Mating the Red Wolf: (Book 10, Grey Wolf Pack Romance Novellas) by E A Price

his little brother.”  She creased her brow and gave him a mock look of sympathy.
    His wolf roared, but Ed continued to stare at her blankly.  He wouldn’t give her the satisfaction of letting her see just how much her vicious remarks had bothered him.  He could care less about her own assessment of his ability, but he certainly didn’t like the insinuation that he couldn’t satisfy his mate, or that she would jump into bed with his brother.  Kim was his!
    A look of pure joy passed over Helena’s face.  “Oh, hi, Kim!  I was just leaving; we’ll talk later, Ed.”
    Helena shimmied away, hips swaying.  Ed felt a sharp stab in his chest as his lovely but very confused looking mate came into his room.
    “Ed?”
    Fuck.

Chapter Nine
    Jonathan and Ed stared at the chess set in front of them.  They were ostensibly playing, but really Ed was trying to avoid talking to any of his family, and Jonathan was nursing a ferocious hangover.
    Kim had understood about finding Helena in his room.  Of course she had, it was just that her ardor had dimmed considerably on finding her fiancée’s ex in his room.  Kim had opted instead to go find Jamie.  After a cold shower, Ed had ventured out and was trying not to take out his anger out on anyone who happened to cross his path.
    They both looked up as their grandmother growled and hissed.  They watched as Judy was trying to push a cup and saucer at Marie, and their grandmother was stubbornly refusing to take it.
    “Do you think the old hag even knows it’s her birthday?” asked Jonathan nonchalantly.
    Jonathan hadn’t been able to forgive his grandmother ever since she was instrumental in sending away the supposed love of his life.
    Ed sighed.  “Maybe, she seemed pretty coherent when she was yelling at me, but after she couldn’t even remember who Kim was.”  Even though she didn’t know who Kim was she still managed to insult her though, for which he was furious.
    “Lucky Kim.”
    “You don’t think marrying Kim is a mistake, do you?”
    Jonathan smirked and then a pained look crossed his face.  Probably best not to move his face too much.  “Would it matter if I did?”
    Ed gave him a wry smile.  “No, not at all, I just want to know where I stand with all my loving family members.”
    “I say marry her quickly before she changes her mind.  You need her married and mated to you before she wakes up and asks herself what a beautiful creature like her is doing carrying on with a shrimp like you.  Presumably she has some kind of amnesia, so she’s forgotten how hot she is, and you need to take advantage of that before her memory comes back.”
    Ed narrowed his eyes.  “Gee, thanks; I’m so glad you’re on my side.”
    “No problem, happy to help.”
    They watched as their grandmother tried to bat Judy away with her cane.
    “It’s kind of sad that she’s not doing anything more for her birthday.”
    Jonathan snorted.  “Not doing anything?  She dragged us all out to this damn island just to prove that she can still snap her fingers and control us, didn’t she?  That kind of power trip is enough for her.  Besides, since when did you care about birthdays, you told me you spent yours working.”
    Ed smiled, and his wolf panted as he thought back to his birthday.  “That wasn’t entirely accurate.”
    Jonathan looked at him curiously.  “Why?  What did you do on your last birthday?”
    “Ummm…”
    *
    20 th October
    Ed groaned and stared at the paperwork on his desk.  Why had he agreed to help out with this case?  It was his brother’s case; he should be here doing the work.  God only knows where Arthur was at that moment; Ed had a bad feeling it wasn’t with his wife…
    This was definitely not how he wanted to spend his birthday.  Yep, he was celebrating turning 26 by drowning himself in a mountain of uninteresting contracts.
    His wolf whimpered at him.  It had been over a week since he’d last seen Kim, and his beast was