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Jezebel's Lion(13)



Brandon parked in the driveway of his parents’ house and got out of his car and let himself into the house. He found his father in his study. “Hi, Dad, is Mom home? I thought I’d talk to you both about what happened.”

“Yes, son. We knew after the phone call we got you’d come around.” He stood. “Come on, we’ll go into the family room. Britney is home, too. Would you like her with us, or is this private?”

“Britney can listen. What I have to say isn’t private. She may even be useful.” His dad nodded and walked out of his study, and Brandon followed to the family room where his mother and Britney sat watching a movie. They turned it off and looked at him as he sat next to Britney.

“Brandon, do you want to tell us why we are going to dinner tonight with Jezebel Dibson and her parents?”

“Jezebel is my mate.”

Brandon glared at Britney as she burst into laughter. “Oh, Bran, this is so funny. You and Savron have human mates, and Jezebel has lived practically around the corner all her life. Not only that, she’s had a crush on Carl and Tyler.”

Elbowing Britney he growled at her, and she giggled. Brandon didn’t find the situation funny. He let his lion take over. He had mated Jezebel without her knowledge. Jezebel had even mentioned she had had a thing for his younger brothers.

“Britney, don’t tease your brother. If Jezebel is his mate and she liked Tyler and Carl this could cause big problems. Do you want Brandon to try to kill them?” Britney stopped laughing and shook her head. Brandon’s mother sighed. “How did we get invited to dinner with your mate’s parents, Brandon?”

Brandon was embarrassed. He’d never before lost control of his lion. He’d never been so possessive and unmoving, but Jezebel had done that and more. Brandon didn’t want his parents to think he couldn’t control himself or that he was irresponsible. “I went to check on Sasha last night and found my mate. Jezebel was there, and as soon as I arrived my lion awoke and told me what she was to me. Jezebel didn’t seem interested in me, and it drove me and my lion insane. We sat watching her until Savron got home, and she was going to leave with a friend of hers that had had a drink. I didn’t want my mate going with anyone but me. I argued with her friend, and he gave in and let me look after her. Jezebel didn’t want to go home because she was drunk. It was her birthday, and her two best friends had forgotten. So I took her back to my house. I was very good. We didn’t do anything. I kept myself under control.” Brandon looked up to see both his parents looking at him waiting for him to continue. He cleared his throat, nervous about telling them the rest about his rash actions. “I will admit I shouldn’t have slept in the same bed as she did.” He studied the wall behind them. “In the morning she was very happy to see me. I didn’t ask her to mate or do anything she didn’t want. I moved away and was good. I was hanging on by a thread to keep my lion under control, but then she gave me the go ahead and I snapped. I didn’t tell her what it would mean if she made love with me.” He glanced at his mother to see a frown on her lips. “I was her first. I couldn’t control myself. I can’t now just thinking about her. I mated her. When we made love I couldn’t hold myself back. I cracked and mated her. I didn’t tell her what I was, or what mating her meant or what it meant for me. She thought that it was a one night stand because the Pride boys are friendly with women. I tried to convince her, but she kept talking about me being out of her league. She doesn’t think very positively about herself. To help convince her I talked to her parents. I also need your help because you know I won’t be able to sleep or be without her for long.” He ran his fingers through his hair and looked up into his parents’ shocked gaze. “I made a real mess of it. I promised when I found my mate I would do better than what I had seen Savron do, but I think I’ve done worse.” He groaned as it sank in.

Britney patted his back. “Please don’t bite my head off, but you need to hear this, bro. You are out of Jezebel’s league.”

Brandon growled and snapped at his sister. He stood and glared down at her.

Britney raised her hands. “You need to listen, Bran. Jezebel is one of the small number of humans at school. Because it is a mostly a shifter school she is up against our genes. Imagine going to school five days a week and being with girls and women who are no bigger than a size ten and all have shifter perfect DNA. Now I’m not saying we are perfect, but imagine what a human who is larger would think and feel. I myself would never tease someone for being larger than me, but others aren’t as nice. I have only really noticed Jezebel since Sasha came to the school and hung around with her. Jezebel keeps to herself mostly. I do know she has two close friends, but they are both human males.”