“Yes, Alpha,” Groose replied, glancing at Reeve before turning away.
Tristan shifted his gaze back to Reeve, studying him for a moment before asking. “Is there a problem between you and Groose? Should I switch you to the men watching the road? I’m sure Heath won’t mind going with Groose.”
“I don’t have an issue with the man, Alpha,” Reeve replied, “He is a highly trained professional and I’m proud to be at his side.”
“Good,” Tristan said before walking away, leaving Reeve alone with Heath.
Reeve waited until the Alpha was out of earshot before looking at his friend. “You fucking told him about me and Groose, didn’t you?”
“I did,” Heath said.
“Why would you do that? It had nothing to do with anything except my mission to capture Josiah.”
“He noticed your reaction to Groose and asked me about it.”
“You didn’t have to tell him,” Reeve muttered.
“Yes I did and you know it. He’s my Alpha and I owe my loyalty to him first…and I’m sorry if that’s a problem, but I made it very clear to you,” Heath replied. “Put the shoe on the other foot…what if I wanted you to hide the truth from your mate? Would you do it…or would you more likely tell me to bugger off.”
Reeve fell silent for a moment before answering. “You’re right, friend. I’m sorry. I never realized how hard it is to submit to the authority of the Alpha in a wolfpack.”
“I know,” Heath agreed, understandingly. “I grew up in one, but after leaving home, I only had bosses to dealwith and you can take it from me, a pack’s a whole different kettle of fish. Don’t worry, you’ll get the hang of it.”
“Maybe…” Reeve muttered, still not totally convinced. Perhaps a talk with Kahn would be in order to see if his mate had any ideas that might help him adjust.
Chapter 39
“Hey, Jackson…you got a moment?” asked Carson.
Shutting down his computer, Jackson looked up at his brother. “Sure, if it won’t take too long. It’s my turn to corral my son and make sure he’s in his pj’s although I don’t know why I bother since he always shifts during the night.”
Chuckling, Carson walked into his brother’s study and sat down. “I feel for you…thank goodness our boys are magic users and not shifters.”
“You say that now, but wait till they start using magic…then what?”
“Remy said they can’t use it on me so I’m not worried.”
“Right…but have you thought what else they will be able to do…like disappear so you can’t find them when it’s bedtime or mealtime? Then what are you gonna do?”
Groaning, Carson muttered, “Why would you tell me this? Here I was thinking how easy I was going to have it compared to Cody and Colton.”
“Hate to break it to you, but that ship has sailed, especially since Jessie has a major crush on Eamon.”
“My hope is she’ll outgrow it,” Carson replied.
“Yeah…well good luck with that,” Jackson said grinning “Now what did you want to talk about?”
“You know when I went with Remy to move Tristan’s pack…”
“Yeah, what about it?”
“Well…” Carson began, then hesitated. He wasn’t sure how his brother would react to what he was going to say, but Jackson was his Alpha and deserved to know the truth about what he’d done. “Uhm…”
“Hey, look at me,” Jackson said softly. “Tell me…I won’t get angry…I promise.”
Nodding, Carson said, “Okay, so Kahn was there and he told me how sorry he was for what Josiah had done and swore to me that if he’d known what his father was planning, he’d have told you or Mom.”
“I see,” Jackson replied, leaning back in his chair and studying his brother. “And you believed him?”
