Page 14 of The Betas: Rene
Sean rolled his eyes. “You’re more imperious than the Queen of England. The only difference is you don’t use theroyal we.”Armand laughed, reached over and tousled Sean’s hair.” His Mate stared at him until he stopped.
Frankie rubbed his chin. “Getting my mother on my side is a good idea. Dante can generally refuse her nothing. If she asks him, I have a shot at leaving without a fight.”
“Then it’s settled. You will move into René’s this week. I’ll send Pierre with the limousine to get some of your things tonight. We’ll have the wedding here the following Saturday. After the wedding, we’ll fly directly out to New Mexico for the mating. Our pack must view the mark the morning after you mate. The feast, after the displaying of the mark, will be prepared by the pack.”
“You mean the bite mark?” Frankie asked.
“Yes, the bite.” Edward smiled. “I’ll tell you about it when you come for dinner. I cook a mean Veal Parmesan.”
Armand cleared his throat, annoyed at being interrupted. “By then René will be climbing the walls. You’ll find that once a loup garou meets their Mate, they mate very quickly. Their wolf demands it. Alphas Clavier and Daurensbourg had to wait weeks. Alpha Clavier because Ian was a Beta and he didn’t know how to approach him. Alpha Clavier is only seventy and didn’t have the life’s experience to know how to overwhelm Ian. Alpha Daurensbourg had to wait because Julio had been hurt by a former client. Once Julio recovered, it only took two nights, and Julio is also a Hi-Beta.”
Frankie nodded. “That’s why it was so necessary to get Donal Davidoff out of Apuso’s clutches and Ian Clavier out of danger from my cousin, Sal. By the way, you did the world a favor by having Dante rid it of Sal. Sal would have remained a pox on Dante’s house. Many of my stepfather’s men can run his business when he retires, but Sal would have been trouble to the city and all its inhabitants. There would have been a mob war which would have hurt my mother and Dante Jr.”
“You’ll call your mother now,” Armand stated blandly.
“Yes, Alpha.”
Frankie appeared as if he was about to salute. Armand thought he would make both an excellent secretary and Hi-Beta Mate.René will have to stay on his toes to keep up with that one.Too bad the Alpha Mates don’t socialize with the Beta Mates. Frankie and Julio would get along very well.Armand sighed.For every loup garou custom, there existed an imperative. Alpha Mates didn’t socialize with the Beta Mates because there would come a time when their Beta guard gave a command. If they were friends, the Alpha Mate involved would feel free to argue or ignore it to his peril. I need to explain this again to Sean.
