he'll fight dirty. Met him once, didn't like him even then.”
Frank took his hand and shook it. “It was no problem, but yes, I'm going to challenge him. It's time someone took back the packs and brought back honor. Will you and your wife come with us? We have a large home just outside the city. It will be safe there.”
Bran turned to his wife and she nodded. “Yes, we'll drive our car so we have a way back, but I don't trust Alfred not to show up again, and I'm not about to risk my wife.”
Three suitcases showed up next to the door, followed by a breathing machine. “Whitnee, you have clothes up in your old room. Why don't you go change and bring what you have up there?” Her mother pulled Andrew into her arms and stood. “Go on now.”
“Mom, don't you start on them. They just helped me.” Whitnee narrowed her gaze on her mother. “They're not interested in me that way, so don't start.” She pointed at her mother before she turned and ran up the stairs.
“You can call me Eve, and I, too, want to thank you for helping our baby.” She sighed. “I'm sorry the way I reacted on the phone. Ever since her ex, well, we worry.” Her gaze met Frank's. “There's more, isn't there?”
Frank glanced back at his men and they nodded. “We believe she's our queen. We haven't said anything to her yet. With the challenge coming up I'd rather wait till things settle down.”
Eve stepped closer and glanced up at him. “You're something other than wolf and vampire, but human too. How can that be?”
Bran laughed. “One of my wife's gifts is to see others’ gifts.”
He ran his hand through his hair. “Yes, the four of us are vampire and wolf. I also have other parts in me, one being human and the other part machine. I was created more than three hundred years ago in England.”
Eve's hand went to her throat. “I know who you are! There are whispers among our kind about when you would make yourself known, but we never believed it would be in our time. It's an honor to meet you. Now I can relax because I know our baby will be protected and so will this guy.” She kissed the little boy's head. “But Frank, Whitnee's been hurt badly. She hasn't told us all of it, but it's taken more than a year for her friends to just get her to go out, and when she does, look at what happens.” Eve glanced at her husband.
“She'll be fine, Eve. Our baby is stronger then you give her credit for.” He pulled her into his arms. “You'd better go get his medicine and lock up the back of the house.”
“Fine, you take Andrew.” Eve handed Andrew to Bran and left the room.
“You'll find my daughter has inherited her mother's stubborn streak.” He laughed.
“I heard that, Dad, and I'm not stubborn, just cautious.” Whitnee came into the room in a green sundress which showed the swell of her breasts. Her hair was brushed and pulled back into a braid. “Here, give me my baby.”
Frank stepped forward and took the bag off her shoulder. “I'll carry this for you. You carry Andrew. We really should be going. I don't like being here too long. Dana, Cruse, check outside and Theodore, ride with Whitnee's parents, just in case.”
“All locked up, and I have Andrew's medicine.” Eve came into the room and smiled at Whitnee. “Much better.” She nodded at the dress.
He wrapped his arm around Whitnee and pulled her to the door. “Let's go. It's all clear.”
Chapter Four
Whitnee glanced out the window with her son. “It's big, Mommy. Do they have a swing set?” Andrew asked, his eyes all big. He squirmed in her seat as the car came to a stop in front of the colonial house.
“I don't think they have a swing set, Andrew, but we brought some of your toys.” Whitnee glanced up at Cruse as he opened her door and held out his hand for her.
“We have a tire swing in the back and a pool. Would that be okay?” Cruse smiled as Andrew jumped out of the car and squealed.
“Mommy, can we go swimming, please?”
She took
Frank took his hand and shook it. “It was no problem, but yes, I'm going to challenge him. It's time someone took back the packs and brought back honor. Will you and your wife come with us? We have a large home just outside the city. It will be safe there.”
Bran turned to his wife and she nodded. “Yes, we'll drive our car so we have a way back, but I don't trust Alfred not to show up again, and I'm not about to risk my wife.”
Three suitcases showed up next to the door, followed by a breathing machine. “Whitnee, you have clothes up in your old room. Why don't you go change and bring what you have up there?” Her mother pulled Andrew into her arms and stood. “Go on now.”
“Mom, don't you start on them. They just helped me.” Whitnee narrowed her gaze on her mother. “They're not interested in me that way, so don't start.” She pointed at her mother before she turned and ran up the stairs.
“You can call me Eve, and I, too, want to thank you for helping our baby.” She sighed. “I'm sorry the way I reacted on the phone. Ever since her ex, well, we worry.” Her gaze met Frank's. “There's more, isn't there?”
Frank glanced back at his men and they nodded. “We believe she's our queen. We haven't said anything to her yet. With the challenge coming up I'd rather wait till things settle down.”
Eve stepped closer and glanced up at him. “You're something other than wolf and vampire, but human too. How can that be?”
Bran laughed. “One of my wife's gifts is to see others’ gifts.”
He ran his hand through his hair. “Yes, the four of us are vampire and wolf. I also have other parts in me, one being human and the other part machine. I was created more than three hundred years ago in England.”
Eve's hand went to her throat. “I know who you are! There are whispers among our kind about when you would make yourself known, but we never believed it would be in our time. It's an honor to meet you. Now I can relax because I know our baby will be protected and so will this guy.” She kissed the little boy's head. “But Frank, Whitnee's been hurt badly. She hasn't told us all of it, but it's taken more than a year for her friends to just get her to go out, and when she does, look at what happens.” Eve glanced at her husband.
“She'll be fine, Eve. Our baby is stronger then you give her credit for.” He pulled her into his arms. “You'd better go get his medicine and lock up the back of the house.”
“Fine, you take Andrew.” Eve handed Andrew to Bran and left the room.
“You'll find my daughter has inherited her mother's stubborn streak.” He laughed.
“I heard that, Dad, and I'm not stubborn, just cautious.” Whitnee came into the room in a green sundress which showed the swell of her breasts. Her hair was brushed and pulled back into a braid. “Here, give me my baby.”
Frank stepped forward and took the bag off her shoulder. “I'll carry this for you. You carry Andrew. We really should be going. I don't like being here too long. Dana, Cruse, check outside and Theodore, ride with Whitnee's parents, just in case.”
“All locked up, and I have Andrew's medicine.” Eve came into the room and smiled at Whitnee. “Much better.” She nodded at the dress.
He wrapped his arm around Whitnee and pulled her to the door. “Let's go. It's all clear.”
Chapter Four
Whitnee glanced out the window with her son. “It's big, Mommy. Do they have a swing set?” Andrew asked, his eyes all big. He squirmed in her seat as the car came to a stop in front of the colonial house.
“I don't think they have a swing set, Andrew, but we brought some of your toys.” Whitnee glanced up at Cruse as he opened her door and held out his hand for her.
“We have a tire swing in the back and a pool. Would that be okay?” Cruse smiled as Andrew jumped out of the car and squealed.
“Mommy, can we go swimming, please?”
She took
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