Curves 'em Right(6)

Blake laughed and slapped a hand on the table, making the sandwich tray jump. He then eyed the sandwiches. “Think she’ll get mad if I grab one?”

He leaned back in his seat. “Well, depends. How much do you value your hand?”

“Ouch. Never mind. So what if Gerri can find us a mate?”

Kane shook his head, sliding his fingers through his hair. “I doubt it.”

Blake smirked in such a way Kane knew he was up to something. “Care to make it interesting?”

“All the time,” he returned without missing a beat.

“I say she’ll find us the perfect mate. And if she does, that means you will have to stop building shit for a while and get to know whoever we get.”

He curled his lip in mock horror. “Are you out of your mind? I build stuff for a living.”

Blake narrowed his eyes. “You’re the Alpha of Red Valley. You can do whatever the hell you want. I am your Omega, your financial analyst, accountant and best friend! I would know.”

“Fine,” he growled. “I’ll do it. But let it be known that I think this isn’t even remotely likely to happen.” He picked up an apple from a bowl of fruit in the center of the table and took a bite, chewed and swallowed. “What do I get if she doesn’t find us a mate?”

Blake shrugged in his perfectly pressed shirt. “I don’t know. What do you want?”

He thought about it for a moment. “We’ll go to another town and search for a woman. No more putting me off on that.”

Blake sighed. “Fine. We’ll search elsewhere. Although that alone can give us problems with some of the pack women. Not to mention the men.”

“I’m the Alpha. I don’t care what anyone thinks. If they have a problem they can come to me. By the way, did Marcos call you?” He remembered his good friend’s request for them to keep an eye on his baby sister.

“Yeah. Check on Dani and all that.” Blake frowned. “I feel like we haven’t seen her in years.”

“That’s because we haven’t. She went off to college. Came back and has been living in a library ever since.”

“She lives in a library?” Blake asked, looking confused.

“Not literally. She works there.” He remembered Daniella. She’d always been shy as a kid. And he also remembered she liked both him and Blake. More than a she should have, considering how young she was. Back then he’d been hell-bent on ignoring her and any attraction he felt for her. She’d been a minor and even worse, his friend’s little sister. Not that it took away from how much he’d wanted her or how his wolf had gone crazy pushing him to mate her. That had been massively scary.

“She was such a nice girl. So quiet. Reserved. Never a bad word out of her lips,” Blake mused. “I think she had a thing for us.”

Kane nodded. “Yeah. And if we want to keep our friendship with Marcos we’ll ignore that thing and focus on finding our third.”

The sound of voices approaching from the living room had them cutting their conversation short. Both men stood and waited for Margaret and her friend to show up. The women walked in a second later.

“Boys, I want you to meet my friend Gerri Wilder,” his mother said with enthusiasm. “Gerri this is Kane, my son,” she said, pointing to him. “And that handsome boy with those big brown eyes is Blake.”

Kane choked on a chuckle and grinned at his mother’s friend. “Nice to meet you Mrs. Wilder.”

Gerri Wilder glanced at his face for a moment. The ring of gold around her eyes was bright with her animal. She did the same with Blake and nodded. “I can help you both.”

He wanted to roll his eyes. “Really? Just like that?”

This lady definitely couldn’t find them a mate when they had looked at every possible female in Red Valley and the adjoining areas and hadn’t been able to find one themselves.

“Mrs. Wilder,” Blake began.

“Call me Gerri.”

“Gerri. We’ve looked at every female in Red Valley. There’s no one here. I’m not sure you really can help us.”

“You see what I mean?” Margaret barged in, her eyes narrowed.

“Yes. You were right. They are pigheaded,” Gerri said. “I’ll still find them someone if you want...”

“Oh, please!” Margaret hugged Gerri. “They need our help. Sit down and eat. We can tell them whatever you feel they need to know.”

Gerri stared at Kane for a quiet moment before smiling. “You don’t think I can find you someone?”

He grinned, not hiding his thoughts. “No. I apologize. It’s not that I don’t think you’re good at matching people with their right mate, but we’re in need of a third to join our Triad. Not only that, but if the female we mate doesn’t take to shifting, we could have serious problems with the pack. Things are a lot more complicated than finding a pretty face to sleep with.”