Chapter 244

He’s a bloody mess, so I’m shocked when she leaps into his arms, holding him like he’s her lifeline. As he holds her, whispering in her ear to help calm her, |

turn to Angel.

“Liam.” She says pointing behind me. | turn, expecting another vampire, but it's George, my human manager.

“George.” He walks in looking at the mess.

“Boss. | thought we agreed to keep this sort of mess out of the office.” He says to me and smiles.

I smile back. | helped George and his family out of some witch business years ago, so he’s familiar with the supernatural world.

“Sometimes trouble comes looking for me.” | say.

“| can see that. Is there anything | need to be concerned about?”

“I'm not sure if there will be more coming. We may need to put the offices on lockdown for the time being.” | tell him.

“| will handle that and I'll also handle this clean up. | know what to do. You all should get cleaned up and get out of here in case they come back.”

I turn, pulling Angel to me. “You're okay, right? | don’t smell any of your blood on you.”

“I'm good. Let’s go shower and get back to the pack lands. We don’t know when they will return, but | guarantee, Sebastian is on his way now to tell Prince Keenan that he found me. It won’t be long before they come back.”

| growl, holding her closer. “They won't get to you.”

We head upstairs, showering and changing clothes before heading down to get Dustin. Sarah again surprised me by wanting to stay close to him, rather than coming to our apartment. Maybe humans do feel the mate bond, only differently.

On the way back to our pack lands, | have Dustin call to inform Jackson and increase patrols, while | call Rik and give him the news. We decide to begin training our warriors together inside the canyon. This will help the warriors learn differences in battle strategy and also become more familiar with the terrain around the canyon where we want to draw the vampires for the battle.

When we're done, | hear Sarah talking to Dustin in the back seat. “So what does it +15 BONOS mean that you’re a werewolf?”

“It means that we have a wolf spirit, and we can shift into our wolves, although they are much larger than normal wolves. | guess it also means that we have more animal instincts than humans. Plus, we have enhanced senses like hearing, vision, sinell, and taste.

“| had a dog once. | guess it’s similar?”

| flinch, but Dustin doesn’t seem bothered at all. He’s more than willing to tell her anything that she wants to know. He’s probably just happy that she’s talking to him and asking questions after everything that happened today.

“Similar, yes, but dogs are canine, wolves are lupine. There are differences. But in the way that we have enhanced senses, yes, it is similar. Our wolf spirits are also intelligent. They are like a second voice in our head.”

She nods and looks back out the car window processing the new information.

When we get back to the packhouse, | mind link Dustin. “I’m guessing you want her on your floor?”

“Yes. It's just me there, so she can have the room across from mine. That way, if she has nightmares like Angel, I'll be right there.” He mind links back.

“If you need anything, let me know. Looks like we need another shopping trip.”

He nods and begins escorting Sarah up the stairs to the Beta floor.

“When she’s settled, come see me. We need to talk.” | link him back and | see him nod that he’s heard me.

I turn to Angel. “I’m going to have to tell him tonight. He needs to know.”

She nods and walks to me, wrapping her arms around me. “Do you want me there?”

“No. I'll handle it. | still have a lot of work to do. Why don’t you go up to our room and relax. I'll catch up to you when | can.”

| kiss her and head to my office.

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