I reached up and grabbed his face, slamming his lips onto mine. I linked him, “I’ll try to stay in human form for the most part. We don’t know if there’s a wave behind them watching to see if the white wolf is here.” Freya huffed in my head.
Xander told me, “Emmett’s pack is coming from behind. Stay safe, my wife.” I smirked because I liked hearing him call me that. I shot back, “Right back at you, husband.” We turned to face a new kind of supernatural. One we intended to wipe out…except one. Hopefully there were more somewhere….because they were pretty in their shifted form. Werebengals. Good lord life was crazy.
First of Many
Alexander observed Kingsley when he popped to the safehouse. Oden told me, “We’ll figure out what she is.” I knew that we would eventually, but it was driving me crazy. I had no idea what type of Supernatural she was.
Kingsley immediately questioned me on my intentions with Melanie. I liked this woman. Kingsley was a good friend to my mate, and I was glad they had each other while we weren’t in Melanie’s life. Because I didn’t know what Kingsley was, but I did know that she had a sense of loneliness and longing about her. Her sorrow was calling out to me.
Melanie shifted for Kingsley. Oden said, “Mate trusts her.” That was true. The reaction was interesting, like the white wolf meant something to this woman personally. I knew she wasn’t a wolf herself though. Kingsley’s main concern was that I’d take care of Melanie.
Oden said, “We have to take care of whoever is important to mate, which includes K.” Which is why I planned to have a conversation with whoever her mate was. I had to make sure she was ok. No, I needed to make sure she was ok.
What the hell was that? It felt like this woman was family to me. I was beyond intrigued by this. I was annoyed when Kingsley mentioned seeing mates hurt each other. That was such bullshit. I hated that my mate and Kingsley had seen that.
I knew there were bad people in the world, but to treat your other half badly was confounding. Why couldn’t the goddess and gods just wait on giving people mates to see if they altered their paths from what they could see?
Why would they feel the need to drag innocent people down into the muck? To let pups view their behavior as an exampleof how to treat people and emulate those actions. It was getting to be too much for me. I was beyond over this stereotype the goddesses were perpetuating of being a loving mother because they were lying.
Mates were supposed to be treasured by both parties. It was not someone to abuse and treat badly. They were supposed to be your partner. I’d waited so long for Melanie when I should’ve known her my entire life. The fact that there were people out there meeting their mates the second they turned eighteen, only to treat them poorly pissed me off.
It intrigued me that Kingsley and my mate felt she could get to the Hackura realm easily. Oden said, “Mate even believes she can do it without our help.” No joke. I easily figured out Kingsley was going to Missouri.
Oden agreed, “She is quite happy about Booker being there.” I’d have to keep that information about her location on hand. It could come in handy. Especially if she found the man in question. I wanted a piece of him. Oden growled in my head.
We made some more small talk before it was time to go. I linked EJ, “What does our house look like people wise?” EJ answered, “A whole lot of people wanting to talk to you two. Specifically, Melanie.” I scoffed, “Nope. We are not talking. We are getting married tomorrow. So, they will have until we leave on our honeymoon to talk to her.”
EJ asked, “When are you going?” That was a good question. I linked Phil and Gage, “I should’ve asked this before, but can I move things to take Melanie away for our honeymoon?” Phil agreed, “You should’ve, but me being the best cousin ever and Gage being the best Gamma worked it out so that your schedule for the week after next is clear.
Gage chimed in, “You do have a few things you need to get done before you can go. We did try to work it out for this week, but it wasn’t happening.” I sincerely said, “Thanks, guys.” Philteased, “What are Beta’s for if not to anticipate you forgetting to tell us something.” I laughed. Gage chimed in, “A Gamma is just always happy to be included in the conversation.” I rolled my eyes.
I linked EJ, “Everyone will have a whole week to talk to her before our honeymoon.” EJ replied, “I can work with that. I wouldn’t advise being in the main house if you don’t want to talk. Where did you pop to after the Hackura realm?”
I answered, “Europe. I’m back now.” EJ snorted, “I can tell that through the bond.” I laughed teasingly, “Then why did you ask?” EJ sighed, “Little siblings. I have so many to give me headaches. I blame mom and dad. You all vex me at one point or another. You know why I’m asking.”
I retorted, “And you love us all. Everyone should be happy about the fact the elephant in the room has been addressed. We officially know my mate is in the Resistance.” EJ warned, “Dad doesn’t think your mate took us seriously when we said we wanted to meet with her boss.” I studied Melanie.
I told him, “She found something funny about that, but I do believe she meant it when she said she’d pass it along. I just didn’t get the sense she thought it was likely her boss would meet with us.” EJ sighed, “I guess we keep looking into Estelle.” I knew we would.
I just didn’t have much confidence that without Melanie breaking down the walls she’d put in place that we’d have any success. It all came down to Uncle Gunner figuring out her code and there was no one better to do so. We had him on so many things though, it wasn’t like his time could be dedicated to Melanie’s code.
I popped my mate away to our treehouse. I did not care for the answer I got about that Demon family. Oden growled, “We would’ve killed them all.” I replied, “Which is why they fled the second they saw our face. They knew that.”
I was worried because I could tell one of those families there was nobility. I’d have to look into them. I didn’t want them to come for Melanie or Kingsley. I’d have K’s six even if she was going to Missouri for something she didn’t want people to know about.
It would be just like a Demon to sell her out. Unless of course she had been undercover there too and not using her real name. I’d have to find that woman they’d helped protect. I’d make sure she was safe. I would not stand for another supernatural I could actually help being marked against her will.
I’d put all the family names associated to me behind it if I had to. Conners, Holloran, and Cambridge would be thrown at them to leave that woman alone. I also didn’t want to imagine how that woman felt. Hearing that her own mate wanted her twin would had to feel like a knife sliding into her heart. I knew that’s how it would feel to me in her shoes.
Melanie quickly changed topics after assuring me of her love. She wanted details from my end of the video call. I explained what had gone on. Oden said, “We need more information on how much mate saw Corbin with Blaise later.” I agreed because I was intrigued by that.
Oden commented, “Mate is excited about our Hackura cousins' reactions.” I replied, “I know that because I can see her face. Her expressions are vivid, and I adore that. I want to know what that is about.” The answer didn’t shock me as much as I thought because her points were valid.
The second the words mate left her lips it hit me she was right. Hastein should’ve paid attention to Gabe. If Gabe’s emotions had been so intense then Hastein would’ve looked over to check on his brother, but he didn’t. Because it was his emotion that moved Gabe while Hastein was focused on the woman with my mate.
Then there was Hastein hanging onto my bond like a lifeline right now. I quickly sent him that all would well. He was deeply agitated. I would have to tell my cousin to spend some time subtly hanging out in Missouri. I didn’t say I wouldn’t do that though. Oden snorted, “Mate is going to introduce them.” He was right. Melanie already had a plan to get the two of them together.
God, I loved her so damn much. I was officially done with questions. I wanted to spend the night inside my fiancée. So, that’s exactly what I did. When I popped us back to our room Melanie wanted to know if I was leaving.
