With innocent doe eyes, she looked up at the formidable Packmaster while wringing her hands.“Talking.”
“In thebarn?”Hamish pointed sternly at the wolf next to him.“When my boy went missing, I sent out my third-in-command to sniff him out.He’s lucky he got there before she spread her legs.”
When Tak pivoted to face the alpha, his dark expression made everyone hold their breath.
Hamish didn’t relent.“Do you think I want one of your bastards?I have enough mouths to feed.My boys are respectable and don’t need to be trapped with a mate they didn’t choose.Was this your plan when you invited me?”
Tak towered over the other Packmaster.“She is but a little child.If anyone was doing the seducing, it was your son.Has he gone through his first change yet?He is of age.”
“We were just talking!”Cleo dramatically bolted toward the house, jogged up the steps, and slammed the back door.
Hamish glowered at Tak.“If I ever see that bitch sniffing around my territory or near my son, I’ll?—”
“You’ll what?”Tak shifted his stance and clasped his hands behind his back.“Because if you put one finger on that girl, I’ll cut it off and hang it with my wind chimes.”
“Keep an eye on her.I’m warning you.”Hamish grabbed his son’s arm.“Rowan, come with me.”He hauled his son off with a few of his packmates following him, but not everyone.Most were engaged in the festivities.Alphas didn’t need saving.
I was relieved the confrontation ended peacefully.
It made me wonder how my pairing up with Deacon might benefit his pack.For one, I could reason with the alpha and suggest better ways to handle his disputes with other Packmasters, especially since I’d spent most of my career as a mediator.Tak wasn’t the first person Hamish had voiced complaints about, and he wouldn’t be the last.Hamish had lived here long before it was a town, so he felt more emboldened than others to control everything.
Tak ambled alongside Montana and Lakota.“One of you go inside and keep an eye on the girl—make sure she doesn’t do something foolish like run away.Young people are petulant.I’ll speak with her later.This wasn’t her fault—it was mine.I should’ve made it more clear to the pack that she needs special protection.”
Lucian stalked toward me from the fence with the most intense gaze I’d ever seen.He gripped my hand.“Come with me.”
I let go of his hand and walked alongside him, worried my father had called with an emergency.“What’s this about?”
Tak seemed to wonder the same thing as he called out, “Lucian, where are you going?”
“I’m showing Councilwoman Eden our security setup.”
Virgil skipped into view.“I’ll tag along!”
Tak grabbed Virgil’s collar and jerked him back.“That’s up for debate.If you have that much free time, there’s trash by the chicken coop you could put away.The Councilwoman needs security advice.Let Lucian do his job.”
“Virgil Nightingale never gets to have any fun.”
Once inside the quiet house, Lucian shut the door and led me down the dark hallway.We swung a right and then entered a room on the left.
A long desk ran across the left wall and the one straight ahead, multicolored lights illuminating the room.The monitors on the wall displayed security footage of the property.
Lucian shut the door.
“Sothisis the command center where you do all your work.”I approached the desk and spied a couple making out near the heat house and a man smoking a cigarette in the pasture.Not only could I see the property from every angle, but the camera periodically switched over to darker areas that must have been farther out on the territory.“This is incredible.”
He rubbed his palms over my hips.“Yeah, it is.”Lucian smelled the back of my neck and then kissed my ear.“I want to bend you over this desk.”
“Don’t threaten me with a good time.”
When his hand ventured up my dress and caressed me intimately, I knew it wasn’t just talk.
Girl, you must be crazy.We’re in the middle of a peace party, and you’re about to bang the host’s packmate over the security desk.
When he lifted the hem of my dress, I faced him.Then a powerful odor almost knocked me off my feet.“Your breath smells like onions.”
He leaned in close and rested his head on my shoulder while stroking my ass.“It won’t matter when I’m taking you from behind.Where do you want me to fuck you?On the desk or on the floor?”
Chapter14
