Page 49 of Mated To The King's Gamma
“What happened to him?”
“He was a werewolf. I had been holding off on changing him, knowing how horrific it is to do so?”
“What do you mean?” I ask, remembering Gannon had tried to change Abbie. Clarice shakes her head.
“That is something best explained by your mate.”
“So what happened to him, then?”
“This was just before your parents’ deaths. The hunter attacks were quite frequent, but they usually hit the packs. It was as if they used the packs for training when they hit them. Anyway, when we learned of the attacks, he wanted to help protect them, that they were his people, and he had family there. I refused at first, but he snuck off. Kyson found him dead and brought him home for me. He is buried in the cemetery by the river.”
“And you never thought to find a new mate?” I ask her.
“No, I loved my mate. After that, I focused on helping here. Put all my time into this place.”
“When I first came here, I was hired as a nanny. I raised Kyson, Liam, and Gannon all here. Damian, too; I love all the staff as if they were my own. Then, once the king was older, he kept me on, and I stayed. Then I found my mate, then lost him a short time later, and all I had was this place, so I moved back into the castle,” she tells me.
“So you never had a chance to have kids?”
She shakes her head.
“No, but I am hoping one day I will get to help you raise yours. When you’re ready, of course, to try again,” she tells me.
I smile sadly and nod. A short time later, Clarice rises to her feet and says she had to check the boys. Moments after she leaves, the fun abruptly stops when Damian bursts through the doors furiously.
“I take it back. Trey is not the fun police. My mate is!” Tandi says, flailing her hand at him. I have to agree with her because the look on his face is furious. Dustin moves quickly to my side as Damian storms in.
“You!” Damian snarls, and I glance between the table Liam and Tandi are dancing on and Damian. However, he is not looking at Tandi but at Liam. Liam looks over his shoulder at Damian.
“Me?” he says, pointing at himself when his eyes widen as Damian snarls and shifts. Tandi screams, flying off the table as it is upturned when Damian crashes on top of Liam. The air expelling from Liam’s lungs is audible as he hits the ground with the angry Lycan’s weight crushing the air from him. Tandi tries to separate the pair of them as they pummel each other, and Liam is far too drunk to even shift.
“Damian! What has gotten into you? Get off him!” Tandi screeches, ripping on his fur. Abbie giggles as she drunkenly stumbles over to me with her bunny slipper in her hand, clutching it as if it is some prized possession.
“Get ‘em, Tandi!” She squeals loudly beside me as Tandi jumps on Damian, clinging to him like a spider monkey as she bonks him on the head.
“I don’t think Damian is playing, Abbie,” I tell her. Abbie’s face suddenly turns serious as she looks at the pair, just as Damian punches Liam so hard his nose breaks.
“Woah! Not the fucking face! Body shots only prick!” Liam spits at him. Just as Tandi slides off Damian’s back and hauls Damian off him, Trey strolls over, sitting next to me.
“You’re not going to stop them?” I ask Trey, and he shrugs.
“Not unless you ask. Or they get too close to you,” Trey yawns. I look at Dustin, who also just shrugs.
“Liam can handle himself,” he says, appearing unperturbed by his boyfriend getting his ass handed to him.
“Stay the fuck away from my mate!” Damian spits at Liam. But good old Liam just doesn’t know when to shut his mouth, and I eye-roll so hard I swear I catch a glimpse of my brain when Liam laughs like a maniac.
“Not my fault she likes me more than you,” Liam taunts. That crazy ass Lycan has a death wish, and death is coming for him. As Damian spins on his heel so quickly, Liam only jumps out of the way of his foot as Damian goes to stomp him.
Damian’s foot misses him by mere inches when Liam punches Damian’s inner thigh as he reaches down to try to grab him. Which makes Damian grunt, and he drops his head.
Liam takes that opportunity to uppercut him. I hear the sound of his teeth gnashing before all hell breaks loose. Dustin sighs, stepping in front of us, acting as a shield. My heart skips a beat, and I grab Abbie, ripping her away as they come flying toward us. Trey quickly moves to block me as Liam comes flying toward us from a kick to the stomach. Trey grabs him, shoving him away and toward the doors, while Dustin shoves us behind him to the side.
“Out now!” Trey snarls, pointing toward the door while glaring at Liam, and I feel Kyson wake, and by God, they want to run before he gets here. Liam bows and looks at Dustin.
“Come on, Dustin, you can kiss my boo-boo’s better,” Liam purrs. Dustin growls and watches as he saunters out, and Trey blocks Damian as he follows him.
“Go, Trey is with me,” I tell Dustin, and he sighs, rushing off after him.
