Chapter 76 - Response

* * * Max’s POV * * *

Once again, I find myself sitting in my office with my ranked members. I can’t help but look at the chipped and peeling magnolia paint that is on the walls. It’s a dump, and our rebuilding and remodelling work is once again on the back burner. Always needing to be done, but never done and never started. There’s always one drama after another, that prevents the work from being done. Perhaps once this latest drama is over, we can finally rebuild this pack as we had planned.

Jasper is sitting on the sofa, his foot bobbing with his impatience. I know he wants to crack on with the security system installation. His pale complexion is a stark contrast to his jet-black hair. His eyes have darkened to almost black, showing that he’s hungry. He hasn’t aged a day in the ten or so years that I’ve known him. One of the benefits of being a vampire I suppose. I’ve always been afraid to ask him how he became a vampire, but that’s going to change. He has become the father I’ve n