Page 26 of He Claimed Her Heart

I took the phone out of my pocket again. “Malachi, this better be important,” I chastised himwith annoyance in my voice.

“Bree, I’m sorry to interrupt your day off, but this is getting out of control,” he saidin a frustrated voice.

“What’s getting out of control?” Iquestioned him.

“Since last night, we’ve been getting these packagesfrom other packs for you. They keep coming. We don’t know what to do with them. What do you want us to do with them?” Malachi asked clearly frustrated with the whole mess.

“What kind of packages are you talking about?” I demanded to know.

“Well, some are bouquets of flowers, some are actual packages, and some are wrapped gifts.We’re taking them to the pack house and putting them in the Beta office. We’ve even started a log with when they’ve arrived and who they’re from. But they keep coming. What do you want us to do?” he growled at me.

“Hey, don’t growl at me. I didn’t start this whole mess. I don’t even know whois sending this stuff. So don’t get upset with me. Did you ask Alpha Bennett what he wants to do? Maybe he has a solution to the whole mess. I’m not there. I’ll be back tomorrow afternoon. I’m trying to relax and enjoy myself before I return to my duties,” I explained to him trying not to get frustrated myself.

“Bree, I know you’re not here. That’s why I’m calling you. I can’t take this anymore. Tell me what you want me to do,” he yelled at me.

Drake took the phone out of my hand. “Malachi, she told you what to do. I suggest you call Alpha Bennett and ask him what he wants you to do. Now do it,” Drake commanded in his Alpha voice.

“Who is this. You can’t tell me what to do?”snapped Malachi.

“I am Alpha Drake. I am escorting Bree at themoment, and you are interrupting us. You asked her, she told you, so do it,” Drake said as he hung up my phone. He handed me my phone back. I couldn’t believe he just hung up on him like that. “What?”

“You just hung up on him. Why?” I asked him incredulously with my mouth hanging wide open.

“You told him what to do and he refused to listen. So, I told him and that was the end of the conversation. What? I didn’t do anything wrong. He was interrupting our time together. I want to spend more time with you one-on-one. How else can we get closer, hmm?” Drake said with an innocent look on his face.

“Yeah, okay.I still can’t believe you hung up on him. I know I’ll hear about it tomorrow. Wow,” I remarked with a stunned expression on my face.

We walked around the lake as he pointed out thedifferent picnic areas and little romantic hideaways. The area was beautiful. We shifted back into our wolves and made our way back to the bench and left the satchel where we found it for someone else to use. We walked hand-in-hand back to the pack house for dinner.

He wanted to take me out for a special ‘romantic’ dinner, but I wouldn’t hear of it. I wanted to get to know him around his people first.His pack loves him and respects him. We entered the dining room, and all became quiet instantly. Drake led me to ‘our’ spot. He held out my chair for me. He addressed the pack and introduced me to them. We began to eat dinner which consisted of Beef Stroganoff, salad, glazed carrots, and rolls.

In werewolf culture, itis customary for the male wolf to feed the female wolf, especially the alpha wolf his Luna, to show he can provide and take care for them. It didn’t surprise me when Drake took a piece of meat and fed me. We had everyone’s undivided attention at the point. They knew what point he was making to me and by me accepting his gift, I was allowing him to provide for me. You could almost feel the hope in the room.

We finished our meal and Drake bade his pack a good evening. We walked upstairs tohis suite. He wanted us to watch a movie and cuddle. I’m not much of a cuddler, but I’ll give anything a try. On our way upstairs, my phone rang again. This time it was dad. I had mind linked dad earlier. I wonder why he was calling me instead of mind linking me.

“Hi dad. Is everything alright? What going on?” I quizzed himconcern in my voice.

“Well, we have a situation brewing here that we need your help with. Do you have a minute to talk?” dad asked with a slight hint of seriousness in his voice.

I looked at Drake who had aconfused look on his face. “I have a minute or two dad. What’s going on?” I questioned him again.

“Well, you know that list has been circulated to all the alphas who need to find a mate. In addition,since you won the tournament, you have become quite the celebrity in our world. This has created quite a problem,” dad announced with concern etched in his voice.

“How has this become a problem? I don’t understand” Iqueried him.

“Let’s just say, we have all sorts of requests andpeople knocking at our door now asking about you and for you,” dad replied with a sigh.

“Wait, asking about me and for me? What does that mean?I’m not going to like the answer to that am I?” I asked dad as we reached Drake’s suite, and we went into the living room area. I sat down on the couch to hear the answer.

“Well, it turns out, someAlphas want you to come and train their warriors. Other Alphas want you to date them and become their Luna, even those who are not on the list,” he explained.

“What!How many?” I yelled as I fell back against the back of the sofa.

Drakestopped where he was when he heard my dad say the last part. His eyes got wide and then he came to sit down next to me. Dad continued to explain the situation back at the pack, “Well, they are starting to show up here at the pack house wanting to meet you. We told them you are not here right now because you are taking a couple of days off for winning the tournament. They said they would wait until you returned to introduce themselves and request that you give them the same option as Alpha Drake. They heard that you agreed to date, to get to know him, and possibly become his Luna,” dad explained in detail.

I fell over and buried my head in the cushions of the couch. I groaned and then screamed. I couldn’t believe what was happening.“Bree, are you alright? Bree?” dad continued to call my name.

“I’m alright dad. I just can’t believe this is happening.Have you spoken to Uncle Reese about this list yet? About why he even put one out there in the first place? Hey, how did they even hear about my agreement with Alpha Drake?” I demanded from under the cushions.

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