Chapter 48
*Welcome to BlackStone Miss Roan. I hope you make your stay a permanent one. He said before letting go of her and continuing on his way to the fourth floor, to speak to James she assumed.
Cassidy watched Julian disappear upwards before she looked down the long hall and sighed. The elder made her almost wish she was going to stay. He
reminded her so much of her grandfather…
She went down to her room and stepped inside and was pleasantly surprised at what she seen. The room was thankfully not white, but left exposed to the natural pine logs. The bed was king size and all the furniture was black. A large walk in closet was just off of the full bathroom that had a large tub that she was just aching to get into. But the best, and biggest surprise of all when she walked in, her suit case and backpack from the truck was sitting on her bed. Her phone and laptop had been removed, but that was a small loss when she had everything else she had been traveling with for years. Cassidy quickly went to work getting all of her belongings spread out over her bed and getting a few changes of clothes out, planning to re–pack her backpack incase she needed to bugout quickly and couldn’t take everything.
Julian had gone up to the fourth floor. He called it the alpha’s suit to try and keep the woman at ease. He had heard enough from his son’s beta about James and Cassidy, how she was an alpha female and she and James were like oil and water. If she was truly Jame’s mate, his son had some major hurdles to cross to get her trust before she ran off. He knocked on the office door before he walked in without being welcomed.
James looked up from the stack of paperwork he was looking through when the door opened, ready to bark at whoever was bold enough to come in but seeing it was his father he relaxed. “Have a seat. What are you doing at the pack house this time of day?” he asked, slipping the papers into a folder and sitting back in his chair as his father took a seat in one of the two leather chairs at the front of the desk.
“I was heading back to the school when I seen your sweet Jennifer escorting your mate to the pack house.” Julian said with a bit of a smirk, leaning back and folding his hands behind his head. “I think the little alpha was about to rearrange Jennifer’s face if I had not stepped in.” He said with a chuckle that had James frowning.
“I sent Jennifer to bring her back to her room. Is Cassidy already causing problems with my pack?” he asked with a growl and stood up from behind his
desk.
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“Whoa whoa whoa son!” Julian said and laughed. “The little alpha can take care of herself. She was just defending herself. Jennifer was not very happy she was sent to bring in another woman to your house and she tried to stake a claim on you and tried to put Miss Roan in her place.” The older man said in amusement, remembering back when his own mate first came to the pack how all the females at first had turned on her. James however, did not look amused. The alpha looked down right murderous hearing Jennifer had tried such a thing.
It wasn’t the fact that Jennifer had tried to make a claim on him, it was the fact that her foolish possessiveness of him could have cost him Cassidy. What if she left now because of Jennifer? What if she was leaving already? “That fucking bitch…” he growled and clenched his fist, starting to go around the desk, his wolf’s temper getting the better of him but his father was up on his feet, blocking the way in an instant and grabbing onto his shoulders.
“James! What do you expect? You have been bedding down every available she–wolf in this state and in the next… and you have kept Jennifer in your bed for almost a year straight until after that night you tried to turn that poor girl in the prison. You have to let Cassidy work through this or she is going to be attacked by every female that ever had hopes of becoming your mate… James! Listen to me!” he raised his voice when his son just seemed to get angered and shook himself free of Julian’s hands and rushed out of the room. “You’re making a mistake!” he called after his son.
Jame’s wolf wanted to strangle Jennifer for endangering his chances with Cassidy… He wanted to physically hurt her for assuming he still wanted her. He took the stairs three at a time down, intending on tracking Jennifer down, but he picked her scent up right away. At one point in his life, he had been attracted to her and what his father said was true. He did keep her around for a long time, letting her practically move into his room so he could fuck her every time he got the chance. He could have called Jennifer to him on the pack link, but where was the fun in hunting her if she just came when she was called.
Cassidy’s scent in the hallway was distracting to him, but he forced himself to stay focused, tracking Jennifer’s fresh scent right to his room. He bared his teeth silently. He had kicked her out after that last night with her and she was told to stay away…
Opening his door, he stepped in and slammed the door shut, growling at the sight in front of him.
“James… Jennifer said in a sweet voice, stretched naked on the alpha’s bed. “I knew you would choose me…” she said happily before she took a sharp breath when James let out a sinister growl and started towards her aggressively.
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.