Page 6 of Come and Get Me
Oh shit, I hadn’t wanted to get Marco in trouble. Anyone but him! I held my hands up. “It’s not that big of a deal, Father.”
Théoden cocked an eyebrow. “Oh, but it is. Misinformation like that can lead to disaster. Marco, though my oldest son, is not immune from my punishment if he fails me in any way. It will be dealt with.”
Fuck! After Théoden punished Marco, my ass was going to pay for it. This wasn’t my intention when I’d asked the question. Now I wished I’d just kept my mouth shut.
“And remain ignorant? What a disappointing sentiment, Noel. Marco will not punish you for his error. It pisses me off that you think so little of your brother.”
“I—”
“Don’t try to backtrack,” Théoden interjected. “That would just be adding more fuel to the fire by insulting me. We’ll just leave it at that.”
Great, just great. And my night had started off so well. I wouldn’t make that mistake again.
“Good. As for your original question, it all depends,” Théoden said. “He wasn’t wrong in the sense that a younger wolf’s venom to a more powerful vampire or dragon can weaken them and make them sick. Josef didn’t bring young pups to my home the day he challenged me. Therefore, their venom was deadly, as you saw for yourself.”
Ahhh, well, that did answer the question that had been bugging me since Ryu’s death. Knowing that now, it did help me cope with his death better, if that made sense. I nodded. “Thank you, Sire.”
Théoden huffed just as his cell phone rang. He answered it and I could hear the receptionist downstairs letting us know our ride had arrived. Théoden thanked her for the call, then hung up. He looked at us. “Do whatever he asks of you. Keeping my alliance with King Evander is essential, and I will not have it marred by my children.”
“We will not dishonor you, Father,” I said.
“What he said,” Dante added. “Father.”
“You better not. Now go.” Théoden waved his hand, dismissing us.
Both Dante and I rose from the loveseat and made our way to the elevator. I didn’t know what to expect from King Evander, but I hoped his idea of a good time didn’t involve a lot of pain. I was sure Dante might get a thrill out of that, but I didn’t.
“You nervous?” Dante asked me.
I shrugged. “Not really, just curious. Kind of wished I could do my patrol duties instead.” After all of the training Marco had put me through, I was anxious to get out there and flex my authority.
“I wish I could claim Josef tonight. I’ve been thinking about him since the first night we met. Fuck, he’s so perfect. So gorgeous… and that ass. It is begging for my cock. I’m going to fuck the shit out of him tomorrow.”
I laughed at that.
Dante turned, looking at me with a slight wrinkling of his brow. “What’s so fucking funny?”
“Man, you won’t be the one doing the fucking. Bruce said that when wolves mate to form the bond, the Alpha does the fucking.”
Dante frowned. “Are you serious?”
I nodded. “That’s what Bruce said when I had made a comment about how hot you were going to look ramming your cock into Josef, and how I wished we could watch it. That was when he corrected me. Josef is going to bitch you out and claim you,” I teased.
Dante shoved me just as the doors opened. “Fuck you, Noel. You’re taking a little too much fucking joy out of that.”
I laughed, then stepped off the elevator. “I’m surprised you didn’t already know.”
He shrugged. “I assumed because we were mated and he obviously liked getting fucked, that’s how it was going to be. I mean, we’re made for each other, ya know?”
“But didn’t you know about wolf traditions, seeing as you’re half wolf?” I asked.
Dante shrugged. “I knew some things, but not everything. The mating of wolf Alphas rarely happen and that’s a very private ceremony. It isn’t publicly discussed. Also, I didn’t grow up in the pack, so the knowledge I did have was just what I’d learned through gossip.”
Okay, now it made sense why he didn’t know how theClaimingritual went.
I nodded as we walked towards the limousine awaiting us. “You’re so fucking alpha male, seeing Josef’s little teeny bopper-looking ass mounting you is going to be a funny sight. Especially since it’s so obvious that Josef prefers to bottom, so I can see why you’d think it’d be the other way around. I’m guessing it’s going to be some awkward fucking going on.”
The limo driver opened to door for us and Dante shoved me inside of the car by the back of my head. “Shut up,” he retorted, then climbed in behind me. I laughed again as I settled on the comfortable leather seat. Dante sat next to me and was slightly pouting now. I guess I’d ruined his plans for tomorrow. Well, that was what big brothers were for. The driver closed the door and took his place behind the wheel a few seconds later. We were going off to fulfill a promise our Father made to the King, as was our duty as his very proud and loyal sons. This night was going to be interesting, to say the least.
