Rane’s Mate(37)
“Tray, Rane, your mates have to practice because they’re coming with us on Thursday.”
Both he and Tray growled. “No fucking way. Our mates are not going into that much danger. There is no way they could be ready, no way are they going to demon central. No.”
Faith glared at them both. “You don’t have a choice. We’ve gotten them the next three days off work, and you need to get them ready. Kirby and Sara are quick learners. Remy is getting better, but she won’t be one hundred percent until Arden gets here. The girls will come with us on Thursday, no arguments.”
Rane gritted his teeth as Kane stepped forward. “Group one will be Faith and I, Jamie, Tray, Sara, Rane, Kirby, and Cullen. David and Alex have been moved up from the beginners. I know they’re only eighteen and nineteen, but trust me, they are ready.” Rane raised his eyebrow at his brother who nodded and added, “I’ve seen them, they really are ready. Four others are ready to move up too. Nathan, Jacob, Matthew, and Robert. I’ve told them to report to you and Blake. They should be here in about two hours. We need all the help we can get.”
Faith rolled her eyes. “I told you they were ready.”
Everyone groaned as Faith went into a trance for a minute. When she came out of the trance she said, “Wrath needs to come tonight.”
Rane shook his head. Wrath was nighty-eight years old, without a mate, and too reckless. They were all scared they were going to lose him. Usually a werewolf didn’t last past ninety without a mate, and definitely not past one hundred.
Faith glared at him. “You need to stop shaking your head. I just had a vision, and trust me, you’re going to want to bring him with us tonight.”
As he looked at Faith the whole room seemed to sigh in relief—their friend would be all right and would have a mate to help heal his soul. They hated losing one of their own. Faith started to walk out of the door then she stopped, turned, and smiled.
“Oh, I almost forgot, good idea, Rane, about Logan being on your team. Also, Bengie is going to start training with the new recruits. They need to see what kind of strength they’re up against.” As she passed him, Faith gripped his hand and went into another trance, smiling when she came out of it. “Oh, this will be good. I’ll meet with the head women of the pack to talk about organizing a school and better facilities, that way the fifty new recruits will eventually be able to move their families here.” Clapping her hands together, she rushed out of the door.
Kane shook his head before he turned to Rane and patted him on the back. “I have been told by Dad that I’ll be here tonight to help with the recruits. Tonight I will show them no mercy. Rane, I want you to pull the cockiest one out of the bunch.” Kane chuckled. “Faith is going to show him something, so bring him over as soon as Faith has finished the self-defense class.” All of the werewolves laughed as he turned and walked after his mate.
Turning to the rest of the werewolves, Rane stated, “Training for an hour, and then I want them to have rest time, after that I want them to meet Kane and I.” He turned to Devlin. “I want Hayden with you, Devlin. No mercy, let’s see what he can do.”
Devlin nodded, adding, “Those brothers of hers have high potential. I can tell you that from what I have seen.” He chuckled. “It will be Logan who gets his arse kicked by Faith.” They all laughed again and went off to their duties.
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Kirby arrived at Rane’s at seven-fifty, surprised to see the exterior of the house almost finished. The door opened before she got to it, and Rane stood in the doorway in his uniform. Mmm, men in uniform.
“What do you think? I told you I would have it ready by Friday.”
She grinned at him. “Wow, I didn’t know it could happen so quickly. The finished product will be beautiful.”
He pulled her into his arms, lifted her up, and kissed her.
Loving his taste, she moaned into his mouth. “I could really get used to this.”
He pulled away, asking her how her afternoon had been. She walked inside with him, sat on the lounge, and told him all about her day. He hugged her as she finished off saying, “It will be nice to have a long weekend, although Faith told me what it’s all going to be about tonight and the next couple of nights. I will be learning and helping. I’m so happy. This is going to be so exciting. This time I’m going to hold off all the minions.”
It took Kirby a while to realize that Rane had stiffened under her. She looked into a hard, angry face. Sighing, she elbowed him. “What?”
Kissing her forehead, he murmured, “To tell you the truth, I really don’t like you being involved in all of this. I don’t want you in harm’s way. I’m not happy with Faith right now. She’s had training since she was six years old, but you haven’t even been doing this for a week.”