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“I agree. Alpha, if I may ask. If these girls all disappeared after getting their wolf, how did the luna manage not to get taken?” Daniel asked.
I looked at Celeste and nodded to her in encouragement.
“I lied about my age the night of my parents’ murder. They thought I was almost two years younger than I was. I managed to hide my shift from everyone almost eight months ago, and Kara was kind enough to keep her emotions in check so we wouldn’t be found out,” she said with a little bit of pride in her voice.
That pride was more than called for. The first shift was usually painful, slow, and uncontrolled, and hearing a wolf controlling their emotions, so shortly after their first shift is rarely heard of. It took discipline and a strong will. We are emotional creatures.
“You kept it secret for eight months?” Rhett sounded just as impressed. “Okay. I’m only an hour and a half away, so I should be able to brainstorm better in person. Have your assistant call mine, and we can figure out when we have availability. One more question for the luna, if I may?”
“Of course,” Celeste answered shyly.
“Can you forward the recipe to that chicken my way? I have been thinking about it all week. I want my cook to give it a shot.” Celeste started giggling.
“I’ll write it down for Markus to send to you,” she answered.
“Thanks for calling, Rhett. I still have that other email to send to you, and I’ll have my assistant contact your offices for that meeting. The sooner we get started, the better,” I mentioned.
“Sounds good. We’ll talk later.”
“Danny, when will you be home?” I asked once I heard the click from Rhett.
“I should get there in about two days?” he answered. The question in his voice asked what else was going on.
“We can’t really discuss over the phone. Everything is fine for now. Just get home, brother,” I said.
“Will do. I can’t wait to meet your mate so I can give her my condolences on being mated to an asshat like yourself.”
“Yeah, yeah, drive safe so I can pummel you when you get here.” I laughed and hung up. I looked at the rest of the people lingering in my office as they excused themselves and left.
‘Alpha,Maya and I are ready to head out. Will the luna be available soon?’Kelly asked.
‘I’ll send her out shortly. Make sure she eats, Kelly. She hasn’t had a chance,’I said, looking at the untouched bagels on my desk.
‘You got it. I’ll make sure we hit the food court. Does she have money?’
‘I’ll give her my credit card. Put whatever you need for her and Maya on there. Feel free to add some stuff for yourself as a thank you.’
‘Thanks, Alpha!’she said.
‘Zack, George and Gabriel, can you please escort the Luna, Maya and Kelly to the mall? You’re not to leave them alone. Protect them at all cost.’
‘Yes, Alpha,’they responded. I cut the mind-link and turned to let Celeste know Kelly was waiting for her and found her looking out the window.
“What are you thinking, love?”
“I was just looking at the river. It’s gorgeous, and I was trying to remember the last time my parents took me out to a picnic by the river. My sight sent me there yesterday when we talked about Mom. It was the first time I’d remembered what she looked like,” she said wistfully.
“You know their pack grounds are only half an hour from the edge of our territory. I could take you there at some point if you want. My father had the place cleaned and locked down.” Her face lit up.
“Yes, please!” she said before her expression turned sad.
“What’s wrong, my Tuli?” I rubbed my hands up and down her arms soothingly.
“D-Do you think there will be pictures there?” I hugged her.
“I’m sure there are. Maybe Dad will tell you some stories, too,” I suggested.
“You think so?”
