Glancing sharply at his grandfather, Tristan asked, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Pete shrugged. “I’m wondering why you changed your mind.”
“Because Ihavea mother…I don’t need another,” Tristan growled.
“Whoa, son…who said anything about that? I thought it was just a simple dinner invite.”
Sighing, Tristan murmured, “Kahn surprised me…that’s all. I couldn’t figure out why Elenor would want to meet me since I’m living proof of her husband’s infidelity.”
“Son, you got this all wrong…”
“Do I?” Tristan snapped. “I’m her husband’s illegitimate son.”
“No…you’re the rightful heir to the Alpha of the Silver Point Pack. Which, if Josiah had done the right thing and married your mother…”
“But he didn’t,” Tristan insisted.
“It doesn’t change the fact of who you are,” Pete replied, falling silent as his long forgotten anger at Josiah began to rise again. Suddenly he felt the gentle touch of his daughter on his arm, reminding him she was counting on him to help her son. “I’ll come back to this in a moment, but first, tell me who your mate is.”
“He didn’t mention his name…he just walked out.”
“After you laughed, right?”
“Yeah…a really dumb thing I did.”
“Don’t worry, he’ll be back.”
“You don’t know that!”
“I do…he’s your Fated Mate and his animal won’t let him ignore you for long,” Pete explained.
“This is all so confusing,” Tristan said. “How can you be so sure he’s my Fated Mate?”
“Simple…he caught your scent.”
“And…what? He suddenly knows we’re mates? If that’s true, why didn’t it happened to me? Or is it only one-sided?”
Chuckling, Pete asked, “Did your cock get hard when you saw him?”
“Grandpa!” Tristan exclaimed, in a shocked voice. “I don’t think…”
“That’s a sign the person is your Fated Mate…at least for men, it is. Did you notice if the man had a bulge in his pants?”
Embarrassed by his grandfather’s questions, Tristan could only shake his head as he felt his cheeks begin to burn, The last timethathappened was in his teens, after his mother gave him a book about gay sex. He’d never told her about his attraction to men, but somehow she’d guessed. As for his reaction, he wasn’t about to tell his grandfather about the raging hard-on he’d had for most of last night, but at least now he knew what had prompted it.
“Well, since he said he was your mate, then I’d expect he was aroused, but you just missed it since you didn’t know what to look for.”
Groaning, Tristan’s face was now on fire. “Grandpa…this is not helping. I need to know what to do next.”
“You can wait until he seeks you out or…you sure you haven’t seen this guy before?”
“No! Reeve introduced me to all of his men, and he wasn’t one of them,” Tristan replied, pausing before adding, “although he did call me ‘boss’.”
“Your mate must know Reeve,” Pete murmured, thinking about the men he saw with Reeve after he took over the pack, but he couldn’t come up with an answer for his grandson. Then, looking at Tristan with a smile, he said, “I think we need the Petticoat Express.”
Bursting out laughing, Tristan asked, “What the hell is that?”
“That’s who’s going to find your mate. C’mon, time to get your grandmother involved.”
