Love, Always, Promise [Wolf Creek Pack 5] by Stormy Glenn Page A

pressed as close to him as he could possibly get. Whenever they were in the same room that was how they seemed to be. Jace decided he liked that idea.
    He turned around and lifted Ethan to his feet, then scooted between him and the counter. Wrapping his arms around Ethan’s waist, he pulled the man back against him. Ethan’s body stiffed for a moment before leaning into his.
    “So, tell me about this ranch you found for us, Nate,” Jace said. “Does it have room for a puppy?”
    “Two or three, even,” Nate replied. “It’s a couple of miles from here, down by the lake. You’ll love it, fifty acres, a barn and stable. The house itself was built in 1856, but the previous owners modernized it as much as they could.”
    “Why is it for sale?”
    Nate glanced over at Joe, looking a little green around the gills.
    “The last owners were members of our pack. Their son, a man named Roger Drummond, betrayed Nate to that man I told you about. Nate almost died. Roger was killed by that very same man. His parents decided to move away to someplace warmer.”
    “They weren’t forced out of the pack, were they?” Ethan asked.
    His words told Jace silently that his mate possessed a very large heart. Most people wouldn’t have cared. Jace would forever be grateful for that big heart. It made Ethan take him back and give him a second chance. He just hoped he had a chance of winning that heart for himself.
    “No,” Nate said. “They were more than welcome to stay. I just think it was too hard for them knowing what their son did. Of course they didn’t do anything, and we tried to talk them into staying, but they just wanted to get away from the bad memories.”
    Ethan snorted. “I can understand that.”
    Jace stiffened. Was Ethan talking about them?
    “No, Jace, he’s not,” Nate said softly.
    Ethan tilted his head back to look up at him questioningly. Jace grimaced. Having Nate around would take some getting used to.
    “I’m not what?” Ethan asked.
    Jace shrugged, feeling completely stupid. “I just wondered if you were talking about us and what happened.”
    “God, no,” Ethan exclaimed. “I was talking about my birth pack.”
    “Your birth pack?” Jace asked, his forehead crinkling in confusion. “Weren’t you born here?”
    “No, I’ve only been in Wolf Creek for a few months. My entire pack moved here.” Ethan frowned. “Well, what was left of my pack, anyway. There weren’t many of us left by the time we got here. Most of us were killed.”
    “Killed!” Jace exclaimed, his arms tightening around Ethan’s waist. “What do you mean, killed? Are you still in danger? And who tried to kill you?”
    “It’s a long story, but the short version is that several members of our pack made a deal with a vampire princess to barter wolf blood in exchange for money and territory. Our alpha found out and killed the vampire. He then moved us here to join up with the Wolf Creek Pack.”
    “Fuck!” Jace exclaimed, horrified by how close he came to losing his mate before he even met him.
    Ethan nodded. “It’s not so bad. We lost a lot of members of our pack, but we moved here and this place is much nicer. Our old alpha, Reece, became an enforcer for Daniel. I think he’s much happier here.”
    “He is,” Nate said. “He wasn’t happy being an alpha, but he did what he needed to do. He likes being able to come home to his mate every night instead of running a pack.”
    “And you should meet Prince Zacarius,” Ethan said. “His sister was the vampire princess that tried to kill us, but he wasn’t involved in that. He’s a really nice guy.”
    “Prince Zacarius?” Jace asked.
    “He’s mated to Devlin, the enforcer of my old pack,” Ethan replied. “I met him a few weeks ago when he came to get Devlin.”
    “And his sister tried to kill you?”
    Ethan nodded. “He wasn’t involved with that, though. I know Prince Zacarius would have stopped her if he’d known. He wants peace between the