In Love Through War - Book 3

Part 7

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"Hello everyone! Thank you for coming," Jena says to the group in her office.

Looking around she can see her closest friends and collaborators, her mate and his team, and the coyote named Umani.

"I see everyone is here and since I called you all, I suppose I should be the one doing the introductions. I'll start by the way you chose to position yourselves, starting on my left with Conall, our Master at Arms who handles all the training for my pack for both growing pups in the warrior program and the adults, making sure their skills stay sharp."

Conall does a simple nod to acknowledge the introduction.

"And I feel it is better if I go in pairs, so everyone, this is Vi, our Master at Arms soulmate..."

"Whaaat? Really? Duuude! Awesome!" Alastair jumps up, ready to come over and slap Conall across the back.

A simple show of teeth accompanied by 'I'm not your dude, dude' from The Master at Arms has Alastair sitting right back down, his huge grin however never leaving his face.

"I would advise any unmated males against getting close to Vi in the next two weeks time period. At least if you value your lives."

Vi turns red up to the tips of her ears, hiding her face behind Conall's broad back to avoid everyone who is trying to get a better view of her.

They are all too eager to look elsewhere as they meet the Master at Arms' scolding look, warding them off.

The girl can feel the warmth of his thumb doing soothing moves against her back, as his arm embraces her behind him with little effort.

"Vi has announced her intention of joining our pack, which I have of course already accepted. The ceremony will be held the day after tomorrow. Next, we have Beta Nazih."

The Beta nods his head respectfully.

"He's not a wolf," Emremil says.

"Very astute, Emre. Now hush," Umani intervenes.

"Indeed Nazih is a werecat of the cheetah variety, as is a number of my pack members. I expect everyone to treat everyone else equally."

"Uuu, how nice! A kitty! I've never played with a kitty before," Meiarr says.

"This is Alastair, my new Beta, and this is Sandheeya, his werepanther soulmate for those of you interested in the race," Jena continues.

"Wait, how come you have 2 Betas? And cats as well since it came up?" Emremil asks.

"By the simple law of my pack, my rules. Seems we are going to have a problem here. So, since you're new to being a Beta, Alastair, how would you solve this?"

"Since this wolf apparently has trouble accepting cats and different ways of doing things, I believe a respect gaining exercise is in order," Alastair answers seriously.

"And you have thought of such an exercise already, I suppose?"

"I have. I think mister curious over here should have a duel with our werecat Beta. And I'm suggesting a duel instead of a simple spar, because of the duel-tea Nazih will have to drink, temporarily cutting his ties to the pack-force behind his rank."