Page 272 of The Alpha and His Song: Volume One

Matt growled, “Immy, get away from him!” I broke free from Keaton’s grasp and ran over and blocked Sean from view of them. Keaton growled, “Odette!” Dad gently said, “Sweetie, you don’t understand but there’s serious bad blood here. Just go back over to Keaton.”

Immy cried, “Please, just try to understand.” Aiden asked, “Haley, what are you doing? Why are you standing that close and protecting an O’Toole?” Haley said, “Everyone calm the fuck down. Wolves, shift back. We will discuss this calmly and rationally. There is no goddamn danger here.”

I realized my family had shifted. Everyone but my dad, which was probably because he wanted me clear of the area. Eric’s wolf was zeroed in on every move Haley made. I noticed plenty of men had weapons drawn and their eyes had turned gold.

Aiden asked, “How the hell would you know that, Haley?” Immy was crying so I squeezed her hand. I moved her behind me so she could hug Sean. He whispered, “I’m so sorry. You weren’t in our spot, and I was worried something happened to you. Your sister found me, and well she’s your sister. I didn’t want to fight her.”

Keaton growled, “Odette, get away from him.” I shot back, “No, stop this. Stop growling and being rude! Sean is a good guy.” Matt growled, “SEAN?! You two know him?” I frowned, “Oh come on, you have great hearing. You heard Immy talking to him, they clearly know each other. I know him too, I think that’s clear. Are you in shock? That seems to be the general mood here.”

Immy whispered, “He’s mine, daddy.” That made the whole room go quiet. Ted asked, “Immy?” My friend cried, “I couldn’t tell you. His last name is a problem and all of you just….” I supplied, “Acted insane because they saw his face.” Several people looked embarrassed.

Immy continued, “I couldn’t tell you. So, I told the one person that would help me. The one person that would fight for us and try to understand. Sean just wants to be with me. He doesn’t want this fight with the Holloran’s, he doesn’t.”

I teased, “Aww, you picked me to help you and I didn’t even know you two were Fairy mortal enemies. I totally pegged you guys as Romeo and Juliet though. I so called that, just so the room knows. There was probably a better choice than me helping you sneak off to see each other.”

Sean winked, “Romeo and Juliet with a happier, more mischievous ending.” I admitted, “I remember. It all makes so much more sense now, Sean. So much more sense.” It made Immy and Sean laugh. I squeezed her hand.

My friend sheepishly said, “You did help us, but I mean…” I interrupted, “I know who you meant, I was just teasing. I thought I could bring the temperature of the room down. My mob jokes usually did that with my brothers.” Immy wiped some tears from her eyes.

Haley spoke, “Immy came to me.” I was certain everyone knew that at this point too. Chase muttered, “God help us all.” A man appeared out of nowhere. He literally just appeared in the middle of the room beside Aiden. No pop or anything, just materializing. He looked a lot like Aiden too.

He yelled, “Do NOT tell me you met an O’Toole alone, little sister.” Haley said, “I was not alone, brother.” Uh what? They had another brother? Aiden joined in, “Hello, brother. Good of you to appear. Haley, tell us who you met Sean with. Your wolf and your Hackura brothers seem to be shocked. Does this mean Blade went with you?”

Another man came out of what appeared to be the wall saying carrying massive weapons. The man was the most intimating human I’d seen in my life. He commented, “Blade no go.” I shrieked, “BLADE GIVES HEART ATTACKS! WHERE DID HE COME FROM?! WAS IS IT THE FREAKING WALL?! WHY DOES THE WALL HAVE WEAPONS?!” A few people snickered but I was so serious right now.

Eric snarled, “You met an O’Toole alone, Haley?” I asked, “Quick question for those of us not caught up, why is that so bad? Haley’s a magical being with powers. Plus, I’ve been around Sean for months now and he’s totally fine.”

Keaton growled, “Months?!” Yeesh he was not going to take the news about Jag well. Tatum laughed, “No mate will not. It will go so much worse than this. Jag is a wolf, Sean is not.” What did that matter? Tatum replied, “It just does.” Great, so there was no reason.

Aiden said, “Melanie, how many siblings does Sean O’Toole have?” Melanie was picking at her sleeve, “Umm… you know now…. that I think about it… I might not have read about him… or his brothers… or… well he has a sister too.”

I laughed, “Mel, you just made it clear you do know him.” Melanie groaned, “Ok so I might know… Ok I met them all…. through a series of events… but only possibly… well… yeah. Everything was fine… and let’s all be honest… I’d have killed Sean if he was bad…. And none of you would’ve been the wiser… and I’m definitely way more murder-y than all of you …. So… to sum up… Sean is good.”

Alexander kissed Melanie then growled, “You met with an O’Toole, Lovebug?” Sean chimed in, “Several.” Melanie gave him a look. Tatum laughed in my head. Alexander snarled, “Explain!” Melanie said, “Well… you see… I was trying to find Odette and Sean… was too.”

I gasped, “Awww, you were? That’s so nice. You did say you’d pop to me if my mom tried to take me away for Immy. You could’ve mentioned that meant teleporting. I’ve been walking around everywhere, Sean. It’s very time consuming.”

Sean answered with a smile, “I was looking for you, for Immy and you. I do like you as a person, Odette.” I hummed, “I feel we didn’t discuss you not telling me about teleportation.” Immy laughed, “You were weird about Supernatural stuff.” I conceded, “Fine.”

Melanie jumped back in, “Anyway… I found Sean.. whilst he was looking for Odette… so he and I talked… and… I did not kill him… which I feel says a lot. Sean helped with some things… to find Odette.”

“He did mention…. That he knew Haley, and I well… yeah. The conclusion… is Sean and Immy… should be together… and he’s not a bad guy… like even remotely… or he’d be dead… but you see him … standing right there… so he’s not dead… and will remain alive.”

I linked Olivia, “Is this working?” Olivia answered, “Uh huh.” I said, “Oh my god. Melanie is so nervous and murder-y.” Olivia replied, “Melanie would kill people everyone in this room wouldn’t because they give people chances. Melanie stopped doing that. Sean is definitely above board.” I knew that already.

Aiden sounded angry, “Melanie, you knew who Sean was before then because you’ve read the book of O’Toole’s. So how many brothers does Sean have that would’ve met with my sister?” Haley sounded annoyed, “Don’t fucking do that to her, brother.”

Aiden demanded, “Then you answer me.” Haley answered without preamble, “He has six brothers and a sister.” Eric snarled, “And you walked into meet them ALONE?!” Haley replied, “I didn’t walk, no.” That answer annoyed several people. I personally thought it was bad ass. Tatum cackled, “Please say that.” Sassy was humming away and seemed amused.

I complimented my sister in, “That’s so bad ass. She teleported, I love it.” Caspian winked at me, while Trit looked like he was watching a tennis match. No one said anything so before Melanie could I did. “Ok, I’m seriously confused over here. She’s like a Princess, right?”

Melanie of course jumped the line to answer, “Of two races. Fairies and the Hackura.” I snorted, “Bless you.” Tatum laughed in my head while a few people smirked. Melanie looked confused then added, “The Hackura…. are the Protectors of the Realms.”

I turned and addressed the room, “My question stands. Why are you guys are mad Haley went in alone then? Isn’t she liking the most qualified deadly person beside the King’s themselves? Ok Princes too. Or am I misunderstanding something here?”

Eric growled, “The O’Toole’s want my wife dead.” Melanie hummed, “I mean… not exactly… captured…. And in their custody… would be the way I’d phrase that. They want you dead… not her.” Well, fuck them. They couldn’t kill my brother.

Everyone glanced at me. I asked, “What?” Melanie answered, “You snarled… which is fair… because Eric is your brother… obviously that upsets you… I don’t know why they are looking at you like that… it’s not surprising that was your reaction to that news.”