My Secret, My Bully, My Mates. novel Chapter 408

When I am done I can hear voices on the other side of the door. They weren’t sleeping as soundly as I thought.

“Seriously, Midge! You cannot do that!” Wyatt runs his fingers through his already messy hair.

“Do what? I woke up and took a shower. Or did you miss the noise I made in the bathroom in your anger at my not being in your line of sight?” I raise an eyebrow, crossing my arms over my toweled form.

He looked slightly ashamed of his outburst, but then squared his shoulders. “You have to tell someone if you leave. That wound is still too fresh for surprises.”

“So, you are telling me, that if I wake up in the middle of the night and have to pee, that I have to ask permission to walk across the room to the attached bathroom, so you feel better?” I tilt my head slightly, daring him to say anything else that comes close to stupid. My irritation is bubbling right under the surface. He knows how I feel about being put in a bubble.

“We were all worried, when you weren’t here. Jena woke up in a panic yelling for you, and…” I cut him off moving to Jena quickly.

This happens regularly, but it’s not my story to tell. I sit next to her and wrap her in a hug, her head tucked under my chin.

“I’m sorry, it’s my fault they are all freaking out.” She whispers into my neck. “I can’t shake the nightmare and you are the only thing that seems to bring me out of it.” This time she is talking loud enough to be heard by everyone.

I just nod. “It’s okay, we’ll figure it out as we go, like everything else.”

Before I can say more, there’s a knock at the door, then Barty walks in.

“The King and Queen would like to see you all in the Mahogany Room in twenty minutes. The Luna Queen wanted me to let you know that breakfast would be served and the ladies all have clothing in Miss Skylar’s room.”

“Dad, what are you up to? And do I need coffee to keep up with whatever you are about to throw at us?”

Ignoring Xander’s sarcasm, Alpha Reggie goes on. “Sit, sit. We have plans to make.”

“Here we go.” Xander laughs under his breath, but doesn’t look frustrated or annoyed, so I’m hoping ‘plans’ is a good thing.

The seven of us sit side by side across the round table from Alpha Reggie and Luna Anne.

“Alright, let’s jump right in. You all did amazing last night. We gathered a ton of information and Jena, you are just as amazing as we were told with the computers. Thank you for setting all of that up. My guys have lots to work with right now, meaning you all have jobs to do. Jena, I am going to have you work with our cyber team alongside Nathaniel. The two of you made more progress last night than my team has in the last year. Nathaniel I want you to start working with our weapons specialists. Many of the rogue teams have been using weapons over their wolves and we need to know why and how they are getting their hands on them. I also want to know how they are moving the ingredients they are using for poisons, mind control and spells. It can’t be a small or easy operation.” Nathaniel nods. “Mina, you and Sky will alternate your time here with Xander. The summer brings all the meetings and celebrations and after Olympia’s display, people seem to be getting desperate and I don’t want him alone. Oscar you will remain as his guard. There’s no other place you should be. Jena, we need to get you a warrior brand. I have been talking to Nickolas about the temporary brand that we did for Mina and Skylar, but I want to guarantee that you will be able to communicate with your pack members. If you are in a close enough range you should, theoretically, be able to mindlink them since you are now the Alpha of your pack. Skylar, your journey and education has been sporadic at best, but I feel like after your time in college, going back to high school probably is a waste of time. I would prefer to teach you here at the castle. We can go over the family history and see what we can make of the Rogue King’s plans for our family.” I nod and I can feel, rather than see, heads turn towards me.