"Untie him, now!" I yelled at Dru and Theo again,
"That's an order." Dru finally came back to life and cut off the ropes binding my brother's hands together.
"You are such an idiot." I yelled at him, throwing my arms around his neck and hugging him close.
"Well excuse me, the last time I was here I had a slightly different welcoming committee." He chuckled.
"And I apologize for that, Mr. Valentine." August's voice broke the silence. I pulled away from Jared and raised an eyebrow at my mate,
"Mr. Valentine?" I mindlinked him.
He just shrugged.
"It's all good, Alpha. I appreciate the lengths taken to protect my sister," Jared smiled, walking up to August and reaching out his hand,
"And please, call me Jared." August shook his hand graciously.
"I wish you would have told us you were coming, Jared." August said, looking around at the scene he had caused. I stepped up to my boys then,
"Me too." I said, elbowing my brother in the ribs.
"Sorry about that, it was sort of a last minute trip." Jared smirked, shrugging his shoulders.
"Where's April? Is everything okay?" I asked, suddenly concerned about my brother's arrival.
"She's at home, everything's fine. Can't a brother come to check on his sister?" It was then that Jared noticed the bandage on my forehead. He reached out a hand and pushed my hair away,
"What happened?" Jared nearly growled, his eyes resting on August.
"Oh knock it off, Jared." I rolled my eyes at his testerone and planted myself between the two Alpha wolves. I felt August's hand snake it's way around my waist.
"There was an accident, I'll tell you all about it inside." I said, nodding my head towards the cabin and led the way inside.
Jared watched as the 6 patrol wolves and Gamma Hayden dispersed around us. Dru, Theo, and Ford took their patrol positions around the cabin while the others returned to the packhouse. Gamma Hayden took point, standing guard outside the cabin door.
"You have them wrapped around your finger, don't you JoJo?" Jared laughed, sitting at one of the bar stools in the kitchen.
"She sure does." August replied, smiling at me as he leaned against the refrigerator. I jumped up on the bar, dangling my legs over the edge.
"You know, there are more chairs?" Jared rolled his eyes and I shrugged.
"Tell me what happened?" Jared's face turned serious as I told him about the witch and the rogue.
"What do you know about this deal?" I asked him. Jared shook his head,
"Nothing really, but it does make some things father said make more sense." He replied thoughtfully.
"Like what?" I asked eagerly.
"Like his frustrations at me taking a human mate. It never made any sense, how angry he got. Dad knew how important the mate bond was. Not to mention his lack of interest in mother, like he just wanted to tuck her away but it was so obvious he loved her when he let himself show it." Jared was talking so fast I could hardly understand what he was thinking.
"Why does our parents' relationship have anything to do with this?" I asked, annoyed.
"If what that witch said was true, mother had a wolf once. Father mated a wolf and, in order to protect his pack, he had to give up his ability to create a strong Alpha bloodline." I stared at Jared like I didn't understand a single thing he was saying.
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Rise of the Crescent Moon
FantasyWhen Josephine returned to her home town after the death of her parents she was prepared to take a job at the local hospital. She wasn't prepared to run head first into her werewolf mate. She spent her entire childhood as the wolfless daughter of an...
