Rane’s Mate(16)

Kirby gulped and paused in her forward movement. She glanced at Rane and back to the werewolf women all around. Was he nuts?

Rane pulled her to a table. They sat close to Faith, and Kirby darted another glance around. A beautiful five-nine, gorgeous blonde came up and tried to sit next to Rane. He didn’t even glance her way, he kept his eyes on Kirby as he introduced her to the woman. The woman smiled a sad smile and walked away.

Frowning, Kirby touched Rane’s arm. “She could have sat next to you if you wanted. I could have sat with Faith.”

His eyebrows furrowed as he frowned. “Why would I want to sit next to Sandra when I have you?”

He picked up her hand, which she’d placed on his arm, and kissed it, holding it against his lips. He smiled at the woman and man sitting across from them. Kirby was startled when she realized the couple was Rane’s parents.

“I’d like you to meet my father Jack. He’s the leader, as you would call him, but we call him the pack alpha.”

Jack didn’t look a day over forty. He had the same electric blue eyes and tanned skin as Rane. His hair was a dirty blond and he looked to be in the same good shape as all the werewolves.

She smiled. “Nice to meet you.”

He nodded at her, then Rane pointed to the woman on Jack’s right. “This is my mother Della.”

This was Kirby’s first real good look at the couple. She’d had a brief look at them that morning, but she would never have thought them to be his parents. His mother looked barely thirty-five years old. Kirby couldn’t stop staring in amazement, and she couldn’t turn away from their stares. Realizing she was being rude, she still couldn’t disconnect from their stare.

When she noticed the table had gone quiet, she was embarrassed and finally turned her head away, apologizing. “I’m so sorry, I don’t mean to stare.”

The couple exchanged looks and smiled. Kirby frowned and looked around for help, as Rane didn’t seem to be giving her any. Catching Faith’s attention, Kirby saw her roll her eyes and take pity on her.

“You just looked into the eyes of two of the most powerful alphas in the world, and the only reason you eventually looked away was because of your human rules. You should feel good, you’re one of only a small group who can look at these two alphas and not back down or turn away.”

Rane looked at her and the smile on his face was huge. She was shocked as he leaned down and placed a quick kiss on her lips. She was curious now, so she asked, “Who else?”

“Remy can, but that is no surprise as she stands up to Kane, and he’s also one of the strongest alphas and she speaks to him like no one else would dare. Kane is one of the biggest alphas in the world, that’s why he was running the hospital emergency department at such a young age. When you take into consideration that he had been in the military for eight to ten years he’s accomplished a lot to get to where he is in his career for his age.”

Kane brushed his lips against Faith’s head. “Thanks, princess.” He rubbed Faith’s shoulders. “You see, Kirby, every male in our family has done at least four years in the military, although our family is a rarity as all my parents produced were alphas. The military helps teach us control and discipline. I did eight years, and as you know Rane is still in.”

Kirby glanced at Rane.

“Well, at the moment, I have my own kind of division of the military,” Rane said. “Arden is still in the reserves, although he’s joined my division now.”

“Arden isn’t here, about a quarter of us aren’t as we have away teams,” Kane explained. “Australia is a new country, so we only have six packs and they’re stretched out to cover their territory. We cover New South Wales and Australian Capital Canberra, and another pack covers Queensland, another pack covers Western Australia, and so forth. As Australia is so young we are small, but as Australia grows older, we will grow. This all depends on how strong the alphas are, and who leads each pack.”

The food was brought out and the men got up, telling the women to keep talking and they would fix them a plate.

Kirby nodded in acknowledgment at Rane as he left the table. Her brain right now was having an information overload. “Did I just pass some kind of test?”

Faith laughed. “Yes, but we would have still kept you even if you failed.”

The men returned and Rane set a plate with a mountain of food on it in front of Kirby. Everyone went quiet as they ate.

Kirby smiled and ate everything on her plate without even realizing it as her mind was thinking about everything she’d just learnt.

Rane leaned over. “Do you want me to get you something else?”