Rane’s Mate(28)
“What! No way.”
She held up her hand to stop him. “Let me finish. Look, if you really feel that way, why don’t I see if I can convince him to get you reassigned, but I’m staying here. I am going to help and do what I can. I’m not giving Rane up. I’m going to give him a chance.” A sad chuckle escaped her as she continued. “My friend said something to me the other night, which I think you need to hear. All werewolves and were creatures do what they do so you, me, and everyone else is safe. Just remember that they deserve love, fun, friendship, and a life too. Give them a chance.” Getting up, she walked out to let him think everything over.
* * * *
Rane looked at the major and general. “With all due respect, we’re not set up for that many men. I don’t have the man power to spare to even think about training that many.”
The general stood up and in a booming voice told Rane, “You don’t have a choice. Last night was a major statement to us all, and another attack that took place in another very public venue. I’ve called back eight werewolves from other missions, and they’ll be joining you on this force. The epidemic is getting worse. I’ve spoken to other packs and we will have one other training facility in Western Australia, as these seem to be the best location. From what I was told you’ve rescued the most supernaturals. You have a soothsayer, and your land is near water. We’re donating all of our surrounding land to you for your help.”
Rane frowned. “Fifty more is a lot to take on and train. The ones you sent three months ago still aren’t halfway ready. We lost one last night.” He turned to Major Samuel Black. “You saw what was involved when you came out that night. At a minimum, it takes two werewolves to take down a demon.”
Major Black cleared his throat. “Well, it did only take Faith and I to kill one.”
Rane growled, fighting his wolf. “For starters, Faith has been training with us since she was five, and secondly, she is supernatural and she’s also mated to one of us. Lastly, she almost fucking died thanks to that stunt.” He held up his hand before the major or the general had a chance to say anything. “Before you even start to think about giving your men some enhancers I have to tell you they don’t help, there’s always some kind of drawback. I know you think we don’t know about you working with our blood and your secret tests. What we are can’t be explained by science. Dumping these new recruits to train is a lot to ask given that I haven’t had the time to train the others yet.”
The general’s brows creased. “You still don’t have a choice. They’ll arrive by the end of the week. You’ll be receiving the new facility, and any help you need is at your disposal. We’re also making it a priority to find the demons’ underground operations. I have spoken to your alphas. We are also giving you an extra facility for the paranormal people and they will be given a choice to live close to you safely and help. As I said, you will have those eight other werewolves under your command tomorrow. Major Cullen will be your CO to work on this. I’ll be back in a week to check on the progress and the new recruits. Send me a report if you recruit more werewolves, I will add them on and it can add to time if they owe us. Women are welcome.”
Rane gritted his teeth, and they left without letting him say anything else on the matters at hand. Collapsing in his seat, he pulled out his phone and messaged his father to meet him. Shit! What they wanted was a miracle.
His father arrived ten minutes later in wolf form. After he changed to his human form and put the clothes from his backpack on, Rane told him what had been said and how he thought it would affect them.
His dad sighed, raking his fingers through his hair. “It sounds like we will have a lot of work. Together, I think we can do it. It should also help that we’re going to have a larger pack soon. England’s ten or so should arrive any day now. On an even brighter note, the extra land will be a huge help. Ava is going to come and organize things, get all the paperwork done, I think that would be the best job for her.”
Rane nodded. Ava would have everything running smoothly. She was perfect for the job. “Have Ava start next week. These are the men I want if you spare them... Sebastian, he has already agreed if you give the okay. Tray, but he’s in the same boat as me, except with Sara. Blake and Devlin. Alex and David, and I know they’re young but the general said he would class it as their military time if they wanted. Jamie just got out of the military. He said he would come back and help a day or two a week. Lastly, I did want Tristan and Arden. Thanks to everything going on, Arden will be home earlier and in the same situation as Tray and I. Griffen is even going to help. So if you give the okay, with all their help I should be able to pull it off.”