Page 33 of The Betas: Rene
Chapter Twelve
René’s Townhouse
Four forty-five
Alphonse greeted them at the door. “I have your bags packed, Beta, Beta Mate.”
“Here in the house when there is no company, call us René and Frankie.” René balked at the formality. He lived with it all day.
“Beta, this is our first position. We hope it will be permanent because you will need our services as your family grows larger. Even so, I need to do as I was trained. If I don’t, I will forget to be formal at a time when it is crucial that I am. I like you and Beta Mate, but I must call you by your title,” Alphonse answered him earnestly.
“If that’s what makes you comfortable, that’s what we’ll do.” René glanced over at Frankie, who nodded.
“Beta Mate, with your permission, on Friday I’ll go and finish packing up your condo. The Alpha suggested that you might want to rent it furnished because you can get more for it. If you do, I’ll pack up all the personal items and bring them here. You’ll have your things by Friday evening. Do you wish to do as The Alpha suggested?”
Frankie met René’s eyes, and laughed. “It seems that The Alpha has everything in hand.” His Mate’s eyes sparkled. “Tell me, is he choreographing the mating?”
René kept a straight face. “Depends on whether you know how to dance?”
Frankie cracked up. It didn’t take too long for René to join him. The phone rang and René was still laughing when he picked it up. “Eh…René DuBois speaking, may I help you…”
“René, Martin. We’re leaving at six thirty. The Alpha Mate waited for The Alpha to eat his dinner and The Alpha doesn’t want The Alpha Mate to eat Frankie’s sandwiches or to go hungry, so Meg is making them a light supper, and Pierre is busy taking the cat to Brooklyn. The Alpha says you should use the extra time to buy numbing and regular lube at the pharmacy. The numbing lube is important so you don’t hurt him the first time. After that, you use the regular, or you’ll be tempted to go at it too hard.”
“I’ll bear that in mind.” René snickered.
“The Alpha said he’ll explain the rest of the process on the jet. Pierre will ring the bell. Edward and I will see you soon.”
René hung up the phone, chuckling.
Frankie, with raised brows, asked, “Who was that?”
“Martin. They’re not going to be here until six thirty. They had to feed The Alpha Mate. Let’s go to the kitchen and see what Annie has prepared. I’m famished, and you haven’t been eating enough. I think you’ve lost weight.”
“You’re probably right.”
“Besides, I have an errand to run after we eat.”
“What’s that?”
“Martin said The Alpha told him to make sure I went to the pharmacy to purchase numbing and regular lube.”
Frankie sputtered. “Two freckles to the right, now kiss and pirouette left…” He did a little dance pantomiming the two of them making love with The Alpha’s direction.
“Stop! I won’t be able to control myself when I see him.” René bent over laughing.
“Does he always micromanage?”
“No, not usually…but he’s nervous about the Russians. Last time they were after Vitas, and Sean wasn’t a potential target. This time they want him, and that means Sean’s in danger. The Alpha Mate won’t let him give up Martin, and I’m out until we mate. He has a vested interest in the mating going well and me getting back to guarding The Alpha Mate. He trusts Martin or me exclusively to protect Sean. If we’re not around, he only trusts himself.”
“But he’ll draw the Russians if we don’t get them at the airport.”
“Exactly.”
Annie had made fried chicken, and she cooked enough for them to bring on the plane. She also assembled club sandwiches and fried homemade potato chips. By six fifteen, she had cleaned up the kitchen and packed the leftover food. René ran his errand and came back with his supplies. When he returned, Alphonse had one suitcase, two gym bags, and two garment bags for the suits waiting at the door. René supposed that the suitcase belonged to Annie and Alphonse.
“I packed medium weight jackets, Beta. I’ve been told it’s cold in New Mexico at night.” Alphonse waited and appeared to want René to tell him he did the right thing. René complied.
“You did well, it can be cold, and Beta Mate isn’t used to the weather.” The doorbell rang. “That must be Pierre.” René put his arm around Frankie, and they walked down the steps. René stroked the muscles of his Mate’s back as he climbed into the limousine. René loved the feel of him. Alphonse and Annie shuffled over to the Navigator behind them carrying the baggage. The Enforcers picked up the garment bags, and his new housekeeper and manservant were settled in minutes.
