“That’s why we’re waiting for you. It’ll be fun. Just wait until you walk your first secret passageway,” Fran said, grinning at him.
“It’s fun discovering them. Not so much having to use one, but I’m glad the castle has them,” Finn said.
“You’ve used one?” Jacob asked in surprise.
Finn nodded. “Yeah, when my dad turned up with a couple of others to capture me and drag me back to the Bishop pack. The priest hole helped me stay safe.”
“Sorry about your dad, and mine, and well, everything,” Jacob said to him.
“Not your fault and truthfully, if I hadn’t have been kicked out, I would never have met my Robbie.”
“Or me and Fran,” Ezzy put in. “And I wouldn’t have met my Emory, or Fran meeting you,” he said, looking at Jacob, before grimacing. “Sorry, forget I said that.”
“You're right, none of us would have met, otherwise,” Jacob said. He ignored the part about meeting Fran. His feelings were still confused over Finn and Fran.
“I’ve gotta ask, Jacob,” Ezzy said, trying to look serious but Jacob could detect humour in his eyes. “A frying pan?”
“Not one of my better ideas. It was a spur of the moment thing. He walked into the kitchen to help himself to my food, I saw the frying pan and before I knew it, hit him round the head,” Jacob admitted. “If he had just respected the fact that my father had just died, that I was in my home, a home he was kicking me out of, I’m sure things would have worked out better.”
“Yes, Cresswell did say he had gone about things the wrong way,” Berni said, walking in with Frank.
Jacob looked Frank over making sure he was better. Sure, Dr Robert had said he was fine, but he wanted to check the Beta for himself.
Frank smiled at him. “I’m perfectly fine thanks to you, Jacob. Robbie told me your first thought on waking up was to protect me.”
“They wanted me, I couldn’t let you be hurt because of me,” Jacob said simply.
“You’re a good fighter. If you want extra training and training for multiple opponents just let me know,” Frank said to him.
“Thank you,” Jacob said, sounding confused.
“I spoke to Cresswell earlier and told him I want your mother’s money and her furniture. He said he found a folder that said how much money your mother had when she married your father and all the furniture that came from her family. He’s emailing me a copy of the paperwork. Everything that was your mother’s will be coming to you. I’ll release some of the money to you, but the bulk of it, however, will be held in trust for you, until you’re twenty five.”
Jacob was stunned for a moment. “Thank you, Alpha.”
Berni nodded. “I also mentioned the secret cupboard in your father’s office. Before Cresswell rips the office to bits, he wanted me to double check that you didn’t know where it was. He wondered if you had seen your father at a specific random location in the office?”
Jacob started to shake his head then stopped. “I saw him bent down by the fireplace a few times when there was no need for a fire. I’d tell him to start there.”
“Perfect, thank you, Jacob. Now, I hope everyone is treating you well.”
Jacob nodded. “I’ve been hearing about ghosts and missing priest holes.”
Berni looked at Ezzy and Robbie who had just walked in. “So disappointed.”
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything,” Jacob said quickly. “Don’t be mad at them.”
Berni looked at Jacob. “I’m not mad at them, honestly. But you’d be disappointed in them too if you knew they’d lived in this castle their whole lives and not discovered everything they could,” he finished with a grin.
“It’s true. I mean, I’m disappointed in Robbie as well,” Ezzy joked.
“Hey now, you didn’t find them either,” Robbie pointed out.
“But I’m the younger brother. Being the next Duke, you should know everything about the place.”
“Did you find them all, Dad?” Fran asked.
“Of course I did, what do you take me for? I even spent the night in the haunted priest hole,” Frank replied, puffing his chest out.
