“Thank you…that would be helpful, Alpha.” Brady left Jackson’s study and headed upstairs to find Lucius and talk about moving to the Blackwood Pack lands. It wasn’t something he was looking forward to, but after accepting the fact that his mate would be in danger for the foreseeable future, he had to agree that Jackson’s proposal was not only sound but extremely generous. He owed it to Lucius—and to their future security—to be honest with him about his vulnerability, something he’d held off doing to avoid upsetting his mate.
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Kicking the door closed, Reeve leaned against it, tugging Kahn tight to his chest. Lowering his head, he nosed along his mate’s neck, inhaling the scent he loved. “Finally…alone at last,” he murmured in Kahn’s ear.
“Aww…you didn’t like CeCe flirting with you?”
Groaning, Reeve muttered, “You have no idea how thankful I am that your mother decided to buy her own place. When I said having your sisters live with us wouldn’t be a problem, I had no idea one of them would want to practice her moves on me.”
Laughing, Kahn replied, “I honestly didn’t know she would either, but at least I know you won’t take advantage of her inexperience.”
Reeve shuddered at the thought. “Nope…never gonna happen. Let some other guy enjoy her attention.”
Frowning slightly, Kahn thought about that and then said, “No one is getting close to CeCe unless I approve them.”
Smoothing out Kahn’s forehead with one of his fingers, Reeve murmured, “I don’t think CeCe will go along with that.”
“Tough shit…she’ll just have to.”
Snorting, Reeve said, “Good luck with that. Looks like you haven’t recently spent much time with your sister, cause I don’t think CeCe’s gonna take kindly to big brother tellin’ her what to do.”
Opening his mouth to protest, Kahn realized his mate was right about his sister. All the fight went out of him as he slumped against Reeve. “Oh shit…what the fuck am I going to do?”
“I have a plan…want to hear it?”
“If it includes locking CeCe up until she’s an old lady…then hell yes!”
“Nothing like that,” Reeve said, laughing.
“Too bad…that would have solved everything,” Kahn muttered, then grinned. “How about a chastity belt?”
Roaring with laughter, Reeve asked, “Where the hell do you get these ideas from…locking her up…a chastity belt? If anyone heard you, they’d think you were living in the dark ages.”
“Well, obviously, other brothers who lived during those times had sisters like CeCe.”
“Actually it was knights going off on crusades who supposedly did it to keep their wives from running around when they were gone…but neither of those two options will work today.”
Sighing, Kahn agreed his mate was right again, but he might revisit his ideas if CeCe kept coming on to Reeve. “Okay, so what’s your plan to keep my sister from hitting on you?”
“Cariño,” Reeve murmured, “you’re jealous!”
Snorting, Kahn muttered, “Of my sister…I highly doubt it…but I am pissed…CeCe knows better.”
“I’m sure she does, but have you ever wondered why she’s doing it?”
“Because she’s a spoiled brat!”
Laughing, Reeve said, “While she might be, that’s not the reason. Think about it…why would she flirt with me when she knows I’m totally committed to you?”
“Not a fucking clue.”
“CeCe does it because she knows I’m not going to respond to it.”
“I don’t get it…if she knows that, then why do it?”
“She can practice her feminine wiles knowing nothing will come of it and, believe me, it’s better she does that with me, than with some guy who’s free to pursue her.”
“Fuck! I see what you mean,” Kahn replied. “But, that just tells me she’s already thinking about guys, and she’s too fucking young to be doing that. Fucking Josiah! If he had taken the time to be a father, CeCe wouldn’t be acting this way.”
