Opening the door, Rudy saw him sitting at his desk, scowling as he read a document. Rudy closed the door and sat in a chair opposite Josiah’s desk, steeling himself for the rage he knew would be directed at him.
Josiah exhaled loudly, looking up at Rudy, his trusted second-in-command. “Well, did you get it done?” he snarled.
“I found where they’ve been hiding, but they’re not there anymore,” replied Rudy.
Josiah sat there, his face turning red as anger coursed through his body. “Any idea where they went?”
“Nope. I searched the house several times and didn’t find any clues as to their whereabouts. But I did scent three other wolves. I don’t know which pack the three wolves belong to but I’m pretty sure one of them mated with Jackson.”
Josiah sat back in his chair, staring at Rudy. “Get Khan in here. I need to ask him a question.”
As Rudy headed out to find his Alpha’s son, Josiah felt fear start to swallow him as he thought back to what his Shaman had foreseen.No! He wouldn’t allow that to happen and he’d kill Jackson and his brothers before they killed him. There just wasn’t any other option. The Shaman was quite clear about it and Josiah saw that prediction coming true if what Rudy said was correct. He slammed his massive fist on the desktop, cursing himself for not trying harder to find and kill those brothers before they alerted the High Council. Well, Jackson better not count him out yet, because he wasn’t about to give up on everything he’d worked so hard for. They’d soon find Josiah’s elite fighting force was far superior to anything the seven puny brothers could come up with.
Khan knocked and then entered. “You wanted to see me, Father?”
“Yes, tell me who the guy was you met in the supermarket. You went out on a date with him?” Josiah asked, barely disguising his disgust. Khan claimed he was gay but Josiah refused to acknowledge it publicly. He knew it was just a stage and his eldest son would grow out of it because when he took over the Alpha position one day, he’d need to mate with a female to continue the line.
“Yes, I dated him once,” Kahn answered. “I don’t know a lot about Steel because he didn’t talk very much during our date. When I met him again on the Fox River Pack land …”
“Wait! You met him on the Fox River Pack land? What was he doing there? Tell me!” he barked.
Looking at his father strangely, Khan wondered why his comment would upset him so much. “Yes, I met Steel and his father. Steel thought they were on public land. When I told them it wasn’t, they left.”
Josiah narrowed his eyes, doing an imaginary eye roll at the stupidity of his son. But instead of chastising Khan, which would just shut him down, he asked, “What about the supermarket?”
“I told you, I bumped into him, we exchanged pleasantries and then he pulled me over to the wine display where we talked about our favorites. Why?”
“When you scented Jackson, did you notice anything strange?” pushed Josiah.
“Well, at first I didn’t realize it was Jackson because my wolf kept scenting a pregnant wolf. But as I continued to track the wolf through the store, I guess my wolf was wrong because it was Jackson,” replied Khan.
“Thanks for the clarification. Tell Rudy to come in now,” Josiah said.
Watching his son walk out of the room, he dropped his hands to his lap to hide their shaking. Shit, Jackson had mated and was now pregnant. He didn’t know how that could happen with a male Alpha wolf, but his Shaman warned him Jackson must be killed before that happened.
If Josiah were honest, he’d never given much credence to the ramblings of his medicine man.What normal person would? How could a male Alpha wolf become pregnant?Josiah huffed; he still didn’t believe it but just in case, Jackson and his mate must be killed at once.Fuck the High Council!
Chapter 26
Steel was becoming frantic. Two weeks had passed since the complaint was made to the High Council yet not a word from them came back about their notifying the Silver Point Pack. Fearing for his mate’s safety, he decided to call them and demand an update. He also had to make decisions about hiring enforcers.
His property was very well protected electronically but he also wanted a fighting force at his disposal. He was reading through a list of candidates Slate sent him when Oracle glided into his office. Tossing the list on his desk, he glanced up at his mother. “Good morning, Mom, what’s up?”
“Have you heard back from the High Council yet?”
“No, I plan to call them today. It’s been over two weeks and they should have reported back to me by now,” Steel growled.
“That’s a good idea, sweetie” Then she added, “I have the name of a doctor who will be available to stay here for the last two months of Jackson’s pregnancy and then for a month after the baby is born to make sure no problems arise.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
“Sweetie, nothing is too good for my first grandchild,” Oracle said, a wide smile lighting up her face. “His name is Dr. Ian Wallace and here’s his contact information.”
“I’ll get right on this. Colton has given me his equipment list but he wants a doctor to look it over first,” said Steel.
“How’s Jackson feeling?”
“He’s sleeping right now. The tiredness is taking its toll on him but I think the morning sickness is getting better so hopefully an end to both is in sight,” Steel sighed.
