Page 27 of The Alpha's Mates

Soren

Grams and I watched as my mates came into the room. My brows shot up as I saw Atlas with his arm around Reese. That was progress. I’d take whatever we could get. I hated that it took her and Calder having to fight off a wolf pack for her to trust us, but then again he’d mentioned she was already on her way back to us when that happened. A satisfied smile crossed my face as I leaned back in my chair.

How much are we telling her?Atlas spoke directly through our mental link.

“We’ll tell her all of it.”

Reese looked up at me in surprise as I spoke. Everyone was sitting quietly, so the sound of my voice cracked through the room.

“Tell us what happened,” I urged. When she sat without speaking, I arched a brow at her.

“Oh. Sorry, I thought you were speaking to… him.” She motioned to Calder, who was sitting to her right. They had her sandwiched between them. Grams was sitting off to the side, a wide smile plastered on her face.

“He already told us everything from his point of view.” I narrowed my eyes, watching her every move. “Did you feel the same…thing…as he did?”

“It was like a wash of power,” she admitted. “I’ve never felt anything like it. And then it was as though…I had an unlimited amount of energy. My injuries didn’t pain me anymore, and nothing seemed to tire me.”

“We knew what move the other was going to make before they did it,” Calder added.

Reese nodded. “And…”

When she didn’t continue, I prompted her, “And what, Little One?”

She made a face at the nickname, but didn’t comment. The quick glance she gave Grams let me know that she was trying to behave because there was an audience. She probably thought if she caused too much trouble we might turn her pack away. That would never happen, but since it was gaining me her cooperation, I didn’t say anything.

“I heard Calder.”

Everyone frowned.

“Heard him?” Atlas asked.

“Speaking. In my head. Before he even got to the fight.” She looked around at our shocked expressions and quickly added, “Just one sentence.”

“That-”

“Should be impossible,” I said, cutting Calder off. “But then again, it doesn’t seem like anything regarding you is typical.”

Her head jerked back as if I’d slapped her and hurt filtered into her gorgeous gray eyes.

“I didn’t mean it like that,” I told her, mentally kicking myself.

That was smooth.

I shot Atlas a glare as he and Calder tried to hold back laughter. Nothing like shoving my boot into my damn mouth. “I just meant, we’ve never seen an alpha female-”

Anger made twin spots of red appear on her cheeks. Sighing, I gave up. “Grams. Can you tell us about the prophecy?”

“Happily.” The disapproving look she gave me told me I was in hot water with her for that remark as well.

Women. I wasn’t a damn virgin, but I didn’t spend a lot of time around them. I was too fucking busy keeping my pack alive. How was I supposed to know that I’d hurt my mate’s feelings with a few words? I’d have to watch myself in the future. The last thing I wanted was to alienate her, or make her dislike me. Just because she’d come to the conclusion that we were her mates, didn’t mean she trusted us. Sure she trusted us enough to bring her pack here, but she didn’t have a whole lot of choice in that matter. Giving us her heart would be a whole other endeavor. We’d still have to win her over. It was a battle I was looking forward to.

Reese sat forward on her chair, eagerly looking at Vera. “What prophecy?”

“There’s a prophecy I found many years ago inside the Verulian Text.”

My mate’s eyes were wide and she was squirming in her seat with excitement. She looked like she wanted to jump out of her chair and shake Grams until every bit of information was spilled.

“It spoke of a female alpha and her pack of fated mates.”

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