Rane met Griffen, Devlin, and Arden—who looked like shit—in Faith’s special place in the woods. Rane cleared his throat, hating the thought that his brothers would have to get more involved. He shut his eyes, and Kirby’s fire engine hair and her smiling face, along with her big brown eyes, flashed before him. He smiled as he opened his eyes, knowing he was doing the right thing. He needed to stop being a workaholic.
He was surprised to see that Cullen had joined them. Rane didn’t know who looked worse, Arden or Cullen. Rane raised his eyebrow at Cullen as he said, “I don’t care if he is the general, if he calls one more time, I’m going to shove the phone up his arse.”
Rane smirked, because he knew from the smile on Cullen’s face he was one hundred percent serious. He nodded to Cullen. “It’s good you’re here, because I came to discuss work. We both have mates now, we can’t do the eighteen hour days anymore. I’m not saying there isn’t anyone qualified enough to take over our job, I know if Devlin and Arden and all of us share the work—”
“I’ll help too, and so will Jamie.”
Rane swore as he turned to see his brother Kane and Jamie join them. Kane had a feral look on his face, like he had just done something. “What the fuck have you done, Kane? You’re alpha, not military go-to. You didn’t even join the field duty. You were in the military medical.”
Kane chuckled. “That’s what I let you all think. I mean it. We will all help, and I just showed the general and a couple of other heads of the human military who is really in charge.”
Rane and Cullen swore. “Kane, we need to be on good footing with them.”
If at all possible Kane’s grin got bigger. “Oh, we are on the best footing, and what I’m about to tell you is extremely classified. I wouldn’t be telling you if Faith hadn’t told me that all of you need to know. The top five people in power…three of the five are werewolves and two are supernatural, and that’s just in Australia. Most of the people in power in America are also werewolves or supernaturals. Every country on this continent has at least two werewolves in head power.”
Wow. Rane knew they were infiltrated everywhere, but not that far. Before he had a chance to wrap his mind around everything that Kane had just told him, Devlin butted in.
“Then why the fuck have they been so pushy, giving us fifty new recruits to train, if the power is werewolves and paranormal?”
Kane sighed. “Because we still have to listen to others, and it is our job to protect humanity, but they need to at least be able to help protect themselves. Faith told me this morning that we need to grow and branch out if we’re going to win this war.”
All five werewolves groaned, because they knew that when Faith said stuff like that, they were in for big changes.
* * * *
Kirby stared in awe at the completed house. It was late Friday morning and she couldn’t believe that she was staring at the same house. The house looked like it was months old, even the window ledges were painted. Yellow daises made a path from the carport, which was next to a double garage.
Rane’s arms came around her. “This is a visitor’s car park. Well, it’s really parking for your parents since everyone else we know lives close enough to walk.”
Kirby turned into his arms, stood on her tiptoes, and pulled his face down so she could kiss him. Smiling against her lips, he picked her up. She squealed as he grasped her arse, squeezing it.
Kirby laughed. “I love you. You are so good to me. I love all the little things you do for me. I love you.”
Rane’s hands froze mid squeeze, even the smile on his face froze, the only thing that moved was his eyes, they shone bright as he searched her face. He seemed to come back to himself just as she started to get scared that maybe she shouldn’t have said anything, but it had just come out.
He smiled so big. “Say it again.”
Kirby breathed a sigh of relief and grinned. “Say what again?”
Rane chuckled, placing his mouth over hers and taking his time as he traced her lips before sucking the bottom lip into his mouth. Rane growled when she bit his bottom lip and their tongues meet, mimicking the dance of love.
Rane moved them against the front door, then pulled her sundress over her head. His own shirt followed, falling somewhere on the ground. She couldn’t undo the buttons on his jeans fast enough, and gave a sigh of relief when they were undone. His thick erection popped free. Shivering in anticipation, she moved her hand up and down his muscular chest, giving his nipples a light pinch and loving when it made him crazy. Kirby loved it when he got all dominant.