that bringing her here would blow up in our face like this."
Goddammit. Bhric wasn't making any sense. "You knew her?"
"I knew of her. Through Simon. Rafe and I have been working together on a plan to ferret out what the hell those mangy wolves were up to and we used Simon to do it."
"What does that have to do with Jessa?" As for her idea to be a surrogate for those assholes, he'd deal with it later. Whatever the fuck got into her head to sign a contract like that needed to be dealt with. He didn't care if him freaking out about it could be construed as irrational. She was his. God help those wolves if he found out any of them hurt her in the process.
A red haze crossed his vision as that thought crystallized in his brain.
"Don't go there, Calder. As far as I know everything over there happened in a lab."
His eyes narrowed and he focused on Bhric standing in front of him. "I'm not sure my bear is going to care about the details."
"Rein it the fuck in. You losing control right now is not going to help anything. And if you can't handle this then you are no good to me and might as well leave before I get into the rest."
Calder fought for control. He hadn't feel this kind of anger in a very long time. In fact, he thought maybe he'd grown out of his inability to contain his temper.
"This is normal. The mere idea of anyone threatening your mate in any way is going to send any one of us over the edge."
Dean and Kane nodded. "I was ready to rip everyone's throat out when Niki got kidnapped, remember?"
He did. At times, they all thought Dean would kill every last one of them barehanded. If Niki hadn’t needed him he might have even gone feral.
As they all talked to him, the bear began to loosen his grip on the man and some of the rage building in Calder subsided. He breathed deep and leveled his gaze at Bhric. "Tell me the rest."
"Just remember I had no idea she would be a mate to anyone. She was part of a business transaction."
"What did you do?"
"When the Blackwoods took Simon, he managed to get word to us. Told us something really bad was going down up there on their mountain and that he needed time to break it down before we came storming in there to take him back."
"At least it finally makes sense why no one went after him. That shit didn't sit right at all."
Bhric brushed his hand through his hair before he continued. "We had to keep it quiet. Too much at stake."
"So what happened? How did Jessa get mixed up in your plan with Simon?" He had a decent hold of his control now, but his patience was wearing thin. Every extra minute they drug this out meant he was away from Jessa longer. And this shit storm made leaving her questionable at best.
"While Jessa was being prepped for the procedure, Simon figured it out. The doctor handling the most of the genetic material kept it all a secret, but we got lucky and that bastard got sick and Simon had to take over the lab."
"They trust him now?"
"What choice do they have? Their other doc is really sick," he said with a smile.
Calder nodded. "Because Simon did something to him."
"Bingo."
"So what is it? Why do we care if they are trying to have babies other than they will simply populate our world with children who will grow up to be like them and pains in our asses."
"They don't want children." Dean interjected. "They want soldiers."
"I'm sorry I'm not getting it."
"They are trying to resurrect the warrior program. As in the program that created Niki and Jessa holds the evidence in her blood."
15
J essa held baby Hannah on her knees and gently bounced the fussy child in a so far unsuccessful attempt at calming her down. With Niki the only one in the room with even a little experience with babies it felt a little like the blind leading the blind.
She and Niki had driven back down to Dark Moon to see if the men had returned and to try and get Hannah settled. Both of which had not worked out at all. The baby had cried off and on for hours despite her and Niki's
Goddammit. Bhric wasn't making any sense. "You knew her?"
"I knew of her. Through Simon. Rafe and I have been working together on a plan to ferret out what the hell those mangy wolves were up to and we used Simon to do it."
"What does that have to do with Jessa?" As for her idea to be a surrogate for those assholes, he'd deal with it later. Whatever the fuck got into her head to sign a contract like that needed to be dealt with. He didn't care if him freaking out about it could be construed as irrational. She was his. God help those wolves if he found out any of them hurt her in the process.
A red haze crossed his vision as that thought crystallized in his brain.
"Don't go there, Calder. As far as I know everything over there happened in a lab."
His eyes narrowed and he focused on Bhric standing in front of him. "I'm not sure my bear is going to care about the details."
"Rein it the fuck in. You losing control right now is not going to help anything. And if you can't handle this then you are no good to me and might as well leave before I get into the rest."
Calder fought for control. He hadn't feel this kind of anger in a very long time. In fact, he thought maybe he'd grown out of his inability to contain his temper.
"This is normal. The mere idea of anyone threatening your mate in any way is going to send any one of us over the edge."
Dean and Kane nodded. "I was ready to rip everyone's throat out when Niki got kidnapped, remember?"
He did. At times, they all thought Dean would kill every last one of them barehanded. If Niki hadn’t needed him he might have even gone feral.
As they all talked to him, the bear began to loosen his grip on the man and some of the rage building in Calder subsided. He breathed deep and leveled his gaze at Bhric. "Tell me the rest."
"Just remember I had no idea she would be a mate to anyone. She was part of a business transaction."
"What did you do?"
"When the Blackwoods took Simon, he managed to get word to us. Told us something really bad was going down up there on their mountain and that he needed time to break it down before we came storming in there to take him back."
"At least it finally makes sense why no one went after him. That shit didn't sit right at all."
Bhric brushed his hand through his hair before he continued. "We had to keep it quiet. Too much at stake."
"So what happened? How did Jessa get mixed up in your plan with Simon?" He had a decent hold of his control now, but his patience was wearing thin. Every extra minute they drug this out meant he was away from Jessa longer. And this shit storm made leaving her questionable at best.
"While Jessa was being prepped for the procedure, Simon figured it out. The doctor handling the most of the genetic material kept it all a secret, but we got lucky and that bastard got sick and Simon had to take over the lab."
"They trust him now?"
"What choice do they have? Their other doc is really sick," he said with a smile.
Calder nodded. "Because Simon did something to him."
"Bingo."
"So what is it? Why do we care if they are trying to have babies other than they will simply populate our world with children who will grow up to be like them and pains in our asses."
"They don't want children." Dean interjected. "They want soldiers."
"I'm sorry I'm not getting it."
"They are trying to resurrect the warrior program. As in the program that created Niki and Jessa holds the evidence in her blood."
15
J essa held baby Hannah on her knees and gently bounced the fussy child in a so far unsuccessful attempt at calming her down. With Niki the only one in the room with even a little experience with babies it felt a little like the blind leading the blind.
She and Niki had driven back down to Dark Moon to see if the men had returned and to try and get Hannah settled. Both of which had not worked out at all. The baby had cried off and on for hours despite her and Niki's
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