Beta James sighed, “Davis hated everything Dylan did. Even my dad and Theo’s don’t like Davis. The only people who liked the man had the last name Lyons.” I gasped, “Hey! I never liked him.” Beta James said, “Because you have been in love with Dylan all your life, and Davis was horrible to Dylan.”
Kiara purred, “Yes, we have.” Well, she came to me at sixteen, but I got her point. I had always been in love with Dylan. Idel threatened her mate, “If you want to enjoy the surprise planned later that leads to crazy sex, which I want to be clear about the fact that I will hold out if you don’t fix this, tell me how to get these two women to tell me the stories about Consort Eric and Davis Frost.”
Beta James replied, “I assume you’re asking about Jackie and Lacy since they would know the stories.” I grumbled, “We were telling the stories.” Idel groaned, “James-y please make them tell the stories right because they were barely giving any details.”
Beta James chuckled, “I have good news for you. You’re talking to a Gamma and Alpha blood, love. It’s my specialty to get details out of them.” Idel cooed, “Do your magical Beta thingthen.” Beta James chuckled, “Lacy, tell all the stories you saw as a pup in order, as you remember them. Jackie, provide details you’ve heard by chiming in during the story. I’ll hang up once you start.”
I replied, “I was telling…” Beta James interrupted, “What’s the first time you remember realizing Eric and Davis didn’t like each other?” I thought about it and then answered, “I was five years old when I noticed. I had been playing with my Carolers.”
Beta James chuckled, “I lied. I’m not hanging up because I don’t know this story.” Emmaline asked, “So Eric was the Alpha then, right?” I nodded confirming, “He was. Eric stopped by to see me before the meeting. He used to do that so he could play with me.”
Idel, Sharon, and Jackie shouted, “HE WHAT?!” Emmaline asked, “Why is that weird? Eric always plays with pups. He’s so great with them.” Sharon said, “Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor and digest that information.” Emmaline frowned at them, looking confused.
I snorted, “Emmaline, they are shocked because Eric has a reputation as a cutthroat man who is hard as ice.” Emmaline snorted, “Sure, ok.” Kiara chuckled, “The Soul Searcher sees Thor closer to who he is.” Yes, she did.
Beta James offered, “Eric’s always seen Lacy as a little sister since he doesn’t have one.” I snorted, “Even if he had one, he’d see me that way.” Jackie waved her hand saying, “Ok, Alpha Eric came to play with you and that feels like a bomb of information, but there’s more there. Alpha Eric was recently named Alpha at that time and playing with pups. Hell, he was even arriving early to do so. Wow. Continue blowing our minds.”
I said, “I was telling Eric about the carolers Dylan had just bought me when Davis walked by. I still don’t know why he was there since Eric wasn’t late for their meeting or anything.There was still ten minutes before he even needed to be in our territory.”
Idel screamed, “How much earlier did he get there to play with you?!” I frowned, “He’d always come a half hour early, but sometimes he’d manage an hour.” Hexxi held her champagne glass out for Idel to refill her glass. Hexxi said, “It’s like a whole new lens on life. My goddess.” Kiara snorted, “They are dramatic.” Yeah, but for how people saw Eric I could understand why they felt that way.
I continued, “Davis scoffed about how carolers were dumb, and I should like normal pup toys instead. Then he went on about how Dylan got me being serious as pup when he couldn’t be serious himself for five second.”
Beta James sighed, “The man is an ass.” I agreed, “He is. Anyway, I started to cry because I’d always loved carolers. I have since I was two and saw my parents ice skating on the pond outside together in the moonlight.”
Emmaline admitted, “That doesn’t make sense to me. How do those thing correlate?” I chuckled, “I probably said it out of order, but I saw my parents doing ice skating one night when I was supposed to be in bed. They looked like a story book couple in my mind. The next day, mom took us to Kris's Christmas store, and he had two carolers in that exact scene.”
I smiled admitting, “I just always wanted the type of love my parents had. One that was out of a scene and the carolers all set up such amazing little scenes. Those were the first carolers I got, and they remind me of my parents love. Eric and Dylan were the only ones that ever asked why I loved them. I think Eric understood because he wanted a love like that too. Dylan loved it because I did.”
Jackie cooed, “Aww, that’s so adorable.” Beta James chimed in, “This is gold.” I rolled my eyes knowing he’d tease people with this information, but neither man would care. Dylan wouldjust boast about how he always caters to the things I love. Kiara purred, “Mate does do that.” Eric would stare at James until he became uncomfortable and stopped bringing it up.
I continued, “Well, I started to cry and said Dylan could be serious and that Davis was being mean. I yelled that I loved my carolers, and they were normal toys. Eric told me they were perfectly normal and clearly my toys improved my creativity.”
Idel asked, “How?” I laughed, “Because all my carolers have extensive backstories and lives. Those carolers are why I love writing. I gave them such intense stories I started writing them down. All my towns have their own things going on.” Jackie declared, “I need those stories immediately.”
Beta James disagreed, “No, you need them later. Right now, we need to know what happened following Eric leaving playtime with Lacy. Because he did.” I agreed, “He played with me a little longer then had to get to his meeting. I heard him yelling all the way across the house.”
Idel snorted, “That tracks. I feel like we are back to the normal way people describe Haley’s wolf.” Sharon agreed, “It is more in line with his image.” I laughed, “Yeah, mom came and got me and ushered me out of the house.”
Beta James groaned, “Damn.” I laughed, “I still heard Eric tell Davis that he was an asshole who couldn’t be bothered to understand his own pup. I know he said something about me though because daddy was mad at Davis for weeks. I also know Eric hit Davis because I saw his black eye several hours later when the man apologized to me while Eric watched from a distance.”
Idel whispered, “Azoney above, this tea is piping.” Beta James admitted, “I didn’t know about that time. I do remember that black eye based on the timeline though. I’m pretty sure we thought it was a training accident.”
I laughed, “Nope. It was Eric.” Hexxi demanded, “I need more. Tell me so much.” Beta James chuckled, “Have fun ladies. Idel, am I out of trouble?” Idel agreed, “For sexy fun times later, yes. In general? No. You need to hunt down those early Dylan memos for me to view if you want out of trouble.”
Beta James laughed, “They’re in my files, love. I’ll easily do that.” Idel sighed, “You’re so lucky I love your dick, or I’d make things harder for you.” I groaned, “Why would you say that to a man who is like family to me in my presence?” Emmaline snickered. Beta James laughed, “I am well aware how lucky I am, love. Have fun.” He hung up.
Sharon said, “Ok, tell us more.” I asked, “Is this relaxing?” They all answered simultaneously, “Yes.” Jackie chuckled, “There was once time I know about that happened at a picnic Garrett told me about. Dylan was being himself and Davis sniped at him, so Eric deadpanned at Davis about being bad at his job.”
Emmaline said, “That was so sparse on details I might call you an Alpha blood.” Jackie threw her head back and laughed, “I agree with you, but Garrett didn’t tell me much because I was a pup. I begged him for those details and that’s all I got.”
I gasped, “Wait, I know that one.” Idel shouted, “YES! Thank god. I was going to call James back and tell him that he’d better know if he knew what was good for him.” Idel hugged Emmaline saying, “Your sister in law is awesome.”
Sharon urged, “Tell us the story.” I began, “So, Dylan had done the whip cream water bottle trick to Alpha Nick Kyle. Everyone was laughing about it.” Hexxi yelled, “WAIT!” I stopped and looked at her. Hexxi demanded to know, “What is the whip cream water bottle trick?”
Jackie answered, “You take two water bottles and tie them around a string. You have one on each side then convincesomeone to see if they can hold the plate of whipped cream with the water bottles.” Emmaline snickered.
Hexxi frowned, “That doesn’t sound like a trick.” Idel huffed, “Nor does it sound hard.” Sharon laughed, “Once you get someone to do it, you cut the string holding the water, and they smack themselves in the face with the whipped cream.” Idel snorted, “Ok, that’s amusing.”
