(MxM) Tales Of A Shifter (P1) - The Meeting

Chapter 73 - Rat

Suddenly three new Shifters appeared in the door way of the day room.

It didn't take long for Mantilo to notice, and with a smile, a warm smile that surprised Brandon he waived over the newcomers from the doorway.

Brandon instantly recognized two out of the three that appeared and made their way to the rest of the group. One was Glen and the other Erin...accompanied by a third male, with blue eyes and black short hair. The male was almost three inches shorter then Erin, but as the two of them made their way into the room, he held her hand and on their wrists and hands Brandon spotted matching bands or tattoos around their wrists as well as the identical bands on their ring fingers.

He guessed that like Mantilo and Glen Erin and the new arrival were a couple, but Brandon wasn't left to wonder who he was for long, because without any warning Erin's big hazel eyes locked on him and she rushed over to his chair, pulling the unknown man with her.

"Brandon, Oh no your face!?" Erin exclaimed, releasing the hand of the man beside her and steeping right up in front of Brandon's knees. "Oh my god....Your cheek is split open....and your neck, its covered in blood! Let me see...."

She went to touch him, but Brandon didn't think he could stomach that. He didn't want to accept the care of a woman whose child he had nearly killed. Nearly let the Flame devour.

"No, please dont! Don't...!" He said. Throwing up his hands and flinching back into his seat so that she couldn't reach him. Instantly Erin jumped back and apologized. Brandon took a moment then he assured her. Then to soften his reaction he sent her a half smile as he lowered his hands.

"I'm....I'm okay. Really I'm fine. It just looks bad." He told her softly.

Then to show that he wasn't in pain he patted his cheek, where the glass had struck him.

To his surprise Erin sighed and sent him a huge smile of relief. "Good. I'm glad." She told Brandon, before she stepped back beside the male Shifter and looked around at the day room.

Even with the shattered furniture moved out of the way, and the glass kicked to the side, the damage was far too evident to the walls and floor. "I can't believe that thing trashed Uncle Mantilo's home. What on earth happened?" Erin breathed

"I don't really know something just suddenly...." Brandon told her, looking away from her soft gaze, not able to handle it directly. Partially looking at the floor Brandon gestured to the still unnamed man standing beside her. "Anyway....Who is this?"

"Oh this is my Mate....Drin." Erin all but purred as she pulled him closer, she wrapped her slim arm around his right tricep as he stepped into her side. They looked like total opposites, with Erin being a tall Amazonian and Drin looking like a short football player, but they were both young.

Younger than anyone else in that room Brandon would have thought and far too young to be married. But one thing Brandon couldn't ignore was how Drin only had eyes for her. How they latched onto each other at every turn.

Even in the midst's of Erin talking to Brandon Drin had mostly kept Erin in his sights.

"Drin...This is Brandon the Mortal." Erin quickly introduced and at that Drin turned dark blue, but happy eyes on Brandon. Instantly and like all the other Shifters Brandon sensed the animal inside of his gaze, the predator and the power, but he also saw the youth there. The boundless energy of a teen.

"Hello...Brandon the mortal...My Mate tells me that she stitched you up a few days ago." Drin said with a smile that Brandon instantly knew was genuine. His dark blue gaze centered on the blood that Brandon knew was smeared over his neck and cheek. "And now you're got more cuts for her to tend to already." The young Shifter continued. "You've got to be more careful."