Chapter 72

Cody

We were able to convince the Council to wait another forty eight hours, until my mates heat was over. Carolyn and I would both need to be available for the trial. The Council could conduct their investigation and interrogations over the course of the next couple of days. The Alpha had taken them to the outbuilding, which we still had under guard. The two rogues were still in the cages, more feral than before. The Council decided that we would need to put them down. They were to far gone to be rehabilitated. Alpha Gabe was able to put shackles on them through the bars, and then Ashlynn was taken down with tranquilizers. Once the wolves were down, they were drug from the tunnels and taken to the dungeon. I was told that when they passed by the cells carrying the two rogues, you could visibly see Jacob and Wyatt, shrink back into their cells. They knew they had been caught. The others chose to keep quiet, refusing to talk to anyone about anything. They said they would wait for the Council and refused to say anything further. The rogues were disposed of by way of lethal injections of wolfsbane. They had already been put to sleep so it was a humane way to let them die.

Today was the end of my mates heat. I don't think I had ever had so much sex in such a short period of time. It was a good thing we were werwolves, because Carolyn had scratched me down my back so many times, any normal person would still be bleeding. I had to chuckle at my timid mate, she became insatiable, a sex goddess during her heat. I was exhausted, and honestly a little sore. I laid on the bed, next to my sleeping mate. She was so beautiful, her long soft dark hair spread out around her on the bed. Her lips were swollen from my kisses. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, even with that small scar on the side of her face. I was truly hoping that she did get pregnant. I had always wanted a pup, but I was never willing to settle for someone I didn't love or couldn't see myself with forever. After losing my mate so long ago, it had been hard to move on. The second I laid eyes on Carolyn, that changed. I instantly wanted her, wanted to love her, wanted to protect her.

I slipped from the bed and threw on my sweat pants. I headed down to the kitchen to make some breakfast. When she woke up, I knew she would be starving. We hadn't eaten since yesterday around noon. My stomach growled as soon as I started the coffee pot. A few minutes later, I heard the bathroom door close and the shower turn on. Good, my mate was awake.

Carolyn came down the stairs, wrapped in her fluffy bathrobe, her hair damp. She wrapped her arms around my waist from behind. "Good morning babe. I'm making us some breakfast," I told her.

"Sounds wonderful," she said as she pulled away and went to pour us some coffee. "I'm exhausted but yet feeling so wonderful," she told me, as she set my cup on the counter next to me.

I turned from the griddle where I had pancakes cooking and kissed her on her swollen lips and then her forehead. "We had a busy couple of days, but it was the best days of my life," I smiled at her.

She raised an eyebrow at me, "Hmm is that so? Well that makes me feel good about keeping you away from work for three days," she chuckles. "I hope you're not in any sort of trouble."

"Of course not, why would I be in trouble. I let the Alpha know what was going on, and that's all that is necessary." I turned back to the griddle.

I heard Carolyn gasp and then laugh. "Oh Goddess, my brother. How embarrassing."

"Carolyn, he has a mate you know. He does know what happens during the heat," I told her as I finished up our breakfast of pancakes and eggs and plated it all, walking to the table.

"I suppose your right. Speaking of, I haven't heard him mention when his son was coming home. We have been here nine months already and no mention of Connor. What's going on?", she asked as she sat at the table across from me.

Connor was the Alpha's son. He was in Siberia of all places, doing some training. In the past couple of years, they had decided to increase the type of training the Alpha heirs were involved in. There had been Packs coming from South America and Europe, without warning, trying to infiltrate our packs. The Council felt this was necessary, so that the Alpha's were stronger and could fight better and in turn train the warriors to be stronger as well. Connor had been gone for two years and was due to return this summer.

"He should be home in July, I believe. We haven't heard from him in over a year. They aren't allowed to contact family for the last year of training. It's very remote. If it is necessary, the instructors would reach out. So basically, no news is good news," I told her. "Why? Are you worried?", I asked.

"No. Just curious. It seems like my brother should be retiring soon. How old is Connor now anyway?", she asked.

I sat back in my chair, trying to recall how old he was. Time gets away from us for sure. He had been a pup when I lost my mate. "I guess he's around twenty five now."

"Oh. He will need to find his mate soon then,"she said as she sipped her coffee.

"Yes well there has been talk of that. Before he left, he had been seeing Dawson's sister on and off."

Carolyn's eyes grew big. "Seriously? Where is she?"

"In Idaho, where Dawson's parents live most of the time. She used to come here with them in the summers and stay at the cottage with them, but she spent most of her time here at the Pack house. They never got to do a full moon run together, so it was never found out if they were fated mates. I have a feeling though that Connor won't let that happen again. He was pretty infatuated with her, as I recall."

I stood to begin cleaning up. Washing the dishes and placing them in the dry rack. Turning to Carolyn I told her I was going to go shower. Her face lit up in a smile, "I'm right behind you." She chased me up the stairs to the bathroom, where she efficiently removed my sweats and her robe faster than I could get the water turned on in the shower. I let her push me under the shower stream and watched as she dropped to her knees in front of me. "I think I owe you after the past few days mister," she winked, as she took me into her mouth. I would never get enough of this woman.