“It’s not his hair then,” Robbie said. “So it’s because he’s a Pullman. You’ve judged him without knowing anything about him.”
“What, you mean the way Alpha Pullman did to me? He judged me without knowing me and now I’ve lost everything,” Jacob ground out angrily, standing up.
“You were judged lacking by your own actions. That’s on you,” Robbie said, standing up and glaring at the younger man. “But know this. If you hurt Fran, losing everything will be the least of your worries. Man up and sort yourself out.”
With that Robbie turned and walked out of the lodge.
Jacob blew out a breath and then shook his head. Why wouldn’t someone just ask him how he was without spouting on about mates? His whole world had crumbled down around him, he was familyless, homeless, packless, and his mate was from the family that ruined him. How was that fair? He had followed his father’s strict rules, and for what?
All he needed now was someone else from the Pullman family to come and talk to him. Jacob decided the best thing he could do was have a shower. He still ached and he had cuts from the fight he had with Alpha Cresswell that were healing slowly. But as he said earlier, he had to learn to live without shifting, and heal the human way.
Robert madeit back to Fran’s cabin. The first thing he noticed was Finn and Fran were missing.
“They’re in the bathroom, Franny is doing his hair and Finn is in there with him,” Frank told him. “I take it your meeting didn’t go well either.”
Robbie rudely snorted. “Not really, but then I never thought it would. On the plus side, he likes Fran’s hair.”
“It must be hard for Jacob,” Frank said, looking into his coffee cup.
Robbie sat down opposite him. “What, having Fran for a mate?”
“No, well, yes. But look at things from his perspective. Two days ago he was an Alpha heir, he saw his father killed, a new Alpha came in and threw his weight around. Then, he was thrown out of the only home he’d ever known. He’s packless, friendless, a lone wolf and an outcast, everything he had has been taken away from him. That’s a lot for anyone to deal with, especially a nineteen-year-old, and he’s only just nineteen. I’venever thought about what happens to a losing Alpha’s family before.”
“He might have lost everything, but we’re here to help him,” Robbie pointed out.
Frank shook his head. “No, we’re here to help Franny, not Jacob. He’s bound to be angry with all Pullmans, if I was him I would be as well. Did you give him a chance to talk properly?”
Robby shook his head. “Not really.”
“I’ll wait a bit before I go and see him. I can’t imagine he’d be happy to see me just yet.”
“Probably not,” Robbie agreed.
CHAPTER 10
“Ilove that colour blue,” Finn said. He was sat on the side of the bath, watching Fran colour his hair.
“I was thinking of changing the blue to red.”
Finn screwed his nose up. “I can’t imagine you as a redhead. When I think of you, I don’t think of you having red hair. Did you know your wolf has blue tufts of hair?”
“I didn’t until Jacob told me this morning.”
“Noticed that, did he?” Finn said smiling.
“It was probably hard to miss. It didn’t mean anything,” Fran said, as he finished putting the colour on. “He probably doesn’t like my blue hair anyway.”
“Then he’s an idiot,” Finn said.
“Yeah, but maybe I am as well,” Fran combed the colour through.
“What do you mean?”
Fran finished combing his hair and put it down before he turned to look at his friend and sighed. “Maybe I could have been more understanding. I should have insisted on looking at his wounds, made sure he really was alright.”
“I seriously doubt there was any more you could have done. You know Ezzy is pissed off with you, don’t you?”
“I didn’t choose Jacob, the fates did,” Fran protested.
