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."You better be theonly one pulling this shit today, Brandon."Brandon wrapped huge arms around Anton, squeezing hard."I won the bet, friend.Tell me it'strue.Tell me you're taking your place for real.""For this I am.What happens after, we'll have to wait and see." Anton's eyes met his."I have amate now.""Congratulations.I have four daughters.Four.They need a safe place to grow.""This place was safe." Anton shook his head."For so long we've had peace between the packsand tribes here.Who the hell does this asshole think he is? Coming here to take our territory?"Bitten - 179"There were two of them." Greg blinked as the voice came out of his mouth again."Two.Yourassistant brought the one in, gave him access.Hope."Anton lifted his hand for everyone to be quiet and came up to him, talking, but not to him."Thatwas the one we killed.""Yes.The one remaining.His litter mate.""What are his weaknesses?""He hates.He.he is not sane.He believes himself a prophet.He -- he wants to make morewolves.""Which is why he made Greg." Anton snarled again."We'll have to kill him.""Yes.After you save my Nix.""Yes.Now give me my mate back.""Be strong, baby girl.Know I love you." Greg grunted, knees buckling as the presence insidehim disappeared, leaving a void.Anton's arms went around him, catching him before he could fall to the floor.Growling andsnarling, Anton made room for them on the couch."Oh, Greg, I'm so sorry," murmured Jackson."That has to be so hard.""Let's just do this.Let's get it done so we can live again.This running is bullshit." He'd thoughtthey could; hell, he'd thought they should, but it was wrong.This was their territory.Their land."Yes." Anton squeezed him tight."All right.Andrea? Nathan? We need to know about thecompound, about where he'll have his men and wolves.""Nathan helped us map out a diagram.Do we want to attack? Are we just going in and raiding?"Greg could tell that Andrea was unsure, worried.She was a police officer, after all.Someonesworn to uphold the law.Not that that had stopped her before.Anton shook his head."We go in, we rescue the girl's father, and we kill Lars.Once he's dead,his pack will fall apart unless there's someone ready to step into the alpha role.And men likeLars don't keep other alphas around." Anton didn't hesitate in the least."If we don't cut the alphadown, he'll keep coming at us."The others nodded, growling, and Greg watched, worried.They were talking about murder.Real,premeditated murder.Bitten - 180It was Jackson who came and sat by his side."I don't like this either, Greg, but they don't live bythe same rules we do."Jackson's always straight back straightened just a little bit more."And we didn't start this.Wedidn't take you away and change you against your will.We didn't kidnap me and torture me.They were going to." Jackson hesitated and shook his head."We didn't start this.""No, and if we don't finish it, more men will die." Nathan was holding the little girl, rocking her."This is our way.""We need to learn the ways of the men we love," Jackson told him quietly."This is his way, now." Nathan sounded firm, resigned."You cannot deny the wolf.Therein liesmadness."Man, he thought, people were going to rub that in about Anton for, like, ever.Anton growled."That doesn't mean we have to act like animals all the time." Then Anton turnedto Jackson."You and Nathan? Really?"Jackson smiled over at Nathan."Yes."Nathan nodded, face set in hard lines."He is my mate."Did that mean they'd lose Jackson? Gain a blind wolf guy? Did Nathan have a job? Man, thiswolf shit was more and more complicated."Well, he's my.Jackson." Anton watched as Jackson took Nathan's hand and squeezed it.ThenAnton took Nathan's other hand and shook it."Welcome to the family.""Thank you.Congratulations on finding your mate." Nathan's smile was warm, pleased.Anton's arm came around him."Thank you."Jackson nudged Greg."Our growly partners have decided not to rip each other to bits.Thisprobably calls for champagne or something.""Probably.On the other hand, I could cook up a big wedding-victory feast." Greg winked,grinned back."Oh, I would like that, Greg.I've missed your cooking." Jackson gave him a smile.He stillcouldn't believe the old guy had gotten involved with, well, a wolf."All right, I need everyone's attention," growled Anton."It's time to get serious here."The room got quiet, everyone gathering close, the air suddenly heavy.Bitten - 181"We need a distraction coming up the main road to the compound.Something that'll take theirattention, but won't use up a lot of our numbers.While they're focused on that, we'll breach thecompound from here and here." Anton pointed to two places on the map."According to Nathan,Lars is likely to be here [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]