Page 45 of I Will Make You Mine
“I’ll send three hundred to you and I’ll have three hundred with me. Deacon, I hope you have sleeping accommodations for my wolves and me in your area,” she asked.
“I’ll have one of my hotels make preparations for you and your pack. I’ll even provide room service,” Deacon said.
“Good, it’s all settled. Until tomorrow,” Akio said, then he hung up.
“Alphas,” Laurent said, then ended the call.
“I hope you don’t get too antsy with another Alpha in your territory, Deacon. Remember, I’m not there to take it from you,” Selena stated.
“My dear, if I were worried, I wouldn’t have suggested you come,” Deacon said. “Until tonight, then.”
“Indeed.” Selena ended her call and Deacon hung up.
“Motherfuckers,” he growled.
“Well, at least we know they think they can trust you,” I said.
“What are you planning?” Elijah asked.
“Trying to pick a winning side, is all.” Deacon pulled out another cigar and lit it. After taking a few puffs, he removed his legs from his desk and leaned on it. “If I go with them, they will take out Josef and his wolves. We all get more territory. But if I go with Théoden, he will kill them all, and it’ll just be Josef and I left to share territory. Correction, Théoden and I left to share.”
“What’s to stop Théoden from killing you and taking full control of all the wolf territory?” Elijah asked.
“His word. He does seem to honor it,” Deacon said.
Elijah huffed. “It’d be nice if you did.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Deacon asked with a frown wrinkling his thick, black brows.
“Chandler?” Elijah shot back.
Deacon threw his hands up. “Hey, I honored my word. I bit the bastard. He just didn’t survive the transformation. It happens.”
“So Elliot says,” Eli retorted, then tossed me a suspicious look.
“It does happen, Sir,” I said. “The bite of an Alpha is extremely powerful and some humans just don’t make the transition.”
“You don’t seem that broken up about it. I thought you were all about pack?” Eli asked.
“I am. But until the wolf gene is rooted, you ain’t pack to me, Sir,” I said. I didn’t too much care for the accusation, even though it was true. But still. He had earned points with me over how he handled himself with the kidnapping and the other Alphas. I was going to have to take some of those points away for how he was crying over Chandler’s demise.
“It’s fucked up what happened to Chandler, but it’s done. Let it go. We have bigger issues to deal with,” Deacon said.
“Yeah, like what you’re going to tell Théoden,” Eli said.
Just when he said that, Deacon’s cell rang again. “Damn, this is some uncanny shit,” Deacon said, picking up the phone and answering it. This time, he didn’t put it on speaker, but with our wolf hearing, he didn’t need to. “Hello, Théoden, didn’t expect to hear from you this early in the day.”
“I need to know, are the other Alphas planning an attack?” Théoden asked, getting right down to business.
This was the moment of truth for Deacon. We didn’t even have time to discuss which choice would be better for us, but if I knew one thing, it was that Deacon could think on his feet. Just like he did when he didn’t let the other Alphas know we were growing our pack.
“Well?” Théoden prodded.
“They are, and sooner than you think. Try tomorrow morning at six a.m. Which means, they expect me to be heading out with them by four a.m. We’re supposed to breach Josef’s territory at six.”
“How long have you known this information?” Théoden asked.
“Don’t get suspicious, I just got off a conference call with the other Alphas right before you called me. I was going to call you tonight to let you know, that’s when I thought you’d be awake. I’m not used to vampires being conscious during the day,” Deacon said. Which was true.
