popped out with that parting line.” Yeah, I was all for her comments until that line.

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