Chapter 41

******Dani's POV******

"That's how men act after they complete the mating process! They turn into psycho stalkers!" Belle laughs, as she agrees to let me change the settings on her app to disable her comments like Axel had done with mine.

"I was crapping my pants Belle! He even made me sit across from his desk and everything!" I throw my head back and laugh at the now funny memory.

It wasn't funny at the time though!

"Stop did he? No way!" She snorts as I hand her back the phone.

We were currently sitting outside in the sun with our feet in the pool.

"Dani!" I hear a familiar voice yell, causing us both to turn and see Lily racing towards us.

We both stand instantly to greet her as she smiles from ear to ear. She looked great to say the least! Her hair was curled and in a high ponytail and she wore a pastel blue summer dress.

I embraced her in a hug before Belle hugged her too and properly introduced herself this time.

"Take your shoes off and sit with us!" I say excitedly as she kicks off her sandals and places her feet in the pale blue water.

"So how are you?! I still can't believe you're here!" I question as she covers her face with both hands giggling.

"You both won't believe it!" She takes her hands away when she speaks revealing her tomato red face to us as we all laugh now.

"What?" We say in unison, awaiting her answer as she closes her eyes and takes a slow breath in.

"I slept with Nolan last night!" She states in a whisper, releasing a fit of giggles as if she can't even believe the news herself.

I gasp and laugh along with her but before I could say anything else Belle cut in with a-

"Ewww gross!" Screwing up her face in total disgust at the matter.

I watch as Lily grows silent due to her reaction - evidently embarrassed and unsure of how to take her comment as I stared between them both amused.

"Oh my god Lily! Let me explain first! Belle doesn't mean it like that!" I practically snort out laughing, as Lily stares at me oddly - confused and looking somewhat worried.

"Nolan is Belles twin brother!" I roll back laughing, tears rolling down my face as Lily covers her mouth in horror.

"What? No way! I am so so sorry! I shouldn't have told you that Belle your poor ears didn't have to hear that! Now I sound like a creep whose sleeping with your brother!" Lily frantically rushes out as Belle joins me in laughing now.

"Girl calm down! Don't you dare apologise! I'm actually really glad that he found someone like you! I just couldn't stop my reaction from slipping out! I mean I'm sure you understand why!" She laughs, as Lily laughs with us too.

I sit up wiping my eyes, as Lily nudges me playfully for mocking her.

"To make you feel less embarrassed Lily, I also slept with Axel last night too!" I inform her as she offers me a high five in achievement.

I still couldn’t believe I had done something like that so soon… Who was I becoming?!

"You'll be next to find your dream man!" I turn to inform Belle as she laughs and blushes.

"Yeah I wish! I don't think I will find him here though!" She concludes with a sigh, reminding me that I was supposed to talk to Axel about us coming along on their inspections. It would help give Belle a chance at finding her mate elsewhere.

I had to admit though, that I didn't want to be left here without Axel either - especially for that length of time.

"We could all go up and ask them right now? Three of us together might be more intimidating!" I state confidently and eye them to see what they think of my plan.

"I mean sure... two human girls and the runt of the pack! Very intimidating!" Belle sighs and says sarcastically.

I study her carefully, noticing that the word held a poison as she spoke it.

"Axel sort of explained it to me... about the runt thing...I think you're a great person and that's what matters most Belle! Why does that dumb title matter so much around here anyway?" I place a comforting hand on her shoulder as Lily leans in to try and piece together what we were talking about.

"If I was born into any other pack... I would either be banished or basically a slave for the pack. That's usually how runts are treated in this world - they just don't like them since it makes the overall pack look weaker apparently." She explains with a shrug, as Lily gasps from beside me.

"That's awful!" Lily states, unamused with the information.

"We were sort of the runts back home weren't we Dani!" She then adds, attempting to comfort her.

"Yeah we totally were! It was me and Lily against the full school - everyone hated us." I inform Belle as her eyes widen.

"I mean, the only real reason that I'm not banished or a slave around here is because Nolan is my brother and he's the strongest Pack Warrior there is - plus he's one of Axels best friends so they treat me like family too. I guess I just got lucky." She states with a sigh.

"You're amazing the way you are! You also have us now! We can be the unbeatable trio around here now!" I encourage, deciding to stand up and stretch out my legs.

I offer them both a hand to help them stand up too.

"Come on! Let's tell these boys that we want to join their road trip!" I giggle, as they perk up slightly linking their arms in mine.

It almost feels as though we are joining forces and it felt right!

*****Axel's POV*****

"No!" We state in unison, as the girls stare at us in shock.

They decided to waltz in here, arms linked, and demand that they come along with us on our pack inspections.

That won't happen.

I hadn't even spoken to Dani properly about it all, about when I was leaving and what the plan was and here they were - making things more difficult.

"But why? I'm sure that with you three and half of the pack warriors around we will be perfectly safe!" Belle argues, as Dani nods in agreement causing me to glare at her.

She noticeably gulps, but attempts to remain bold.

"It's too dangerous for you three." Grey states the obvious as he leans on the edge of my desk, as I too lean back in my office chair.

"So what? We just get left here alone for weeks?" Dani speaks out, causing me to raise an eyebrow at her confidence.

"I wouldn't say alone doll...that's a bit dramatic... but yes you will all remain here - heavily guarded might I add." I stretch my arms out of boredom, receiving glares from all three of the girls at how unfazed we seemed.

"There’s no point in arguing with us about it because we won't change our minds." Nolan states, pacing around the room slowly.

"Fine." Belle shrugs, as Dani and Lily turn to her in amazement at how easily she gave in.

Belle obviously figured that due to how stubborn the three of us are, we won't budge in the slightest so there was basically no point in this conversation continuing.

"Let's go girls it's ok we will have lots of fun here without them." Her mood completely changes, as she begins to exit the office - pulling Dani and Lily along with her as they seem totally confused.

I stare at them as they exit whilst Nolan and Grey begin to laugh at how easily we had defeated them.

"They really did think they could toddle up here and demand shit didn't they!" Nolan sniggers, as we all go back through to the meeting room laughing.

We sit back in our seats and continue on as normal.

"So tomorrow morning we set off at around 8am. Tackling one of the worst packs first - Gemstone. We should get there at around 4pm and they won't be expecting us so prepare our men for the worst." I state to Nolan and Grey as they nod and take note.

"Your father will be temporarily handling things around here whilst we are gone?" Grey questions as I nod.

"That's the plan. We will be taking over a hundred warriors to the first three packs and hopefully some will find their mates along the way - which will make it easier for me to choose which wolves will remain at each pack in order to enforce the changes that we make after we leave. If not then it will be whoever volunteers or suits the job." I state as they note down some more.

"We will be setting up two army base points that will remain in the East to act as backup for any packs who fall out of control again in the future. These men have already volunteered yes?" I ask as Nolan nods, having sorted out our numbers already.

"Perfect... and of course, we plan to sniff out him since I'm sure he's linked with one - if not all - of the packs out in the East." I close my eyes, feeling a rage sink in from the thought of him.

I want him dead.