“Do you have another person in the room with you?”
Duncan looked over at Blayze, and tilted his head for him to come closer. “Yes, our pack doctor,” he answered as he put the phone down and turned on the speaker so that Blayze could hear as well.
“Good, now you need to make sure Jordan is held down tightly.” Hearing that, Blayze went to the head of the bed and held down Jordan’s shoulders.
Duncan didn’t look at Blayze, he knew the question that was going through his mind. One, why the hell were they doing this? And two, what the fuck’s about to happen? “Okay, he’s secured down. What do you need me to do? And when we are done, I’m going to need you to explain to me what the fuck is going on.”
“Language, young man, I am much older than you and will not be afraid to put you over my knee.” Blayze snorted, and Duncan scowled at him. Blayze cleared his throat and hid his smile in his arm. “I need you to let a few drops of your blood fall on the markings on his side.”
“Markings? You mean the tattoo?” Duncan asked
“Yes,” she answered, “that child and his rebellious ways.”
Duncan brought his wrist to his lips and his canines pierced his wrist. Blood flooded into his mouth and instantly he brought his wrist over to the Mayan sun tattoo on Jordan’s hip, letting the blood fall freely. The markings began to glow around and started to spread all over his body. The tattoo started taking on a different shade as it grew larger, spanning from his hip to his side and stomach. Jordan was whimpering and groaning as if he was in a lot of pain. Duncan moved his hand and licked his wound closed still watching Jordan. He wanted to help Jordan, but he didn’t know what to do. Jordan’s head was thrashing from side to side and he began to struggle against Blayze’s hold.
The more Blayze held him down, the more Jordan struggled. The second Duncan’s hands touched Jordan, his eyes and mouth snapped open. Jordan let out a loud scream that pierced and shook the entire room. A bright light filled the room and surrounded Jordan. It was a good thing that Blayze and Duncan were holding him down because Jordan’s body was trying to float off the bed.
What the bloody fuck is going on?
The entire thing went on for a few more minutes before Jordan stopped moving and the screaming stopped. Jordan stopped screaming just as the blinding light disappeared. Duncan looked at Jordan, who was staring at him, but not looking at him. His eyes glowed brighter and redder. There was a large black ring around his irises making his pupils smaller, giving him a feline appearance. It seemed as if Jordan was going through a transformation while Duncan and Blayze were forcefully holding him down. His hair grew longer and his skin glowed.
Duncan was not sure what or who he was looking at. It was still Jordan but different. He was beautiful before, but now, he could not find the right words to describe how gorgeous he looked. Duncan knew he was staring, but he couldn’t take his eyes off his mate.Jordan smiled at him just as his eyes fluttered closed. Duncan didn’t miss the other new addition of his canines in Jordan’s smile.
“Mr. Pryde!” Duncan snapped out of his daze remembering that he was on the phone when everything had started. He released Jordan’s wrists, and went in search of his phone. He spotted it on the bed and picked it up just as Jordan’s mom yelled his name once again, causing him to wince.
“I’m sorry about that,” he apologized, taking it off speaker and bringing the phone to his ear.
“How is he?” she asked. Duncan could hear the worry in her voice.
“Fine, I guess. He’s alive. His eyes were open a few seconds ago.” He looked up at Blayze, who was checking Jordan’s vitals nodding his head.
“Good,” she sighed.
“Do you plan on telling me what the hell just happened?!” He didn’t mean to yell, but Duncan really wanted an explanation.
“I will, but first I need to explain it to Jordan. I will once he wakes up.”
“How do you know where we are?” Duncan snapped. He was irritated and wanted to hit something. He felt as if he was lied to.
“I’ve visited your home when I was a younger woman,” she told him.
Duncan realized where Jordan got his bossiness from.“I have your address; would it be alright to have one of my enforcers come to get you?”
“Yes, that will be fine. Also, it would be wise not to have the children around Jordan for a couple of days until he comes to grips with what he is.”
“How do you know about the kids?” Duncan demanded. “I did not give Jordan permission to tell you.”
Duncan’s mother sighed as if annoyed with Duncan’s question. “Mr. Pryde, may I call you Duncan?”
He saw no harm in it. “Yes.”
“I’ve told you, Duncan, I know who and what you are. Your father was a good man, someone I used to call a friend.”
That shocked Duncan, she knew his father? “You knew my father?”
“And your mother, before the great war,” she answered. “I was sorry to have heard about his death, I never trusted Bradley.” That took Duncan back and before he could ask her more questions, she spoke up. “Now, I am a bit rusty, I haven’t used my powers in a very long time and will not be able to phase to your location. My husband and I will be waiting for your enforcer. There are things I need to explain to you and to Jordan.”
Duncan couldn’t believe what he was hearing, and he wanted to ask more questions, but understood they would have to wait.They said their goodbyes and immediately Duncan called Sebastian and told him what he needed. One thing he appreciated about his Beta and enforcers was that even though they may be curious about certain things that he may ask them to do, they still followed his lead, trusting that he’d never put them in harm's way on purpose. Duncan rested the phone on the table and stared down at Jordan. He still had no idea what he was, one thing that didn’t change was that he and his beast still saw Jordan as his mate.
