Chapter 446
Chapter 446
Mallory
I drop onto the sofa. All three kids were having their naps at the same time. It was some kind of miracle. And I am exhausted. Maybe I could have a nap too.
I close my eyes and a weird sound comes from upstairs. It wasn’t a cry but more like a gurgled groan/ growl. Apart from the boys, I was the only one in the house. Eric had gone to deal with a problem.
Creeping upstairs, I check my bedroom and then Luca’s bedroom where the twins were also set up. Luca and Logan are fast asleep, but sat in the corner of Evrin’s travel cot was a small Lycan, staring back at me with bright blue eyes.
Neah had warned me. But even with the warning it was a still a surprise. I had never seen a Lycan so small.
“Your mummy did warn me.” I mutter as I lean over to grab his ripped vest and nappy from the cot. “What are we going to do with you?”
He stares up at me and very slowly, his eyes close as he shuffles down onto the mattress. He may be able to shift but he was going through what every new Lycan did, extreme fatigue from shifting.
I slip out and leave the door open a little and head downstairs. On autopilot, I make myself a cup of tea and take it out to the front of the house to sit on the small porch. It was so much better than the stones that made up the porch of my last house.
Taking a sip, I see Blair and Ryken marching across the grounds and it looks as if they are heading directly for me. No, they are definitely moving towards me.
“Is the Beta about?” Ryken asks
“Eric or Damien?”
“Either.”
I glance at Blair, her eyes are low and her hands are in the pockets of her hoodie. “Damien is doing some work with Dane. Eric is dealing with a situation at the packhouse. Can I help?” Ryken glances at Blair. “Can you watch her for me?”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Mostly because I wanted her dead, but also because I had three kids in the house. Two of which are not mine.
“It shouldn’t take more than ten minutes.” Ryken mutters. “I just need to speak to someone with a title.”
“Is this about her?” I gesture to Blair.
“Yes, but it’s not what you think. She’s done the right thing this time.” Her brown eyes briefly flicker up. Almost surprised by Ryken’s acknowledgement
“Ten minutes.” I mutter and turn to Blair. “You sit there.” I point to the small chair. “You don’t move until Ryken is back. Got it!”
She bobs her head and shuffles to the chair.
A few minutes pass and the curiosity couldn’t be held in any longer. “What did you do?”
“I don’t think I’m supposed to say.” She tells me
“You know the Beta is my mate.”
She frowns. “What would the Alpha’s do if they found out a kid was causing trouble?*
“Kade?” I cock a brow
“I didn’t say that.”
“But that is who you are talking about. It’s obvious, especially when you are only around three siblings and there have already been problems with him.”
“Something happened last night.”
“Is someone hurt?” I ask
“No, but I have this feeling that someone was close to being hurt.”
“By a kid?”
“He’s different. It’s like… compared to Calihan he has this dark steak.” She looks around as if expecting him to be here.
“Are you trying to tell me he is already a Rogue?*
“I don’t know anymore. It’s impossible to tell and he isn’t old enough. I could always sniff them out, read the warnings. But now… Last night I ended up sleeping outside his room to make sure he didn’t hurt anyone. He had gotten up while I was having a drink and started spouting a load of stuff about everyone being stupid. He made a strange comment too, ‘he told him I was stupid, that I needed to be punished.”
“Cooper?”
“I don’t know. How would he have gotten to him? He is a kid. He is either at school or home with mum. And he is seven. Well technically, eight. I was a brat at his age, but I wasn’t like this. He is a devil child.”