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“Call me Alpha. Don’t give me a hard time, human, and watch your mouth, or I might just fill it up for you. ” Ryan’s eyebrows raised, his mouth fell open, and he dropped his gaze. Blayde gave him a wicked smile, and softened his tone, because he wanted so badly to kiss him just then. “I wonder if I need to strip search you. ”
He grinned at the panicky expression that flitted across Ryan’s face. “Go ahead with your shower and get some rest. You have a long trip ahead of you. I’ll be in later to bring you something to eat. ”
Ryan nodded, still with his gaze lowered. Unable to stop himself, Blayde stretched out his hand and grazed Ryan’s cheek with his fingertips. His baby needed a shave. Ryan gasped and looked up, but Blayde was already turning toward the door. “Use a razor and shave your face. Oh, and while you’re at it, take off that ridiculous patch of hair beneath your lip. I’ll give you one chance to do it yourself before I do. ”
He glanced back to see Ryan still standing open-mouthed, his hand touching his chin. He got an angry expression on his face. “Why the hell do you care if I shave or not? What is it to you?”
Blayde took a menacing step back into the room, gratified to see his mate back up quickly. “Don’t question me, Ryan. Do as you’re told, and we won’t have any trouble. Defy me and I’ll make you wish you hadn’t. Got it?” Ryan nodded slowly, and Blayde turned to go to the door and lock it firmly behind him.
Blayde turned to find Kyle standing beside him with the exact same incredulous gaze as he’d left on Ryan’s face. Blayde sighed heavily. “Come with me. We need to talk. ”
“Yes, I believe we do. Did I hear you tell him to call you Alpha? What the hell has gotten into you? Who is this human?You didn’t say you knew him. ”
“A lot of questions, I’ll try to answer them all, but give me a minute. I didn’t know him before, Kyle. But I do now. Let’s go sit down. ”
Kyle followed Blayde into the living room and Blayde threw himself in a big chair, hooking a leg over the arm of it. Kyle seated himself across from him on the sofa and folded his arms across his chest. “All right, you have some explaining to do. First of all, why the hell did you tell him to call you Alpha? That’s only for mates and concubines, if they’re not in our pack. ”
Blayde nodded slowly. “I know, I know. He’s in our pack from now on. Damn it, Kyle, he is my mate. ”
“He’s your what?” Kyle’s eyebrows shot to his hairline, and he jumped back up to his feet. “You’ve got to be mistaken!”
“Hell no, don’t you think I know my own mate? My first sight of him almost knocked me down when he got off that transport. It was all I could do not to grab him up and take off with him. ”
Kyle’s face had gone pale. “Oh shit, Blayde! He’s a prisoner. On his way to serve a life sentence!”
“I realize that!” Blayde rubbed his hands over his face impatiently. “Hell, Idon’t know how I’ll get him out of this. ”
“I’m calling Lucas. He’ll know what to do. ” Kyle got out his communicator and punched in a number. “Lucas, get over here to Blayde’s house right away. We have a fucking emergency on our hands!”
He put his communicator back in his pocket and sat down beside Blayde. The pack had become so connected since they’d come to this planet that when one of them felt pain, it upset the entire group. He could sense the turmoil in Blayde’s mind, and it was making him nervous. “Maybe you could just fuck him a few times and get it out of your system. ”
Blayde pulled his hands down from his face. “It doesn’t work that way and you know it. If, when, I fuck him,he’ll become my mate. I won’t be able to control the feelings I’ll have for him. I’m pretty sure I’ve already imprinted on him. The minute I touched him, damn, I thought the top of my head was comin
g off! No, this is it for me, Kyle. I don’t want another mate. It’s him for life. ”
“Shit. Does the prison moonallow conjugal visits?”
“Oh, ha ha, very fucking funny. He’s not going to the prison moonand that’s final. It would drive us both crazy to be separated like that. I mean, he doesn’t know I’m his mate yet, but I plan to let him know very soon. ”
The front door flew open and Lucas rushed in, skidding to a stop, his big body crashing into the coffee table and causing it to collapse under his weight. He looked up from the floor at the two men staring down at him in surprise. “Might have overshot that a bit,” he said with a grin.
Kyle reached over to help him up. “Lucas, I didn’t say the place was on fire!”
“Yes, but from the tone in your voice I thought there must have been a prisoner break at the very least. ” He took Kyle’s hand and got to his feet, gesturing down at the table. “Sorry, Blayde. I’ll buy you a new one. ”
“Aw, don’t worry about it. That’s the least of my worries. ”
Lucas looked back and forth between them. “Okay, what the hell’s going on? It’s my weekend off, and I don’t need any problems. Blayde, talk to me. You look as thoughyou’ve lost your best friend. ”
“Worse. He’s found his mate,” Kyle spoke up.
“Really?Well, that’s normally considered to be a good thing, Blayde. ” Lucas smiled down at him. “I know you don’t like the idea of being tied down, but maybehe’ll understand your job will take you away a lot. He can even go with youas long as it’s not a dangerous transport. ”
“It’s not about being tied down,” Kyle explained. “That isn’t the problem. ”
“No? Well, then, what?What are you not telling me?”
Blayde looked up at his brother, misery written in every line of his face. “He’s my prisoner, Lucas. I have to take him to Omega 9 to serve a life sentence. ”
