Jesse

4

I didn't talk much as Eli and his mate Lina explained where they went, what they have worked out for themselves, which was that Eli was going to give her time to do what she wanted in life, even pay for it all if her parents didn't approve.

I never felt more proud of my sons until I saw the respect Eli had for other kinds of people. He was respecting her parents just as he was respecting her. His only stipulation was that they marry now, no consummation needed. He just wanted to make sure that no man would want her... and for Lina to feel secure that he would be loyal to her with no other woman needed for him.

"Why would you be willing to wait?" Aaron asked softly and I knew that her worry stemmed from not being around when Grey lost his mom and dad. She didn't want her daughter to feel bad if something like that happened for Lina.

"I've waited this long. I'm not getting older." Eli shrugged and licked his lips and looked to me. "I don't want to force someone to be what they aren't. She wants to go to school, and I don't want to be the reason she never gets the chance at being wonderful." He smiles at Lina and I noticed her shoulders sag just slightly and I knew she was melting at his words.

"But you will stay in the pack? Or how is this going to work? Mating to a vampire? I don't understand how this is truly possible." Greyson looked at me as if I had all the answers.

"Vampires do have true mates because of you two being the only hybrids... maybe that has something to do with it." I offered when everyone did stay quiet and sort of shifted their eyes to me.

"Sounds like a crock of shite to me dad." I suppressed my need to hiss at my own son and turned to look at him.

"I hope you get a wolf mate." I told him before cutting my eyes to Eli.

Him and Jr. weren't close. Not like they used to be as kids and the first 100 years we were all together. "Well whose to say I won't find a man as a mate either."

"Fine line Jr." I told him and stood slowly.

"I have to get back to England." He sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Well you're not leaving until we make sure your mother is fine or out of harms way. Get her on the phone. She never called me back after Eli was hurt." I ordered and he sighed before speeding to my room, no doubt looking for his phone.

I waited ten seconds before he was back in the main room. "It's not there, and I know it was in my breast pocket. The men who did this to me must have taken it."

"Why would they need it?" I asked him and he sighed.

"Because I have mum on a trackable credit limit." He growled low before punching my drywall. "Dammit. How would they even know that unless they know about my banking habits."

"Which means what exactly? You're not shouting things from the roof top kind of guy." Eli remarked and I saw Lukas' fangs drop, the ideas popping into my head about betrayal was occurring to him, and while I had no names, he must have a list.

"I only have three people who know about my family and who and how I know where they are." He started to pace and Aaron cleared her throat and we all turned eyes to her.

"Wouldn't you be able to get the same access they have on a computer?" She asked and I looked back to my son and waited as he seemed to think.

"They will have me prove everything and then shut off access to the phone since I will report it stolen." He started to move forward and looking at my expectantly and I sped to my office before going back to hand him my fully charged laptop.

He got to typing right away and I started to pace. I loved Imogene as if she were my best friend, like Aaron, and while we couldn't be what she always wanted... I always wanted her to find it with someone else.

"Fuck." I heard Jr. groan before his typing resumes.

"I can try and get Deans help." Greyson offered out and I shook my head. "He's in town visiting his sister in law and Tino." He told me and I just kept shaking my head.

"I don't need more wolves in my space." I heard my son spit out and I sped to slap the back of his head.

"I always wanted you to be the smartest or at least the strongest guy in the room... at this moment a baby would be smarter. Have some respect Jr." I put the commanding tone and he seemed to want to ignore it, his body shaking just slightly before he sighed and seems defeated and nodded. "At least these wolves want to help. More than your vampire coven mates... the ones who are out to get you and betrayed you. The ones who might just be on their way to kill your own mother." I added and he seemed to think as he kept typing his answers.

"I will try and be nice. At least they are already more civilized than the English packs." He told me, and cut a look to the two wolves and their hybrid parents before focusing.

"I didn't have my own phone when they dropped me here either. Why would they take mine?"

"So you couldn't call for help. You weren't outside in a car Eli, you were left to rot in an alley." I reminded him and he just nodded slowly and I saw the fear on Lina's face as she moved to grab and squeeze his hand tight.

"I think we should leave." Grey offered out and stood.

"If Jess wanted us out he would ask, he keeps telling his son to shut his trap and not once, since we got here, has he asked us to leave. I'm staying." Aaron crosses her legs, then her arms and looked at me.

"Feel free to do what you want. Lukas, the PS4 is still set up in the bedroom you used last sleepover, go play." I nodded my head towards the way Eli had slept last night and I looked to Lina as she seemed to want to follow. "Maybe you guys should make sure that he plays only the age appropriate games." I tossed out and Lina started to tug Eli's hand.

"But mum-"

"I'll come get you if we get in touch. But if we have to leave a message I will tell you as well." I told him and he nodded and let Lina pull him away from us four.

"So what is an enforcer?" I heard Luke ask and I loved to pour myself a scotch.

"I enforce peace between covens and packs, both Vampire King and King Alpha in the US have a treaty. We mostly enforce peace between packs though. And I used to have to kill off some witches trying to hex some wolves but it's sadly been years since I had the pleasure of killing anyone." Greyson was showing his teeth. Letting my son know that he was not scared, that he had the training to kill and never be killed.

"But you got old and they retired you?" Luke asked and I slapped the back of his head again.

"I didn't get old, I found my mate." I knew that wasn't the true story but that was what he was going to give out.

"So you quit your day job for a chick? No offense." He leaned forward away from me and I just shook my head.

"There is nothing I would not do for my mate. One day, since you are a vampire, you could understand what it feels like to do something based off someone else's wishes and feelings." Greyson out him back in his place and I pointed to my tumbler and he nodded. Aaron shook her head and I narrowed my eyes slightly before going to get one more glass.

"I will take a scotch as well." Luke called behind himself and I rolled my eyes and put brandy inside his before handing them out. "Getting drinks wrong already dad?" He asked before his smile broke out on his face.

"Didn't you say Brandy?" I asked and took the last swallow of mine.

"Mom is in New York... just checked in the the Ritz." Of course Imogene did.

"Call, now. Tell her to get here." I ordered and he nodded.

"Let me report the phone stolen so they won't have access and follow her movements." He told me and I saw his smile widen again, if possible before leaning back. "So I did all that and you want me to still call the hotel?" He asked after I just tossed him my cell phone.

"Call the front desk and just tell them your name. There is probably a reason she hasn't responded to my voicemail." I told him and he huffed.

"She probably just deleted it."

"Stop being a child and warm your mother to use cash only." I ordered and he nodded before he was on the phone.

"There's no one at the room." He sighed and shook his head before ordering the woman or man on the other end to call back as soon as the person who is staying in the room comes back.

"You know if they give her that number she might still not call it." I told him and he sighed.

"So what shall I do? Call every half hour?"

"Yes."