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My forehead furrowed as I thought about what he said. “How many does it take to form a separate Pack?” I asked slowly and he rocked back, bracing himself against the cinder block wall.
“Now, you’re getting it,” he muttered, tugging a sucker out of one of his pockets. “Technically, two wolves can make a Pack. Three, well, that’s definitely something.”
“Why didn’t you give Liam blood?”
Trent cocked his eyebrow, “Because that would have been like me declaring I’m forming a Pack on Navarre lands. I’m supposed to be a lone wolf, and bonding another wolf….” He trailed off as I put it together.
“Two wolves make a Pack. But why did Dom?” I asked, gazing toward the room where his blood was no doubt saving the life of a Hanley pup, as Trent called him.
“Because he’s a good guy,” Trent answered and then shrugged, “And because admitting he’d done the same with me and never informed his Alpha wouldn’t exactly go over well.”
“Okay, so Dom has a separate link to you and after he gives his blood to Liam, he’ll have a separate link to him, right? It’s not like the three of you will be linked together like the Pack is with Caleb, right?” The last part came out as a squeak and Trent’s worried expression didn’t help. “Trent?”
“I don’t know,” he answered. “Honestly, we’ll find out when Liam wakes up after the transfusion.” He sucked hard on the candy in his mouth, his face tight. “What a fucked up day,” he added under his breath.
“Its not your fault,” I told him, patting his arm and he gave me a look.
“We’ll agree to disagree,” he replied shortly, pushing off from the wall and leaving me in the dim corridor.
This is a stupid risk, I shouted mentally over the bond to Dom.
Trent explained, he answered and I rolled my eyes.
Yes, your errand boy explained. Do you really think this is the best course of action? I asked in exasperation.
I can’t let him die. He saved your life. I owe him, Dom replied as if that made perfect sense.
Actually, if anyone owes him it’s me. I should be giving him blood, I responded tartly.
You’re not compatible, he replied, distracting me.
What do you mean?
Shifters have a specific antigen in their blood. After the first shift, shifters can only get blood from other shifters, he explained.
That would have been nice to know, I fussed angrily. Anger was easier than the fear I could feel pressing in on me. Do you think…what do you think will happen when Liam wakes up?
I think there will be a Pack bond, Dom said heavily. And that knowledge will be dangerous if we can’t trust Liam to keep it a secret.
There’s not another option?
If Caleb is willing to allow him in the Pack, that bond would override the one I have with him, Dom said, but after a long pause added, in theory.
“Great,” I whispered out loud before being distracted by raised voices. I followed the yelling to find Sam and Anna at an impasse, arms crossed as they glared at one another.
“What’s going on?” I asked tiredly.
“Anna says I can’t go with them, but she’s not the Alpha,” Sam snapped. “Caleb thinks I should go.”
“No, he doesn’t think you should go, he’s just too scared to tell you no,” Anna retorted. “Besides, he’s not going either.”
“I’m right here and I’m not scared,” Caleb blustered, but he quickly shrank back when Anna shot him a hard stare. “And what do you mean I’m not going? I’m the Alpha.”
“Exactly, you need to stay here and lead the Pack if something goes wrong,” Anna told him, before pointing at Sam. “And you, you’re too invested. Too emotional. You could put us all at risk if you go off halfcocked while we’re rescuing them.”
Sam opened her mouth and then closed it, glancing away from Anna’s knowing gaze.
“What about me?” Payne spoke up then. “What if I come?” Sam glanced at him in surprise, shifting slightly to gauge Anna’s reaction to this request.
“We don’t want too many people,” Anna started to say, about to deny him, but at Sam’s crestfallen expression, she relented. “But Nicky trusts you and you’re a good fighter.”
Sam exhaled in relief at the small victory as Payne nodded in acceptance. Sam poked Payne in the chest, drawing his attention as she gave him a narrow glare, “Don’t fuck this up. You bring my son back to me or I will make your life a living hell.” She spun away from him before he could respond, missing his rueful expression.
“And that would be new?” He muttered under his breath and I felt a completely inappropriate chuckle bubble up inside of me. I pressed my knuckles against my lips to contain the laughter, afraid if I started, I might not stop, and this was no time for hysteria.
