“Can you two stop, for just …. an hour… I swear, this shit gives me a headache.” lackluster too and I wonder what exactly went down with his meeting with his father. His usual shine is missing.
“She started it!” Carmen blurts out, like a juvenile tattle telling, and it makes me frown at her with a subtle shake of my head. Mature she is not. She’s? following Colton once more, across the room as he pushes off and heads for a couch, but he sees her coming and crosses away to perch on the arm of the opposite one, where the twins are sprawled out with cans of beer. She looks annoyed instantly. at the fact she can’t sit anywhere near him and it irritates me endlessly that she’s chasing him around. It’s obvious to all of us he wants her to leave him alone.
“
She has a name, and no… I think your skanky
Puta booty always starts shit. When are you going to stop trailing his ass and sit down? You’re being pathetic.” Meadow lets out a frustrated ‘arghh’ noise under her breath when carmen ceases to edge closer to him, mirroring my sentiments exactly. She walks over and yanks Carmen by the arm harshly, pushing her into a nearby chair aggressively, so Carmen stumbles backwards ungracefully and butt thuds, then throws a commanding pointer finger in her face. One of her talons only millimeters from the end of piercing Carmen’s nose.
“Now sit!! … Like a good little puppy, or I might have to spank you.” Meadow is throwing attitude and with a tone and glare like hers, I wouldn’t argue. Carmen’s face turns puce with outrage, her eyes darting wildly to Colton to overrule his second in command and chastise her for talking to her that way, manhandling her, but Colton inhales again, sighing heavily and goes back to his previous position of sipping on his bottle of water. Carmen really does look like she may self-implode and make Meadow’s and my day after all.
Meadow slinks over to Cesar on one of the armchairs and crawls onto his lap, curling herself around him and nestling her butt against his crotch. I can’t help but watch the way he opens up and accepts her invasion, wrapping her in his arms willingly, and whispers something in her ear before she smiles at him sexily and flutters a kiss on his lips quickly. So fluid, no refusal, and no insecurity in her that he might not want her sat on him.
It’s obvious they’re completely bonded in all ways and although I haven’t seen her mark, I can tell it’s done. They have that connection oozing from both of them, that says their union is finalized and they can communicate on a deeper level than what we have so far. A mark can be wherever your mate decides to put it, although most males like to have it on show and put it on a femme’s throat, not all do. They’re known for territorial possessiveness so it’s more common than not. Cesar is obviously very secure about his fiery hot femme can battle off males by herself.
I find myself aching for that, wondering where Colton would choose to place his, and have to tear my eyes away from him before Carmen kicks off again. My heart beating a little too fast, and my soul yearning stronger than before. I miss his touch already.
I realize I’ve zoned out, blinking back to reality and they’re talking about zones and patrols and something to do with the new containment areas. I try to listen in as Colton explains that they’re setting up homes in the valley to try and accommodate the families from other parts of the mountain tomorrow. That tents and temporary buildings will need to be erected and the local bar and school on this side will be converted, along with the gym and the community hall. They have caravans and mobile homes coming out of storage for some, but a lot of the people they want to move closer are refusing to leave their homes and unite on this side.
“You can’t force people to shift everything and up and leave to move a few miles. I get the why, but these people, they don’t want to leave their homes for a tent in the fields, Cole.” It’s Jesus, and I watch as they all lean forward, seriousness kicking in as they talk this out and freely throw in opinions. Everyone except me, and of course Carmen, who is now focused on the conversation at hand and silently listening on the outskirts of the huddle, gazing longingly at Colton.
“We don’t know when another attack will come, and it’s easier to keep them safe if we have them here.” Colton shrugs, seemingly repeating what he’s been told, but a look flashing across his face tells me he doesn’t agree. I almost will him to stop mimicking his father’s words and be honest with what he thinks we should be doing.
“Easier to control you mean? We all know your father has been angling for supreme reign for years, and this sounds a lot like he’s trying to force the packs into one place, so they’re easier to police.” Matteo verbalizes what I guess I was thinking and feeling, surprising me that I’m not the only one. Colton throws a dangerous look at Matteo, a growl in the undercurrent as he jumps to defensive over an insult aimed his father’s way, but Matteo doesn’t back down. “You know it Cole … you know how he is. Tell me it’s better to coral people together when they have a device that can disable us all within one space and I’ll drop it.”
Matteo talks sense, and I agree. Bringing the people together means we’re a sitting target if they use the same device. At least spread out we have a chance of escaping the effects and fighting back. They can’t attack us all in one go with one those things, surely.
I catch Colton glancing my way, something flickering across his eyes as he thinks and then he turns back to Matteo. I miss the fleeting message in his look, not sure what it was meant to mean.
“Okay, maybe. I mean we always knew he would try and maneuver some sort of union around the mountain, I just didn’t think he would physically expect them to move here. The device, we don’t know enough to be able to second guess what it would do to us all in the valley. The range was limited in what we brought back.” Colton is stiff, uneasy, and I can tell he doesn’t like his pack questioning orders from above. He truly is hooked by the nose when it comes to his father, and I need to figure out how to get in there and remove the darn thing. Maybe I wasn’t paired with Colton so he could save me from my life… maybe I’m meant to save him from his. The fates work in mysterious ways and thing’s aren’t always obvious.
More Kickass Werewolf Reads
Dive into our collection of free werewolf romance novels—where fierce Alphas, daring heroines, and heart-stopping twists await. Every story burns with forbidden desire, loyalty, and destiny. Don’t wait—here’s a world where love bites hard and nothing is stronger than the call of the mate.
Leave a Reply