***“Hey, I need to be in the conference room. The others are waiting.” Philip told Troy who was lying on his back with his eyes wide open but he didn’t acknowledge his words.The alpha had asked his betas and heads of units to assemble in the conference room that dawn, to wait for Ryan and Agyemang who according to Jeremy, had insisted on going with Ryan. But although Philip knew that his crew was already waiting in the conference room, he was finding it very difficult to leave his disturbed mate.“Troy?” Philip reached out to cup his mate’s cheeks. “Ryan will bring him home. Have faith.”“What if they’ve already done something to…for all you know he’s not even alive anymore.”“He’s alive, Troy,” Philip said firmly. “A.G. would have felt it if he wasn’t.”“You sure about that?” There was so much hope in Troy’s eyes. “Because I don’t know what I’ll do if something happens to him, Philip.” He clearly wanted so much to believe what his mate was telling him.“Come here.” Philip sat on th
***Immediately after Troy felt Philip pull off his spent cock, he moved to straddle him and slammed his lips on Philip’s, plundering his mate’s mouth like a starved man, loving the taste of himself on Philip. The kiss was so hot Philip had to make an effort not to give in and take his sexy mate as he’d demanded earlier. He silently applauded his control. By the time Troy calmed down and collapsed against Philip, the alpha was trembling from arousal.“God, what was that?” Troy gasped breathlessly, aftershocks flashing through him. “That was fucking amazing.” He said with a breathless laugh.“You just swore.” Philip laughed. “Is that what blowjobs do to you? Make you swear?” Philip looked totally amused.“What did you expect?” Troy groaned. “After hanging around you lot, it’s only to be expected. You just blew me, Philip.” He sounded dazed.“I know. I was here.” Philip grinned, loving that Troy seemed to have loved what he’d done. At least his mate enjoyed his inexperienced blow jobs,
***“Already?” Philip stood too but Jeremy pointed at his own head and gestured for him to resume his seat as he took his seat as well.‘How are you able to communicate on our mind-link if you’re not on the pack’s land?’ Jeremy was asking his mate with a confused frown on his face.‘Ask your kid.’ Ryan chuckled. ‘I just got the urge to try so I did. I’m just as surprised as you.’‘This is freaky.’ Jeremy breathed.‘Watch it.’ Ryan gave a mock growl. ‘His dad hates any word that sounds like freak…’‘Aw zip it, we’re all freaks.’ Jeremy drawled. ‘Everyone is here so I’d rather I video-call you to enable us plan together, okay?’‘Alright.’“Okay, here goes…” Jeremy murmured as he dialed Ryan’s number.“Were you just chatting with him on your mind-link?” Philip asked, his shocked look mirroring that of the others around the table.“Yep.” Jeremy tried to maintain a straight face but failed and allowed the awed grin to burst free.“How?” Gloria screeched. “I thought you said he was at Agyem
***“If they think I’m going to stand by and watch them take my brother again, they have another thing coming.” Jeremy’s growl was packed with so much anger and power a hush fell on the people in the conference room.‘Baby?’ Ryan called out softly on his mind-link with Jeremy. ‘Calm down, please. Troy is not going anywhere.’“Easy, brother.” Philip rasped low in his throat as he gripped Jeremy’s shoulder and gave him a slight shake. “The only way they can get to Troy is over our dead fucking bodies.” He growled. As Jeremy’s closest friend, Philip knew that it was imperative to calm the alpha of alphas before he got too upset. No one wanted Jeremy to snap.“Yeah…thanks.” Jeremy breathed. With his mate’s voice in his head and his friend’s reassuring grip, Jeremy visibly calmed down.“Paul says that Mary has a lot of witches she’s using,” Agyemang informed the group. “He even knows that some had been made to look like him to fool us.”“What else did he tell you?” Philip asked.“That’s it
***In the next instant, Ryan was in the conference room, standing right beside Jeremy. “Hello.” He grinned at everyone as Jeremy stood up and enfolded him in his arms.“Good job, honey,” Gloria called out.“Thanks, mum.” Ryan’s response was muffled as his face was pressed against Jeremy but Gloria hear him perfectly. When Jeremy eventually released him, Ryan turned to address Philip. “Now, tell me what to do.”“I’ve got this, babe.” Jeremy rasped as he took his seat and drew a yawning Ryan into his lap. “I’ll blast all of them to oblivion as soon they step onto our land.”“No, you won’t.” Philip countered.“What’s the fun in that?” Stan stared at Jeremy.“There may be some innocent people in there, Jer,” Philip said. “We need to be sure of who we’re sending into the afterlife.”“That’s true.” Jeremy breathed.“So…” Philip looked at the people gathered. “Let’s plan.”***“Holy shit!” Mario exclaimed as the ground shook with two massive explosions, one rapidly following the other. “You
***“Ryan and Deloris, you’re up,” Philip said out loud for Deloris’ sake. Warlocks didn’t have the ability to communicate with werewolves telepathically.“On it, Alpha,” Deloris muttered as she reached for Ryan’s hand.The two didn’t even have to open their mouths. The dark clouds instantly cleared. What happened next was both funny and strange. The witches stopped chanting and looked at one another as though they didn’t know where they were or what they were doing there. The look on their faces soon turned from confusion to apprehension. Some started crying, saying they didn’t feel the same, whilst others stated angrily that their powers had been stolen.“You’re no longer witches, ladies,” Deloris announced with a smug smile. “You’ve been stripped of your…gift…” She shrugged.“How dare you…” One former witch began to speak angrily but the high priested waved her wand again, instantly sealing the lady’s lips.“You should be grateful, ladies.” Deloris’ eyes narrowed. “We could have ki
***“Del-the-fucking-Spell.” Mary muttered as she stared at Deloris with recognition. Almost every upper-level warlock knew about the warlock whose expertise, when it came to spells, was legendary. Over a century ago, she’d fallen in love with a wolf and caused a massive uproar between her clan and the werewolves. There had been a fierce battle that had resulted in the death of the wolf that Del-the-Spell was in love with. Del had disappeared, never to be heard of again. “I see you’re still running with fleabags.”“Sorry, I didn’t get that.” Deloris shrugged. “I don’t speak bullshit. Your arse must be pretty jealous of all the shit that comes out of your mouth. You’re trespassing, woman.”“I thought you said the warlock was pregnant.” Mary addressed Sally.“The warlock who came to take the boy was pregnant.” Sally insisted. “If Mario wasn’t a…toad, he would have…”“About that…” Mary sighed. She waved a hand in the direction of the high priestess, instantly sweeping the elderly woman o
***“This is your mate?” Mary’s eyes ran over Ryan. “Clearly a man but also clearly pregnant. What is freakier than that?” She drawled. “A pack full of freaks.” Mary began to laugh.“If I stay here for long, I might become a donkey or something.“Mary?” Sally gasped just as everyone began to chuckle. A donkey stood where Mary stood a second earlier.“What?” The donkey rolled its eyes at Sally. “Even they think it’s funny. “That sounds like a title of a book actually.” The donkey laughed as Ryan turned to look at the high priestess and Deloris with questioning eyes. “Like that book…A Quiver Full of Arrows. This one will be, A Pack Full of Freaks… get it?” The donkey grinned at a horrified-looking Sally.The amused chuckles soon turned into laughter as both the high priestess and Deloris shook their heads at Ryan, indicating that neither of them had turned Mary into the talking donkey.“Oh, my god…” Ryan gasped when it dawned on him who the culprit was. He gave a laughing Jeremy an icy