Chapter Twenty

Nick’s POV

Four hours later all of the men had pledged to my father. There were one hundred and sixty of them. All but twenty six had families. A group of us went with them to help retrieve them, and what little belongings they had.

Dad has connections, and he had two charter buses meet us there. No less than two hundred women and children were loaded in an hour. Most of our warriors stayed to help the women and children get everything set up. Sixty could be placed in the pack house. Izzy and I have two extra rooms. We told Zaden that he, his mate, and sister were welcome to stay with us.

I called mom to check on Izzy. The phone rang three times before she picked up.

“Nick, is everything okay?” She asked worriedly.

“Yeah mom everything is fine, I was calling to check on Izzy. I haven’t had time to get her a phone yet.” I said.

I hear her sigh with relief.

“She is still in goddess mode. She said that she didn’t want to shift back in front of any of them yet.” She pauses, “she is