LOGINZale is starting to get his flirty groove back - with a little coaching from Anders. Thank you for reading - if you re feeling extra generous I would be doubly grateful for a like a comment or sharing a gem.
“She wouldn’t come up unless you go back thirty years. You all forget that I lived in Theron’s pack for five years to look after Juni. Theresa Bradley was Beta Keirans lover for three of those five years. I had thought she grew a brain and left him but given the circumstances...maybe not. And I’m not accusing her, just offering some information for your investigation.” I pull out my search journal and flip back to the start where I recorded everything I thought was important from my time in Theron’s pack, shifting through the pages until I hit on my details on Keiran. “AH here, she has a love for expensive handbags and shoes, Keiran would gift her with them in place of payment when she helped him on any of his intel missions. I would check and see if she has any new additions that don’t have a payment trail owned by her or whoever her current fling is.”“Is that a file on Theron?” Gamma Colin asks, eyeing my journal with interest.I close it quickly and hold it protectively to my chest
Alpha Ryker has specifically called me to join them – that can’t be good.I quickly fold up my map and tuck it back into my search journal before dropping it in my handbag and running the whole way over to the shared house. Luna Sera and Beta Solomon are standing the driveway waiting me. She smiles and holds out a water bottle, she knew I wouldn’t bother with my car, that it would be quicker to run over.“Thanks.” I mutter, drinking deep and then look down and check my appearance. I would give almost anything right now for the opportunity to properly bond with Willow, to be able to talk to her properly, so will take any interaction, vicarious or not, that I can get.Luna Sera walks us over to the house beside hers, my mouth twitches a little, of course the Alpha would have situated himself beside his mate and her family. The man is clearly smitten and for that I am so very thankful. I send my gratitude silently to the Goddess as Beta Anders opens the door before we even have a chance t
“I don’t feel everything, just the few times you have panicked or felt physical pain. Might be a bond thing – I will need to check with Sandy.” He steers the car easily through the compound back to his house. I have moved into his room with him, slightly under duress.I came back from my first training session to find my suitcase in his room with all my toiletries lined up on the bathroom counter. I was too tired to move it all back to Anders’s house, but I did protest his unilateral decision with one unilateral decision of my own that night – making him sleep on the couch.He went, with his big sad puppy dog eyes and pouting lips.He didn’t last long though, climbed into bed after I was asleep and if he hadn’t been so warm and cuddly, if having his scent surround me and his wolf purr, I would have kicked him out again.“I have some good news for you.” He starts while parking in the driveway. I wait patiently while he gets out to get my door. He’s asked me to wait from now on, and for
“Relax Willow, it’s alright.” GeGe calls, and she gets to him first, checking him over carefully and unnervingly calmly. I fall to my knees beside where he lays, his eyes are still closed and his breathing even. “We needed to test the efficiency of your stun roar; he volunteered himself to be your guinea pig.”“What the Fuck! GeGe! What if I did it wrong, what if he’s actually hurt?” I’m babbling incoherently, appalled that the two of them made this decision without telling me. That Solomon would take this risk on me doing something that I am still so new and unskilled at.“Wills, baby you ok?” Zale links urgently and I don’t know how he knows I’m panicking right now. But I am definitely panicking still. The sound of his voice helps but it also unlocks a memory. I’ve done this before. In my forest, at the cabin. The night Zale revealed himself to me and realise if he hadn’t stayed behind he would have been rendered unconscious by me that night too.Holy hell.I could have hurt my mate.
“You mean the ‘fate’ comment? Yeah that was weird.” Sliding into a seat near the kitchen counter, Thomas eases in beside me.“Hmmm, I wonder...” His voice trails off and his eyes go unfocused for a second. Anders slides into the room and across the floor at a speed that defies logic, grabs a hold of Thomas’ face and kisses him hard and soundly on the lips.He smacks his lips when he lifts his head. “Mm, beer flavoured kisses, my favourite.”“You’re incorrigible.” Thomas scoffs, a happy smirk on his lips.“I am sweet cheeks - I really am – it’s one of the reasons you love me.” He rests his chin on Thomas’s shoulder and wraps his arms around him from behind. “Also, for the record, you are not allowed to delay my welcome home kiss every again – I don’t care how cold and badass you want to look. I need my kisses on time – all the time. Am. I. Clear?”I ignore the way Anders voice deepens, and he mimics me in his banter, saying anything will only egg him on. I get enough sass from Willow an
“Is that understood.”She stares at me in silence for a full minute and I can feel the mix of disappointment, frustration and anger rising in her. It hits me like a pulse of power and makes the hair raise on my arms and shiver go down my spine. I’ve seen that look before, in new recruits who think they know everything because they passed their exams.Disturbingly I have seen that look in Wills too, when she gets stubborn and doesn’t want to be told what to do. But that hasn’t phased me so far and it’s not about to now.“Is. That. Understood?” I command again.“Understood Beta Conall.” She grits out between clenched teeth.“Ooh we have a fighter in this one Con. She’s gonna be a handful I can already tell.” Thomas links as he watches the interaction stoically beside me, showing his support, not giving anything away.“She’ll learn fast or she’ll learn hard – but she will learn. She crossed a line with Willow and now she needs to atone and earn our trust.” I link back my reply, continuing







