Phil groaned, “T knows?” I explained, “He read his email… so yes. As far as my mate… I’m going to tell Xander. I’m just waiting for the presentation to end…. It’s polite…which is what I’ve been told my entire life.” Phil sighed, “Now I’ve got to hunt Toby down, he’s going to be upset.”
I linked, “He might be more upset I hacked him again. Well, not again. I’ve already hacked him so….it doesn’t count.” Phil started laughing really hard. I closed our link when Alpha Roguer finished his presentation.
Freya urged, “Get him.” I planned to. I asked the man leading questions and gave him the opportunity to be honest. It was hardly…. my fault…. Alpha Roguer did not take the opportunity.Freya agreed, “You did try.” With my wolf on my side… I cut him off at the knees. Metaphorically.
Alpha Roguer would not take advantage of my brother in law or my mate. I dismissed him, but he didn’t take the hint. He tried to bring up the rules of the Summit. I knew the rules of the Summit backwards and forwards. Alpha Roguer was the one who broke them in the first place… which meant I could do what I wanted.
Dylan wanted to make a statue of me. At least mine would probably be flattering like Haley’s. I definitely didn’t want one like Eric’s…. or Xander would react badly. I was already hacked into Beta Dylan’s email so…. I’d see it if he planned to go back and forth with the manufacturer like he did with Eric’s.
The disconcerting thing was, the one Dylan ended up choosing was actually one of the tamer choices. It could’ve been a lot worse. So, people could say what they wanted to…. but Dylan didn’t go full on nuclear with his choice.
Dylan slid it in that he was selling statues on his website. He didn’t mention that Eric’s statue wasn’t for sale on his website either. It was just Haley’s. EJ tried to get into the details of how I’d known all that about Alpha Roguer.
Seriously… these people needed to understand more about plausible deniability. Freya teased, “You tell people that a lot.” Yes… well Caine and Dax couldn’t ever understand I was helping them. It was a thing…. and all of them should absolutely embrace it.
The rest of the meetings were boring since I’d already gotten the information we needed. I had kept my laptop, so given the fact my work wasn’t needed, I sent Caine and Dax information about their meetings… since it was their first summit…and they totally expected the email.
Then I decided to work on recipes for mine and Karina’s Bakery. Before we broke for the day, I sent her my ideas. IfKarina liked any, she could try to make them and test them out at the pack house. They loved being our taste testers.
Xander let me use the pack’s Ipad’s for surveys. Most people actually used them to respond. So far there wasn’t anything they didn’t like. I didn’t know if that’s because they were Werewolves…. who were generally always hungry, or because of the food alone.
Karina and I were discussing a human test group as well. We had enough humans mated into the pack. We were going to get them together to test our food to get their honest opinion. Bradford had smirked… but I was being diligent with the bakery along with my partner.
I noticed Alpha Emmett take off like he’d been shot out of a cannon during our break. I sat down and pulled up my computer. I frowned because…. I didn’t have anything. Eric linked me, “You didn’t miss anything. It was some random rogues and a car accident.”
I snorted, “Are we sure it was random? Car accidents… tend not to be.” Eric snorted out loud then replied via link, “Sometimes a car accident is just that. If you don’t have anything on it; I’m inclined to believe it was a car accident.” It wasn’t.
I asked, “Who was in the car?” Eric replied, “Keaton. Keith has the rogues. They will be questioned. My Angel will make sure they are telling the truth for Lexi. I’m confident this was just a car accident either caused by rogues or that happened and they took advantage of.” Of our honorary Resistance member?! This was just a spit in my face.
Freya said, “It’s not.” It felt like it. I asked Eric, “Is Keaton ok?” Eric snorted, “Yes, one of his classmates stumbled upon him. She fought off rogues impressively according to Keith. She doesn’t know about Supernatural’s though, so she took him to a human hospital.” That would be his girlfriend, Katie, then.
I asked, “How do you already know all that?” Eric smiled answering, “Sources.” Probably former Alpha Chase. Or a Warrior of ours was on the border and went to offer Yellow Hills assistance… with the rogues… who definitely wanted me to kill them. Freya snorted, “They are probably dead and we have priorities. Like getting punished by our mate.”
I went to help Alexandria while she waited for updates. We all knew Keaton was fine. I showed her his chart, “Keaton only has a concussion. Ok, no… his shoulder was also out of place. They popped it back in… though.” Someone hurting my honorary Resistance member was making me mad.
Sierra linked, “You literally proved Keaton’s fine.” I retorted, “People really… just want me to kill them.” Sierra argued, “They do not and the rogues have been taken into custody.” I huffed, “Custody should mean their CORPSES! He’s MY honorary Resistance member… rogues can’t cause car accidents.”
Sierra reasoned, “Yes, they can.” I reasoned, “Not that take Keaton by surprise… he has Alpha and Hood reflexes… which means this was a blindside hit.” Sierra argued, “Those happen sometimes. People get lucky.” It felt wrong to let this go, but Eric and Sierra thought I should. Eric would also look into. I suppose I could see how this played out… but I was right. Next time… I’d kill people… and no one would stop me…. because this data point would prove my way to be correct.
Alexandria nudged me saying, “I like you, even if you are terrifying. Would it kill my husband to send that update on my brother in law?” Melanie said, “In my experience… men don’t think about things like that. I’m sure Lexi will text you though.”
No sooner had I said that then Alexandria’s phone buzzed with a text from Lexi, who offered a lot of details. Including the fact that Katie was the student who stumbled upon Keaton… like I’d guessed. Apparently, Katie said she felt like she had to be on that road.
Hmmm… I was totally right…. and they were mates. That instinct could be the mate bond. Plus Katie herself wasn’t human…. According to Keaton… which that statement proved. Katie might not know about Supernatural’s… but her actions were pretty darn Supernatural in nature.
I asked Alexandria, “Have you met Katie?” Alexandria answered, “Nope. Keith has but I’m convinced that because he’s the only one that goes to school with them.” I asked, “Katie hasn’t come to the packhouse?”
Alexandria answered, “No, Keaton always goes to see her. Or to hang out at her apartment. Keaton told Emmett he didn’t want Lisa around Katie.” I reasoned, “So… you know… she’s his girlfriend?” Alexandria admitted, “Yes, we do.”
I laughed, “And you think…?” I trailed off intentionally. Alexandria said, “Probably the same as you do. I think this girl is Keaton’s mate, but I don’t know why Keaton isn’t announcing it.” I reasoned, “He could want her to accept him… and their bond first.”
Alexandria shrugged, “It’s not like we wouldn’t respect his space.” I said, “I'm guessing the family was all over him about Lisa?” Alexandria replied, “Your voice squeaked.” I sighed, “Ok… so I know they were.” Alexandria agreed, “They definitely were.”
I said, “Then maybe…. Keaton feels protective of what he has with Katie because of that.” Alexandria sighed, “Great. Eventually, Emmett will agree with me that we just have to meet this girl. We aren’t like the Conners. We don’t wait for people to tell us things. Emmett will confront Keaton and force the issue. He’s been less direct than normal about it.”
I said, “Each family does their own thing… everyone has a dynamic.” Alexandria laughed, “I don’t know about that. Your family isn’t the same with things concerning you than they are with your brothers. They always confront them about things, even when we were pups.”
I replied, “They used to be… that way with me too… it’s just different now.” Freya chimed in, “Melanie, we could tell our family that bothers us.” Yes and no. Alexandria surmised, “That bothers you.” I sighed, “It shouldn't… I know why they aren’t… and use it to my advantage.”
