Page 8 of The Betas: Rene
“It’s Frankie, what time can I see you? I read the book. We need to talk.”
René panicked. Frankie sounded upset, not receptive.
“Hold on a minute… I’ll see if I can meet you at the house in about thirty minutes.” René pressed the Mute button. René and Sean were sitting at the bench having some of the pound cake with homemade blackberry compote Meg brought them. René was eating with Sean because he thought that he and Frankie would have an intimate late dinner. René felt his ears redden. He was very much afraid he wouldn’t be eating with Frankie at all.
“Alpha Mate, what time is The Alpha coming home? Frankie wants…”
“Go ahead, René. I’m staying home, and Armand is on his way. Meg is here. Armand will be home in a few minutes.”
René unmuted his phone. “Frankie, I have to wait for Mr. La Marche. I can’t leave The Al…eh…Sean alone with no protection. Mr. La Marche will be here in a few minutes, but if he’s held up…”
“I’ll go to your place, and if you’re not there, I’ll stop at The Alpha’s home, get your keys and wait for you. I understand that you can’t leave Alpha Mate alone.”
“Frankie…Frankie…” He had hung up.Shit, he knows.René turned to The Alpha Mate.
“What’s wrong René? Your face has gone from red to white.”
“It’s Frankie, I told him to read Colin’s book…he saw the tether yesterday. He called you Alpha Mate. Gods, I’m babbling. He knows. Frankie is on his way over.”
The door to the studio opened. “Baby, I’m home. Come give me a kiss. It’s been too long since I’ve held you.”
“Armand, you’re home early,” Sean exclaimed. “Good thing. René told Frankie to read Colin’s book, and he guessed right away. I told you that you shouldn’t have had Colin mention the tether. Now Frankie’s on his way over to René’s. I told him to leave, but he wouldn’t go until you came home.”
“You shouldn’t coax him to leave his post, baby,” Armand said. “Remember what happened the last time you didn’t take adequate security with you.”
“But I’m home. Meg’s here,” Sean countered.
“And Meg’s a human. It wasn’t but a little over two weeks ago that Chernof was running around New York. No, René did the right thing, and you’re in trouble for encouraging him to leave.” Armand turned to René. “Go now… I’ll have to think of some suitable reward for you not leaving the Alpha Mate, despite his foolishness. Go. If you need us, call Martin and me. You can come here if you require help talking him around. I’ll have Meg make dinner.”
René was out the door, his heart pounding.I can’t lose my Mate.
