Entering his office, Archer sent out a mind link to his lead warriors, waiting impatiently until Kurt, Darrin, Christian and Kara entered the room. Thomas also entered the room, following behind his mate hesitantly, glancing at the Alpha who gave him a quick affirmative nod that he could stay. Grinning in relief, Thomas took a seat on the couch next to Kara, taking her hand in his as she smiled over at him. ‘Are you OK now Alpha?’ Kurt asked warily, as he took a seat across from the Alpha, Christian next him as Darrin sat across from the two mates. Archer nodded with a sigh, ‘yes, I’m sorry about before, I was just . . ‘ he started. ‘We know Alpha’ Darrin cut in, ‘we were all feeling it, we let Shaun down, we let those girls down, we were forty strong out there, it should have been an