Rance watched him go, shaking his head as he watched one of his best friends grapple with not only a new adversary in the form of his unwanted, unplanned for mate, but some very old demons as well.
“You sure you got room for me in your room upstairs?” Frenzy asked.
“Yeah, it’s a suite, and I’ll be spending most of my time with Gwen until she’s a little stronger anyway. Or runs me off.” Then he looked at Jack. “Give Niko back his room before he gets his ass whipped by his mate.”
“Nobody’s whipping my ass!” Niko snapped. “I’m going to bed,” he said, walking through the front door of Jack’s house and slamming the door behind himself.
Jack winced as he thought about the few females still sleeping in the living room of his house.
Males that hadn’t left already, started meandering off in the directions of their homes.
Jack shook his head. “Maybe I’ll make him go see a therapist.”
“Or you could just let his mate whip his ass,” Frenzy mock whispered.
“That’s the thing… he comes across all froufrou with the perfect hair and the fancy clothes, and makes you think he’d be easy to take. But he’s one of my most dangerous males. He seems all bark, but when he’s pushed to the limit, he loses his shit and everybody that ever irritated him for even a second in his entire life, better watch out,” Jack said.
Frenzy grinned.
“Do not even play with that,” Jack said.
“You completely misunderstand. I’m just thinking he sounds a lot like me. Maybe he’ll be my number two best buddy,” Frenzy said.
Jack grinned and shook his head. Having Frenzy join their Pride was going to be entertaining at the very least. “Y’all come on in. Give me the rundown of what happened and tell me what information you gained,” Jack said.
“And the questions it raised,” Rance quipped.
“Is that what that look from Steve was about?” Jack asked.
“Oh, yeah,” Rance said.
“Let’s get it out of the way before you go up to check on Gwen. It’s really early anyway.”
“How is she?”
“Healing. Got up and sat in her chair for a while, then went back to bed. Asked if I’d heard anything from you.”
“And the boys?” Rance asked as he walked toward Jack, planning to walk into the house.
“They’re going to be real sorry when their momma feels better and they don’t get all the spoiling from Findley and Brinnley. They spent the night with them last night at Findley’s. Swam all day yesterday, played on the splash pad, and are practically running this whole damn place.”
Rance grinned at him.
“Y’all hungry? I’m starving. Looks like I’m going to have to cook my own breakfast again,” he teased as he opened the door and ushered Rance and Frenzy inside the house.
“You make your own breakfast every day. You wake up too damn early for anybody else to beat you to it.”
“That’s beside the point.”
Movement near the path Niko stomped up caught Jack’s attention before he closed the door. He looked closer and recognized Alison standing just out of clear sight, looking at thevehicles. She realized she was being watched and quickly ducked completely out of sight. Jack stood there, watching for a second to be sure she wasn’t coming back, then joined Frenzy and Rance inside. “Hey, you know if Feral may show up?” he asked.
“I don’t know. I tried to plant the seed in his mind that he should consider it, but I don’t know for sure,” Frenzy said.
“Why?”
“Just wondering,” Jack said. “I’m about over the eggs and bacon shit. How about some French toast this morning? Bonnie's got a shit ton of leftover banana bread.”
“Banana bread French toast? Is that even a thing?” Rance asked.
