Page 130 of Family: Posy 4

Pick me up before you leave,Emerson growled.

Me, too,Crew, Tristan, and Matthew said together.

I think the king has it under control,I said with an eye roll.He's taken a personal interest in the matter, especially after discovering that Briggs' brother Calvin has been a royal staffer for two decades.

And it's looking like Calvin Briggs is probably the one who hooked Briggs up with the wolfsbane supplier,Jay added.

What?!bellowed four of the five betas, making us wince.

He was covering his brother's crimes, wasn't he?Crew stayed calm, as usual.

As Mase explained everything we knew so far, my attention strayed to what our wolves were doing.

They stood in a cluster at Lark's back, trying to figure out how to get her bra off without destroying it, and I chuckled at their efforts.

Despite their years of experience running our human bodies, the pups still struggled with fine motor skills. Zippers, for example, always stymied Topaz. I couldn't count how many pairs of pants and jeans he'd ruined in frustration.

Ha ha ha!Wyatt giggled in the alpha link, and I realized he was tuned into the show now, too.Look! Even Garnet is scratching his head!

He's probably studying the mechanics of a clasp. I don't know that he's ever seen one before, I chuckled.Guys clothes don't have any, and none of us ever undressed a girl before Posy came into our lives.

Valid,he grinned.Poor Lark isn't much help, either.

Not surprising, I suppose.My amusement turned into a frown.She was never allowed to control Posy's body at Green River. Hell, she was hardly allowed to shift into her own!

Let it go, brother,Jay counseled.All we can control is the here and now.

So I grabbed my anger by the tail and locked it away again before tuning back into the conversation.

Who is the supplier?Papa asked.

Ezra Ikhlassi,Masetold him.

I wasgoing to ask Gelo if he knows him,Ash mumbled.

My brothers and I looked at each other with wide eyes. Ash was on the verge of falling asleep, and his wolf was still roaming around outside somewhere. Any of our other wolves, we wouldn't have worried, but Sid had a special talent for getting into a hell of a lot of trouble when left on his own.

Ash, send Sid back here,Mase told him in the alpha link.

He's calmed down now, but he wants to—Ash's words slowed down until a snore cut him off, then he fell silent.

Yeah, this just keeps getting better and better, I thought to myself.Quartz on a rampage and the baby running loose after him.

Wait, wait, wait!Emerson yelped.Who's going to be with luna bunny tomorrow while you're beating the hell out of Briggs' brother and this Ezra guy?

Dude, she'll be with the queen, who's guarded by tworoyalbetas at all times.Wyatt grinned.She'll be well protected for tea drinking.

Throwing no shade on betas Luke or Gisela, but they are there to protect the queen,Ty pointed out.If it came down to it, they'd save her first, not our luna. We're coming.

Ty, Dad and I need you here while the boys are away,Papa butted in.The pack—

Luna takes priority to all,Matthew and Crew said in sync.

I'll stay with them for tea.No one will get past me, let alone Quartz,Jay volunteered, and we all knew why.

If he went along with us tomorrow, unless the king intervened, Ikhlassi would be dead seconds after we entered the dungeon.

A few more minutes of arguing, and the betas finally - albeit begrudgingly - agreed to stay at Five Fangs and help Dad and Papa until we returned.

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