Page 21 of Cruel Revenge
They were already falling out, except Stacy, who hovered back until the young men left.
“Are you nervous?” she asked me, smiling a little. “I get it. We are, too.”
“I could smell it,” I said, smiling gently. “Wasn’t going to point it out.” Like Stacy just pointed out my own.
“I just wanted to say that I think you’re doing great. I don’t think we werewolves tell you that enough. Thank you for letting us stay here and for being supportive of our Alpha. He’s finally where he belongs because of his love for you.”
“You think he belongs on the Tribunal?” I raised an eyebrow. I didn’t disagree. Heath had that energy. He could fool anyone into thinking he was just the affable family man, but when he shifted gears, he was a cunning Alpha and a dangerous man. Both sides of him were real.
“I didn’t really consider it for a long time, but once it happened… it felt right. Felt really right. I know my Dad thinks so, too. He’s a bit worried he won’t be able to keep up, actually. Heath and Landon are really impressive werewolves. The rest of the pack, we’re all… pretty average. So… for all of us pretty average werewolves, I just wanted to say thank you for supporting our Alpha as his mate, always being at his side, and yeah… I can’t wait for the wedding. Really insane that we got all the way from the day you two met.”
I couldn’t stop a laugh.
“Yeah… you were there for that.”
“And I can’t wait to get my invitation to the wedding,” Stacy said, grinning.
“You’ll be invited, I promise,” I said, then waved her away. “Shoo. Go find something to do with your time.”
Stacy gave a small bow before she left.
“Shit, I forgot to ask Arlo and Benjamin how living with Olivia has been…”
I grabbed my jacket and went to follow the teenage werewolves.
9
CHAPTER NINE
“Arlo, Benjamin!” I called out, seeing them halfway down my driveway, walking to the packhouse.
Arlo turned around first, elbowing Benjamin to make him stop, too. He had headphones in and yanked them out, his eyes wide as he realized I was the one flagging them down.
“There was something else I wanted to talk to you two about,” I said, catching up to them. “And why are you walking? Just grab your car and drive over there.”
“The walk is nice,” Benjamin said, shrugging. Arlo nodded.
“So what’s up?” Arlo asked, crossing his arms.
“How’s it been living with Olivia?”
“Uh… good?” Arlo shrugged this time. “She’s nice. She and Teagan are really sweet together. She’s always making food for us and answers questions for us and stuff. She doesn’t know like anything about the moon cursed, but she has a surprising amount of animal facts and can’t help comparing them together.”
“Really?”
“Teagan finds it cute, I think,” Benjamin mumbled. “It’s not insulting. She’s just really obsessed with animals.”
“Teagan thinks it’s smart, but then Teagan has been… changing around her.”
My brows went up at Arlo’s words.
“How so?”
“He’s more grumbly. If I try to be… more dominant than him, he gets snappier, like if I tried to bug Kody or something and rank up over him. It’s like he’s not really a Beta anymore. It’s weird. Not bad. Really good, actually, but a change.”
“Huh.” I crossed my arms. I was going to have to ask Olivia and Teagan about this myself. Or maybe I should just trust Heath about it and go to him first.
“Teagan is like really old, so… if he’s not worried about any of this, then why should we be? Plus, she’s really nice. To us.” Arlo pointed to him and Benjamin. “She’s not trying to be our mom or anything. She’s just nice, and Teagan doesn’t just trust her. He’s really in love with her.”
