“How many brothers are there again?” The girl’s family had moved to town a few months ago. They had a bad experience with their last alpha. Bennett wasn’t certain what their problem with him was, but the stepdad pledged loyalty to Ramsey almost immediately. The stepdad was a wolf shifter who mated with a human.
“A lot. More than normal people,” Ladon said with a smirk.
“Six. He has six.” Bennett narrowed his eyes at Ladon’s rudeness.
“Wow. Thatisa lot.”
“Yep,” Ladon shrugged, ignoring Bennett.
“Do all of your brothers look as hot as you two do?”
“Yep. And they’re just as gay too. Except for Ramsey. I’d say he’s the least gay of all of us. Wouldn’t you say that, Bennett?” Ladon grinned at him.
Ramsey didn’t discriminate when it came to dating.
“Oh, then do you want to go shopping?” she asked Ladon.
Bennett couldn’t help it. He burst out laughing. Ladon wasn’t the shopping type and anyone who knew the kid could figure that out. It was such a weird stereotype anyway and so incredibly ridiculous.
“Not all gay men like shopping, Lydia.”
“Do you?”
“Not at all.”
“Well, who buys your clothes?”
“My mother.”
Lydia narrowed her eyes. “I can tell.”
She started walking away from them, but Bennett’s words stopped her. “You will come to the next pack meeting.”
“My stepdad says I don’t have to go because I’m human.” Lydia turned to face them again with a hand on her hip.
Bennett planned to have a talk with her parents in the near future about the disrespectful way she had spoken to him. She might have been human, but she was still a member of the clan and needed to heed the hierarchy. For now, he let his eyes change and he saw her gasp. “You will do what I say and come to the next clan meeting.”
“Yes, Beta.”
“You may go,” he said to her dismissively. He watched her walk away as if someone had shoved a stick up her ass. Her parents needed help because they were raising a spoiled brat. “Well, I just successfully pissed her off.”
“She’s just some weird girl. Plus, she was hitting on you and that skeeved me out.”
Bennett snorted. “Why?”
“I don’t know. I guess because you’re my brother. It’s weird to think about people actually…I don’t know…liking you. That way.”
“How are you going to react when one of us finds their mate?”
“I don’t know. Barf.” Ladon made another weird face and a sound in the back of his throat as if he were going to upchuck. They stepped up to Bennett’s truck and he opened the door, getting into the cab at about the same time Ladon did.
“Just for that I won’t buy you ice cream.”
“Fuck that. I want ice cream.”
“Yeah, mom told me you would.” Bennett put the truck into gear and pulled out behind the long line of vehicles heading out of the school’s parking lot. Bennett tapped his fingers on the wheel. “So what’s your deal, Ladon? You scared of your first shift?”
“Duh. It’s gonna fucking hurt, man. And I don’t even know what kind of dragon I am. What if I’m the kind that breathes fire and shit?”
