He laughed. “You’re pregnant and mated. It just goes to show how life can change instantly. Would you change anything?”
“Yeah, I wouldn’t have trusted Dani and Roger so quickly,” she said, wiping the sweat from her brow.
“Not all of us are like that. I promise you.” Kissing her neck he slowly eased out of her ass.
“I think it’s a bath time for both of us.”
Lifting her up, he carried her through to the bathroom. She stayed still as he filled the bath with water. Placing her in the hot water, he slid behind her, wrapping his arms around her body, holding her close.
“I will never get tired of this,” she said.
Closing his eyes, he inhaled her fresh, loving scent. “And I know I’ll never grow bored. You know what this means, don’t you?” he asked.
“What?”
“You’ll have to marry me. I’ll organize everything, and all you need to do is show up.”
She laughed, sitting back against him.
“What was your meeting about with your father?” she asked.
“They’ve found Debbie.” He told her every single detail about what had happened in his father’s office.
“A whole new pack?”
“Yeah. I don’t know what it means, but he suggested Debbie was with them. I’m going to need you with me for when this goes down, baby. With you there I imagine it will help ease any tensions.” He hated asking this of her, but he didn’t see any other choice.
“You want me to come with you to the meeting? I thought your dad already ordered it?” She looked up at him.
“He’s ordered it, but I’m still your Alpha. You don’t follow orders from anyone but me.”
“In the bedroom or out of it?” There was a glint in her eye that he’d never seen before. Bending down, he rubbed his nose against hers.
“Both, baby. Don’t you forget who’s the boss here.”
“As if I could ever forget. I’ll be there for you on Friday. It’s the least I could do, and it’s not like my time with you is over yet.”
“Bitch, our time together has only just begun.” He claimed her lips knowing in his heart that everything was going to be okay.
Chapter Twelve
The following Friday Mary stared across the field at the oncoming pack approaching. There were so many of them yet so few on William’s and Zeke’s side. If anything bad was about to happen she knew they were outnumbered and trapped. There would be no safety for any of them. Tightening her hand around Zeke’s she felt him tense beside her. Over the last week the bond between them had tightened. During their time together she found out they actually worked in the same building. Where she stayed close to the ground floor never venturing upwards, Zeke spent most of his time on the top floors never really leaving them. By the time he would have crossed her scent it would have disappeared, given how many people worked in the company.
He was the CEO of the firm she worked in. She learned a lot of wolves actually owned some of the more profitable companies out there, so they could control their breaks around the full moon.
“There’s my sister,” he said.
“Where?” She looked at the array of people approaching them and couldn’t find a single person.
“There.” He pointed to the woman beside a large, muscular man.
“Come on, boys, we’re not getting any younger,” William shouted at all of them. There were not many on her side, and she was starting to wish she’d turned down the request to accompany them.
“Everything will be all right,” he said.
“How do you know? I feel like I’m in some historic movie about to walk into battle.” They were dragging something along with them. Across the distance she saw the rope wrapped around a man’s neck. The man in question was bleeding and bruised.
In no time at all they were less than few feet away from each other.
“Father, brother, Alphas,” Debbie said, walking close. The scent coming off Debbie was the same as the big giant holding the string. “This is George. He’s an escapee like me, but he’s been surviving a lot longer than I have. They took him over ten years ago and kept him for five years before he was strong enough to break free.” Debbie looked back longingly. “He saved me, and he’s my mate.”
“Honey, congratulations. I’m so happy to see you’re alive.” William stopped. Mary heard the emotion in his voice. He was struggling to keep himself together. “Why didn’t you come to us sooner?”
“With Roger and Dani alive I couldn’t risk it. They were dangerous. When the news of their slaughter came to us, we knew we needed to wait. It was never about hiding, Dad. We’re a pack all together. Some of us are half breeds, others full breeds. We’re mixed but bound together by what they did to us. I smell one of us amongst you, and I know she’s covered in Zeke’s smell,” Debbie said.
Mary raised her hand in greeting, thinking about Jessica.
“What the hell happened out there, Debs?” Zeke asked.
“I went out to find information on the missing bodies. There were too many to count. Roger and Dani didn’t keep documents of the people they killed. Some of the bodies they dumped out were not dead.” Debbie stopped to look behind her. “All of these people survived what they did. This man.” Debbie pointed at the one who was bleeding. George pulled him in front, presenting him to them. “He’s the one responsible for the experiments. His name is Luther Dale. He’s a scientist and a half breed.”
George grabbed Luther around the neck. “He’s the one who encouraged Roger and Dani to capture others like us,” George said, snarling in the man’s face.
Mary watched unable to speak out.
Debbie threw a bag onto the ground. “He’s a half breed. He was turned by a full breed female, and he hated his condition so much he started to experiment on himself. Binding himself up so the wolf within was trapped unable to get out.”
“It worked,” Luther said, glaring at all of them. “You’re all f**king monsters. I showed that bitch who turned me not to mess with me. Fucking turning me against my will, the furry disgusting whore. I killed her, and then I went to Dani and Roger. They were going to be my next victims. I’m going to rid this world of you evil f**kers, and I’m going to swim in the blood I spill. I’ll tear you all apart, limb from f**king limb.”