Page 30 of My Mate

He couldn’t stop thinking about the premonition Lucinda had shared with him, but also Casey’s fear. He had a horrible feeling his mate would attempt to flee the pack. So far, she was sticking around, but he had learned she was attempting to interrogate pack members.

Casey wasn’t known for being very … open with the pack. She’d always been nice and kind, and the pack loved her. Now, she was even more chatty, asking questions, finding out what the pack really thought of her not being able to turn into a wolf.

By the time Dex finished unloading the truck, he headed back to town and parked outside the diner, where his father waited with his lunch.

He came to the truck window, and Dex rolled it down. The cold was getting worse.

“How are the deliveries going?” Klaus asked.

“Good. I think.” He opened the foil-wrapped package and took a large bite out of the sandwich. He was starving and needed all the food he could get.

“Do you want to talk about whatever is bothering you?” Klaus asked.

“Nothing’s bothering me.”

Klaus crossed his arms in front of his chest. “Fine, how about you tell me why Casey is taking it upon herself to start asking the pack how they feel about her not being able to transition?”

Dex swallowed a lump of the sandwich. “You’ve heard about that, huh?”

“Yeah, I heard.”

“It’s nothing. I think it is just her frustration.”

His father took another step toward the truck. “Dex, if you don’t tell me the truth, there is no way I can help you. I want to help.”

Dex took another bite of his sandwich, only this time he didn’t quite taste it. He didn’t know if Lucinda had shared this premonition with him to be kept secret.

His father would find out. If Casey had known he’d gone out to Lucinda’s, then his father already knew. Just looking in his eyes, he knew it was true.

“Don’t get mad,” Dex said.

And he told his dad everything he knew, including the premonition that his death is caused by the fact Casey doesn’t change into a wolf and save him. She’s not able to.

“You’ve got to promise me that if this happens, you cannot hunt her down. It is not your fault.”

“Fuck!” Klaus’s jaw clenched.

“Dad, please,” Dex said.

He knew his father loved him, but seeing his anger was quite a shock to him.

Klaus shook his head in a similar way to Casey.

“No, son, this is not going to happen. Casey is doing the right thing by asking the pack. We need to find out who would dare touch you, and I’m going to Lucinda. She has been warned about this.” He opened the door of the truck. “Move over.”

Dex had no choice but to move out of the way.

His dad was currently no longer his father, but the Alpha of the pack, and Dex had no choice but to follow what he ordered.

“Dad, I don’t want you to get upset over this.”

His father didn’t say a word but pushed the truck into reverse and pulled out of the parking spot.

Dex was hungry, but food was the last thing on his mind. He didn’t want to start eating his sandwich until he knew his dad wasn’t going to do anything stupid.

“You’ve got to listen to me—”

“No, you need to stop giving me warnings, and what you need to do is eat your food and let me deal with this. Lucinda knows she shouldn’t be sharing this with you. The future is too easy to get wrong. People make different and difficult choices all the time.” He slammed his hand on the steering wheel.

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