Alrick climbed into bedside Jessie and curled up to her. “When do you next see Doc. J.J.?”
“In the morning, eight in the morning. He’s going into the office here to let me have some privacy for tests he wants to run. It won’t be an ultrasound or anything special like that. Why?”
“I want to go with.”
“Don’t you trust me?” Jessie sat up and looked at him through the darkness. “What do you think I’ll do?”
Rachel and Davie returned to their cabin. It’d been an enjoyable evening. It wasn’t their pack, but at least they were welcome, and the evening’s events were familiar. “Well, that was an evening of surprises.” “You can say that again. First, they discover a mine full of… What type of gem was it? To think the Iron Hill Pack failed and died out because of mismanagement and a lack of education about their choice of business. Gods, how many suffered and died in unnecessary poverty? Who can you blame now? Jessie didn’t know the pack was hers. Yet she did her job without the resources or knowing it was her job.” “I guess it proves that the job is more than a title. You can be an Alpha without the title and have
Jessie rambled around the packhouse with nothing much left to do with the cleanup. There was a surprising amount of compost to remove from the building, but by spring it would be well on its way to be useable in the gardens. She’d a chance earlier to see them, and an expansion would need to happen. But if upgrades were being made, she’d thought an additional greenhouse or two would be well worth the cost. But that would wait for spring. Alrick already confirmed with Rachel that they’d be able to question Hector at eleven this morning. She’d meet them and everyone would travel together. But with the winter months, many people volunteered on the cleanup, and Jessie’s pregnancy was the excuse used to exclude her from cleanup chores. It’d not taken long for someone to spill the beans to Bonnie about her pregnancy. Right now Bonnie was pouting because she’d m
Ever since speaking with Doc. J. J., Alrick was questioning the sanity of Jessie’s decision to talk to her brother. He would ensure he stayed close to Jessie through the whole thing. But he truly contemplated putting his foot down and saying no. What he worried about how the stress of arguing would affect her health. Now he pulled the vehicle up to the front of the packhouse. There he stopped and looked out over the front of the building. “What’s up?” Jessie looked around, confused at what he looked at. “Pups… I think it’s just sinking in. We’re going to be parents…”
The small group left the holding cells in silence. They returned to the packhouse and settled down to eat lunch. “Why do I feel like this is all my fault? If I’d done something or said something. Why didn’t he say something about this to me?” “It’s an internal conversation to explain why they treated the way they did. I don’t think he wanted to talk about it, because he might learn that he was wrong. He isolated himself because of it. Hector lied to everyone, and he stole from everyone. He hated being Alpha, and he fought against the responsibility. There’s nothing sane about that. You are a victim, not a cause. Your parents created this, and I don’t believe they were the only ones involved. This i
Rachel and Davie left the packhouse, knowing now that their beliefs were correct. Hector was, in fact, a patsy for someone else. Someone he feared to name or couldn’t name. He was too far gone to give the person’s description, even if he knew what they looked like. It was frustrating, to say the least, for the investigators. They’d received word that they must locate this person as soon as possible. The only thing Rachel could think of was to lay another trap for them. Davie needed to step back and let his devious mate work out the plan. “Fine. We have a couple of things we’ll need to do. Cameras in the office. Someone must install them, and
Kelly couldn’t believe the attention she received from the cute bartender. He’d even taken Eddie when he woke up while she was eating. Eddie gushed at him and seemed to like him. All the while, she watched them and finished her food. Now she was going back to eat again today. It wasn’t easier, but it helped her with her feelings of isolation. She returned to the bar with Eddie in tow for lunch again. “Good Afternoon Kelly How are you and Eddie today?” Kyle greeted them and brought to a table today close to the bar. Today a group of people were in the bar enjoying a meal, too. “Hey Buddy, how are you? You being good for your momma? Let’s see if we can find something your momma wants to eat. What can we get for y
Jessie began packing to travel to meet the new pack members for the first time. This was the second time in a month she’d packed her things. The first was the end of one living hell to enter another. It wasn’t as happy a time as she believed it should have been. This time, though, was harder. She must pick and choose what she took with her. Jessie found it stressful. Unsure of how she wanted to appear to these people. They were refugees, not rich businessmen. But she wanted to appear in control, yet not appear as some disconnected leader. Lily found Jessie coming from the bathroom. “Hey, what’s all this?” Jessie’s clothes lay scattered about her walk-in closet and the bedroom. “Are you having morning sickness?” “I’m fine. I have all these clothes and no idea what is appropriate and what’s not. Choic
Ashley looked about the cabin she shared with Sal. All her things were in boxes, along with Sal’s luggage. This was truly happening. She was getting her wish to be Luna. It just wasn’t the Luna of the Silver Ridge Pack. They’d not even spoken of a pack name yet. But here they were barely mated and starting a pack with a group of strangers. “I think we’re about ready for tomorrow. Are you ready to spread the word?” “Yeah, let’s spread the word of our woes. How horrible it is we can’t fix our computers. We need help from your Alpha to send a report. I wonder if this will work honestly.” “Not if you say it lik