“Dakota! Damn my brother works fast.”
“Wrong! Guess again?”
“It can’t be you because I’m not intoirchigh.”
“It better not be me, babe. I need some time to enjoy Daniel before I start with another pup.”
“Theo? Oh, fuck, are we going to have a bear cub running around now?”
“Not that I’m aware of…thank goodness…but that reminds me, Dylon said bears mate in threes, usually two males and one female. Do you see Theo and Norman with a lady bear? Cause I don’t.”
“Hmm, you know, it’s times like this I’m glad it’s Cody and Dylon’s problem to deal with. And since I’ve used up all my guesses for who is preg…oh shit, it’s not my mother is it?”
“No, I am not pregnant,” Oracle said, serenely walking into Jackson’s study. “Kieran is.”
“Kieran is? How?”
“Dear, if you do not know how pregnancy occurs, then your father has failed you.”
Snickering, Jackson said, “Your mother has a point, babe. Maybe you need a refresher course about the birds and the bees from your father. Oracle do you want to ask Maximus or should I?”
“Funny, funny. What I meant is I didn’t know Kieran was an Omega,” Steel said.
Jackson grinned, taking pity on his mate. “I didn’t either, babe. When Logan told me this morning, I’m afraid he didn’t initially get the reaction he expected.”
“But you’re happy for them, right?” asked Steel.
“Very much so! Ever since Logan found out about my gift, he wanted the same thing from the Fates, so he’s happy Kieran can have pups…but I don’t think that’s his only gift.” Then Jackson continued, “We’re really having a population boom in the Blackwood Pack. Wait till Mystia finds out she’ll be a grandma again.”
Steel chimed in, “You’ll also be a grandmother again, Mom, if Dakota and Slate have a pup, and I bet my brother’s pup will be as much trouble as my brother was.”
“Let’s not go there, babe,” said Jackson, turning to Oracle. “I’m glad you’re here, Oracle, because Colton told me about their discovery of Ian’s Scottish Wolf subjects…200 of them…living in the north country. Did you know about them?”
“Yes, however, I was not given permission to disclose their existence to Ian. I am sorry about it, but the knowledge I possess from the Fates is controlled by them. Has Ian and Colton met them yet?” asked Oracle.
“Next week, I believe. As to what they are going to do about it, I haven’t had a chance to discuss it with Colton yet, but I will later today. Oh, here’s Mystia,” Jackson said, rising, and greeting her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
Steel pulled a chair over for Mystia. Then he asked, “Have you seen what Daniel can do yet?”
“No, but I was with Maximus when we found the book he was looking for,” Mystia said, “I assume, the proud grandpa had Daniel show you, hmm?”
“Daniel is totally amazing!” Steel exclaimed.
“He is,” Mystia said, smiling, before turning to Jackson. “What is it you need me to do?”
Pulling out a map of the pack house and its surrounding 200,000 acres, Jackson pointed to a spot on it. “I need a cavern deep in this mountain with only one person allowed access to it.”
Mystia studied the map, then glanced at Jackson. “What will the cavern be used for?”
“It’s for the hoard of an underage dragon Logan rescued the other day in Scotland. Cody and Dylon have been appointed his temporary guardians and he…Fionn’s his name…will be joining us. But in the meantime, we need to move his hoard out of Scotland.”
“I can do that but I will need young Fionn to set up the access portal,” Mystia said.
“He’s in Scotland at the moment,” Jackson said.
“That’s not a problem. I can meet him there, get the portal done and help transfer his hoard to the new location,” said Mystia.
“Okay, can you do it now? I’m worried about Fionn’s life as long as his hoard remains in Scotland.”
