“She has me to do that. If Jasper causes issue….” Colton bristles up, instant defensiveness and spins around to face us once more. His mood rocketing.
“Colton! Please. Jasper needs time and patience. We can bring him home and back to the pack, don’t be so hasty to dismiss him. He’s no threat to us.”
“Alora is right. As much as I will miss the boy after a decade of his company, he belongs by his sister’s side. He belongs among wolves. He has become so used to our community that I fear he maybe forgets what he is and might need rehabilitation. To remember how to be a dog!” Varro smirks and Colton’s eyes amber ever so slightly, a scowl on one corner of that normally very pretty mouth.
“We’ll take care of him; you don’t need to worry about that. He’s my family.” I cut in to dampen the mood and slide in between the two of them as Colton and Varro both seem to move forwards into the clearing in the center of the room and face each other off wordlessly.
“Well then. I guess once my package is delivered, all that is needed is a time and place for our reunion. Treaty in hand of course, and maybe some prettier surroundings. I am partial to a fine dining room with rich cuisine. Somewhere clean…. with less dust. I’m not allergic to a little light either.”
“Seriously?” Colton snorts again, showing his severe dislike of Varro, hating his every word, and I eyeroll. I know it’s going to take time for a born and bred vampire slaying warrior to warm to what was ingrained as an enemy, but he needs to chill a little.
“That can be done at the homestead, as long as you leave your hybrids behind. You and Darrius come alone.” Stern and to the point, I know the only way to deal with these two is to take charge.
“No way, Lory. Imagine the uproar if two vampires walk into the homestead. The pack will go crazy.”
“Colton, things have to change and he’s my biological father. The agreement was that he will have a relationship with me and bring peace. The sooner the pack get used to seeing them, the better.” I reach out and lay my palm on Colton’s forearm, feeling his tension bristling under the surface as he turns and paces. A sign he’s itching inside for action instead of words. He hasn’t come down from his battle fueled adrenalin high yet.
“She has a point. You better condition your mutts to be more accepting, especially if you are bringing more hybrid vampires into their home. Who knows how your children will turn out? It’s not always a given that the wolf gene reigns supreme. One of them might look a lot like me.” Varro winks at me, and all I can do is elicit another heavy sigh. This isn’t what Colton needs to hear tonight.
“Doubtful. Or else Alora would have more than a set of red eyes.”
“You can never tell. My DNA is strong, and well, this is the first tri-brid mix that I have ever heard of in my lifetime. Maybe Alora was just unlucky to pop out as a Lycan.”
I open my mouth to answer but the sudden blink, blink, and then blinding brightness of instant illumination makes me flinch instead as electricity is restored and all lamps come on. Covering my eyes as I adjust to new light and then look around in dismay at how badly run down this place is now we can see it fully. It’s so much worse when it can be seen clearly.
“You have your work cut out here if you wish to bring this place back to what I assume was its former glory” Varro points out and I frown at him in stupefaction for a moment.
“What?” I never even thought of the fact that Colton might want us to come back here, but it’s the only solution if Juan is out of the picture. The fractured pack need to be brought back together and the homestead just isn’t big enough for all of us. It hits me so suddenly with a simple word from him, that this is where our future lies. I’m not sure how I feel about coming back here after everything that’s happened.
“Wolves are good at rebuilding. We know how to start over and thrive. I’m not worried about it.” Colton can’t seem to drop his defensive attitude, but I don’t blame him, even distracted by my own thoughts.
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