“Beforewe chop his head off,” Beck grumbled.
“The blood order about Faegan Lewis stands here, too,” Peyton said. “Faegan sets so much as atoeon this continent, I want his head. The Targhee Pack will match Trevor’s cash bounty, too.” He looked to Trent. “Make sure word gets spread throughout the US and Canada.”
Trent nodded. “I’ll update everyone.”
“Also, pass the word anyone caught helping Faegan Lewis will fall under a blood edict fromthispack,” Peyton said, his voice bearing a distinct hint of a growl at the end. “I don’t think any of ours would help him out, but I’m not taking any chances. I’m sick of these assholes.”
“You’re not the only one,” Dewi grumbled from where she once again stood against the wall, arms crossed over her chest.
Peyton glanced her way. “New standing pack edict—anyone gives aid and comfort to a declared enemy of our pack, including enemies of the Staffordshire Pack, they will fall under the same fate as our enemy. I’m tired of these fuckers.”
“Thank the Goddess,” Dewi said. “It’s about time someone starts seeing things my way. Funny that it took you finally about to become a father to shift your thinking.” She was usually the one who wanted blood for serious transgressions.
Peyton turned to look at her. “Dewi,” he said, “I already know what it’s like to feel like a father.”
“Being an uncle to Trent’s pups isn’t the same thing.”
“Mebbe not,” Badger piped up, “but Peyton an’ Trent loved an’ cared for ye like fathers after yer parents were murdered,” Badger said. “As did I. Ye’re my daughter, in my heart.”
“He’s right,” Trent said. “You’re our baby sister but we went from being your big brothers to being your dads.”
She blushed.
Even Beck nodded. “I’d agree with them, but that conversation would getreallyweirdreallyfast.” He shot her a playful smirk.
Dewi laughed. “Yeah, butIchasedyou, and I never thought of you like a dad, so it wasn’t creepy forme.”
Badger chuckled. “She was eighteen, lad. If it dinnae fash me, ye shouldn’t worry about it. If it had bothered me, no one ever woulda found yer hide.”
Someone knocked on the office door.
“Come in,” Peyton called.
The door opened, and Ken’s head poked through. “Dinner’s ready.”
Dewi pushed off the wall. “Let’s grab it and growl,” she said, wanting a break from the weighty conversation.
“We’ll finish this after dinner,” Peyton said.
Later that night, once they concluded their conversation, and after Dewi returned to the cabin with Ken, she laid awake in his arms as he blissfully slept next to her.
Yes, she absolutely couldn’t head to the UK to participate in the hunt for Faegan Lewis. She had to stay here in the States.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t shake her worry that there might already be an impending ambush of one of theirs from an unknown direction and foe.
An ambush she as of yet had no way to anticipate or repel.
Her hand came to rest on her stomach.
And here I am, a primeliability.
Chapter Five
After the Enforcers emerged from their meeting with Peyton, Trent, and Dewi, Nami sensed Beck’s mood had turned dark and foul.
Unfortunately, with everyone around, she didn’t dare try to ask him what was going on, even through their mate bond. If it was something she was supposed to know right now, she trusted that he’d tell her.
Although it felt uncomfortable sensing his prickly, restless,angryenergy all throughout dinner. Normally, her wolf man was sweet and bubbly, especially now that they were expecting. Doubly so being surrounded by friends and family he didn’t get to see on a regular basis.
