Chapter 37
“Galen! Eamon! Come down here, now! It’s time to leave!” Remy shouted, standing at the foot of the staircase.
“Gotta find our swords!” Galen yelled back, his voice slightly muffled since he was in his bedroom closet.
“Didja find ‘em, Gally?” Eamon asked, while peering under his bed. “We can’t go treasure huntin’ without ‘em.”
His brother was right, they needed their swords. Flipping up the toy box lid, Galen pawed through it before deciding to empty it. Throwing the contents haphazardly on the floor, he finally found their weapons. Shouting with happiness, he said, “I got ’em, Eamon!” Backing out of the closet, he turned around to face his brother, triumphantly holding the swords in the air.
Rushing toward Galen, Eamon grabbed his sword from his brother’s hand before brandishing it as he danced around the room. “Treasure huntin’ time!”
“Galen and Eamon! Get down here,now!” bellowed Remy.
“C’mon,” Galen said, “Let’s go so we can find the treasure.”
Following his brother into the hallway, Eamon whispered, “Gally, are you scared?”
Stopping, Galen looked at his brother. “Bout what?”
“Goin’ to a new place. What if they find us again?” whispered Eamon, his eyes wide with fear.
His brother’s question brought back everything Galen had tried so hard to forget. The sounds of their mother crying had haunted his nights for months and it wasn’t until Carsso came that his nightmares ended and, with them, his fear. “Nah…Carsso killed them.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yup. Carsso’s wolf killed them cuz they gone now.”
“Why didnja tell me?”
“I forgot.”
“If you boys don’t get down here this instant, you’ll miss the first clue.”
His eyes widening at Remy’s threat, Galen grabbed Eamon’s hand, and pulled him down the hallway. “C’mon…I want that treasure.”
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Jackson was standing on the front porch when his mate stepped out of the house to join him. Feeling Steel’s arms snake around his waist, he leaned back against him, enjoying a few moments of quiet before everyone arrived.
Kissing his mate lightly behind his ear, Steel murmured, “Ready for the invasion?”
Chuckling, Jackson turned around, his eyes full of merriment. “Our puppy pack is growing…Daniel, Jake, Jessica, Lory, Lili, Killi, Galen, Eamon, and Rune…and soon there’ll be more.”
“Not what you expected a year ago.”
Shaking his head slowly, Jackson replied, “It all started when you stopped to pick up a naked hitchhiker.”
“Best decision I ever made,” Steel said, grinning.
“You might change your mind when Carson and Remy show up with Galen and Eamon. According to Hunter, they can be quite a handful.”
“They won’t be a problem,” Steel said.
Jackson smirked. “How can you be so certain?”
“Cause kids love me,” Steel replied, grinning.
“Uh-huh...good to know,” Jackson said, an eyebrow raised in disbelief. Then, at the sound of the front door opening, he looked over his mate’s shoulder to see who it was.
