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I take off her shoes and tuck her into bed, before taking off my shoes and curling up around her. I wrap my arms around her and let my scent help her relax, allowing her tears to fall. She turns, curling into me, letting me hold her while she cries. I don’t say anything, I just rub her back, and kiss the top of her head, letting her cry it out.
“I hate him. I know I shouldn’t, but I hate him for what he did to my mother.”
“You and I both know that there are people in positions of power that don’t deserve it, people that abuse the power that they have been given. I’m thankful that I have you for a mate, someone that will never take that power for granted and will never abuse it.” I tell her, looking at her.
“And as much as I hate the life that I had before I met you, I’d do it all over again if it brought me to you. Every step we’ve taken, every heartache we’ve suffered, has brought us here. And I know, for me, I wouldn’t change it. I wouldn’t change anything that might mean I didn’t end up here with you.”
She reaches up and kisses me. It’s a slow, tender kiss, full of love and a promise of a future together.
“Thank you.” She says, rubbing her nose against mine.
“I didn’t do anything.” I tell her.
“You don’t realize how much you do for me. You have quickly become my rock, my solid ground. You are the place that I know I’m always safe. You are the foundation that allows me to be a stronger person. So, yes, my mate, you do and are my everything.”
I take my time, stripping us out of our clothes before slowly making love to my mate, showing her how much she means to me, how desperate I am for her. This woman who is my everything. This woman who makes me feel like the most powerful, amazing man in the world. And I learn that hearing her whimper and cry my name softly as she finds her release, her nails biting into my back as her body contracts around me is just as unbelievable as hearing her scream my name. Afterward, we curl up together, wrapped around each other, and we fall asleep.
It’s mid-afternoon before we emerge from our room again. We go in search of our hosts and find Angel and Cara having tea on the back porch, looking out over the pack lawn and forest beyond.
When they see us, Angel immediately jumps up, coming to Grace. “Are you alright? I’m sorry Liam and Rik upset you. We didn’t want your first day with us to be so tense.” She says, pulling Grace over to where she and Cara are sitting.
“It’s okay. It was just a lot to have my suspicions about my father confirmed.” She says, sitting down while Cara pours her some tea.
“Where are the guys?” I ask, wondering why they left their mates alone.
“They’re in Rik’s office. They said you should join them if you came down. Let me get someone to take you.” Cara says, before her eyes go unfocused.
A moment later, one of the packhouse omegas comes out and offers to take me to Rik’s office. I look at Grace and she nods, letting me know she’s okay. I walk over and kiss her before turning and following Rik’s pack member to his office.
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When I get there, I see that it is Rik, Liam and another Alpha I don’t know. Rik immediately stands up, gesturing for me to come in and sit down. “How is Grace? We didn’t mean to upset her.”
“She’s better. She’s stronger than she knows, but that was a tough blow. What she didn’t tell you was that her father marked his new mate on her 16th birthday.”
“I never liked that guy.” The older gentleman says.
“Eli, have you met my father, Alpha Anders?” Rik asks.
I stand again. “I don’t believe we’ve ever met sir. Eli Gunnar.”
“I know who you are, son. It’s nice to finally put a face to a name.” He says, shaking my hand.
“Bourbon?” Rik asks, holding up a bottle.
“Sure.”
Liam turns to me. “So, you said you had some things you wanted to talk to us about. You have our undivided attention.” He says, sipping his own glass of bourbon.
“Well, the first thing was about the mate gatherings, and I think we’ve all agreed that’s a good idea.” I say as Rik hands me the glass of amber liquid. The color immediately reminds me of Grace’s eyes when Maia is shining in them.
“I’ll talk to Angel. With Cara being mostly on bedrest and your pack needing some clean up, we can host the first couple of get-togethers.”
“Thank you. And that brings me to my second issue. As I’m sure you both saw, my pack is in quite a state of disrepair. Everyone is pitching in, but it will take time and money. I need to get a job to start bringing in money for the pack. I was hoping that you might have some ideas for me.” I tell them, swallowing my pride.
I watch Rik and Liam look at each other again. It’s almost as if they are having a private conversation between them.
“Actually, Rik and I were talking about that after we left your pack the other day. Did you know that I own a business? Holstin Enterprises, Inc?” Liam asks me.
“Uh, no. I didn’t know you owned your own company. What do you do?”
“Funny you should ask. My company has two arms. One is in security and the other is in construction.”
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“Construction?” Liam could be my supplier, or at least would have knowledge that I don’t have about where to get construction materials.
“And we have a proposition for you.” Rik says.
I take a sip of the bourbon, which is delicious. “What kind of proposition?”
“Liam and I would like to loan your pack the money to rebuild.”
“And, if you and your pack are willing, I can hire you through my company and pay you and whoever chooses to work for me. We can come up with plan, but I can take a percentage of the salaries to pay back the loan, while still ensuring that you and your pack members have an income while you rebuild your pack.”
I don’t know what to say. This is so exceptionally generous and it’s a perfect. solution to how we can get the packhouse and homes rebuilt quickly and efficiently.
“Why would you do this for me?” I ask. It seems too good to be true.
Liam snorts, but it’s Rik that answers. “We’re family now. Family helps family.”
I look at Liam and he just shrugs. “I told you, Rik has very specific ideas about family. And I did warn you that it would be weird.”
“Yes! Yes, thank you! I don’t know how many of my pack members will participate…” I begin.
“Doesn’t matter, however many there are, we’ll figure it out.”
“Now that that’s settled, was there anything else?” Rik asks.
“Yes, one more thing. I need to know how to make my pack official.”
“I believe I can help you with that.” Alpha Anders says. “It’s simply a matter of completing the application, getting the backing of three Alphas, and submitting it to the werewolf elders for approval. I’m guessing the three Alphas in this room will back you and since I’m on the council, I can help push it through quickly. But you will need a name for your pack. Have you given it any consideration?”