Page 26 of The Night Wolf
Frank hummed. “Well, Sean’s blood work came back. His immunities are still low, but they seem to be rebounding. He’s funny and there’s a wit buried there, but I think you’ll have to coax it out of him.”
“Frank… is there something going on that you’re not telling me?”
“What? No, of course not. Why?”
God, could no one else know? “I just got off the phone with Lyram. He’s going to be coming to see you. When we talked, I said something about Sean’s old Alpha looking for Sean and maybe trying to get him back.”
The snarl on the phone startled Gareth, but the voice, gravelly and dark, made things even weirder. “Ours!”
Gareth pulled the phone away and stared at it for a moment.
“No one touches Sean. If anyone tries to hurt him, I’ll kill them.”
“Frank, talk to me. What’s going on?”
“Sean belongs to us.”
The words were dripping with anger, which Gareth had never heard from Franklin. “Yes, Frank. He’s ours. Can’t you feel him?”
“Yes. It feels good.” A euphoric sigh slid from him. “So good.”
“Frank!”
“What, Alpha? Did you need something?”
“What did we just talk about?”
“I’m not sure what you mean. I just answered the phone. Are you feeling okay?”
Gareth rubbed his fingers over the bridge of his nose. “Yes, fine. Lyram will be coming to see you in the morning. Please be sure to do a full exam of him.”
“And what is it you think I need to look for?”
How could neither Franklin or Lyram seem to know what was going on? “Just a general well-being checkup, please.”
“Of course, Alpha. I’ll call you tomorrow—well, later today—with the results.”
Gareth groaned. It was late, and he had a lot of things to do tomorrow. “Okay, Frank. Thank you.”
“Anytime, Alpha.”
Gareth disconnected, then stripped off his clothes and headed for the shower. He turned the temperature down all the way and set the spray to pulse. The sting of cold water might help him, but right now, he was tired. And concerned. Maybe in the morning he could….
The howl of a wolf caught his ear. He tore out of the bathroom and rushed to the window. As he glancing out, the gleam of hundreds of eyes reflected back up at him. He could sense them, every wolf in his pack, sitting outside the house and staring at….
Holy shit, they were staring at Sean’s window.
What the fuck was going on?
He grabbed his phone and snapped a few pictures, then put it back on the nightstand. Whatever was happening, it scared Gareth to his very core.
Chapter Eight
SEAN CAMEdown the stairs, looking sleep-rumpled and slightly out of it.
“Good morning, Alpha.” As soon as he said the word, Sean broke into a wide smile.
Gareth peered out the window and watched as the wolves that had been at his doorstep all night disbanded and shuffled away. He caught sight of Dani and Caleb moving toward the back door. He would have to talk to them later. He closed the curtain and turned to face Sean, doing his best to give him a smile that he didn’t feel.
