against her cheek. “But I’m glad you believe in me.”
She held up her hand, the shadow of the wolf still showing
the blue of Zach’s eyes. “I’m not certain you have a choice in the matter.”
He shook his head. There was only one woman he truly wanted
and he doubted she wanted the same. “I don’t know, Lana.”
She took his damaged hand and placed the family emerald into
it. “Trust me, Zach. My instincts are screaming on this one. Do the spell.”
He clutched the ring in his hand. Something about the weight
of it soothed him deep inside. His wolf perked up at the feel of the emerald.
“Shit.”
“I’m right, aren’t I?” She licked some chocolate ice cream
off her spoon. “Your wolf wants its mate.”
He slumped against the counter, the ring feeling somehow
right in his palm. The pain he always felt was diminished, lost in the urge to
do what all the Beckett males had done for generations.
Find his mate.
He thought of a certain sexy teacher he had more than the
hots for. What were the odds she’d wind up the woman for him? “Shit. I’m
screwed.” He shoved a huge mouthful of Rocky Road in his mouth and ignored the
laughter of the woman beside him. “Fine. What could it hurt to cast the spell?
How much worse could my life get right now?”
When Lana snorted with laughter he chose not to answer that
question. It might get him incinerated.
Chapter Five
“Holy. Fuck.” Jo’s eyes were damn near bugging out of her
head. Arianna didn’t look much better. “Am I seeing what you’re seeing?”
Ari nodded, her face so pale Jo was worried she was going to
pass out. “How are we going to tell Roland?”
Jo stared at her friend. “How the hell are we going to tell
the court ? They’ve mocked the guy to his face . We’re lucky they
haven’t all ‘accidentally’ become toads.”
“Roland’s going to shit a brick.”
“What the hell was Annabelle Evans thinking? And why didn’t
she warn us?” Jo swallowed hard. “I mean, we might have been a little more, I
dunno, careful around the guy.”
“You’d have to ask Roland. If she told him, he didn’t tell
me.” Ari shook her head. “I don’t think she did. He always acts different
around them . And Roland was talking about having him stilled, for the
Lady’s sake! Thank the deities I talked him out of that.” Arianna shuddered.
“You’re the one who said there was something precious about him, remember?” Jo put her hands on her hips. “How did you know?”
“I didn’t, I swear! I just had a feeling he was different.
You think I would have put Roland in danger?”
Jo rolled her eyes. “Shut up about Roland. We need to get to
Zach.”
Arianna blinked. “I can’t believe he’s a—”
Jo clapped her hand over her friend’s mouth. “Don’t say it.
Someone might hear.” And then Zach might be in even more danger. Why the hell
hadn’t she listened to her instincts? Now he was out there, alone, untrained
and ready to do some serious damage. It was her duty as his teacher to take
care of him. “I have to find him.”
“You’re not equipped to deal with what Zachary Beckett is.
None of us are. We need the cavalry for that.” The two women exchanged glances.
“What the hell was Annabelle thinking? ” Ari blinked, a crafty smile
creeping across her face.
Jo didn’t like that look any more than she had the last time
it crossed Ari’s face. She still hadn’t gotten all the blood out of that shirt.
“You’re not thinking of calling who I think you’re thinking of calling, are
you?”
Ari shrugged. “You have a better idea?”
Jo straightened up from the table and glared down at the
open Registry. She’d been forced to wait until returning to the Lodge to check
out the entry on the Beckett brothers. Arianna hadn’t been able to sneak it
past her husband. “I’m still going after him.” She had to.
No. She needed to.
“Jo. He’s not your problem anymore.” Ari’s hand landed on
her shoulder.
She held up her hand, the shadow of the wolf still showing
the blue of Zach’s eyes. “I’m not certain you have a choice in the matter.”
He shook his head. There was only one woman he truly wanted
and he doubted she wanted the same. “I don’t know, Lana.”
She took his damaged hand and placed the family emerald into
it. “Trust me, Zach. My instincts are screaming on this one. Do the spell.”
He clutched the ring in his hand. Something about the weight
of it soothed him deep inside. His wolf perked up at the feel of the emerald.
“Shit.”
“I’m right, aren’t I?” She licked some chocolate ice cream
off her spoon. “Your wolf wants its mate.”
He slumped against the counter, the ring feeling somehow
right in his palm. The pain he always felt was diminished, lost in the urge to
do what all the Beckett males had done for generations.
Find his mate.
He thought of a certain sexy teacher he had more than the
hots for. What were the odds she’d wind up the woman for him? “Shit. I’m
screwed.” He shoved a huge mouthful of Rocky Road in his mouth and ignored the
laughter of the woman beside him. “Fine. What could it hurt to cast the spell?
How much worse could my life get right now?”
When Lana snorted with laughter he chose not to answer that
question. It might get him incinerated.
Chapter Five
“Holy. Fuck.” Jo’s eyes were damn near bugging out of her
head. Arianna didn’t look much better. “Am I seeing what you’re seeing?”
Ari nodded, her face so pale Jo was worried she was going to
pass out. “How are we going to tell Roland?”
Jo stared at her friend. “How the hell are we going to tell
the court ? They’ve mocked the guy to his face . We’re lucky they
haven’t all ‘accidentally’ become toads.”
“Roland’s going to shit a brick.”
“What the hell was Annabelle Evans thinking? And why didn’t
she warn us?” Jo swallowed hard. “I mean, we might have been a little more, I
dunno, careful around the guy.”
“You’d have to ask Roland. If she told him, he didn’t tell
me.” Ari shook her head. “I don’t think she did. He always acts different
around them . And Roland was talking about having him stilled, for the
Lady’s sake! Thank the deities I talked him out of that.” Arianna shuddered.
“You’re the one who said there was something precious about him, remember?” Jo put her hands on her hips. “How did you know?”
“I didn’t, I swear! I just had a feeling he was different.
You think I would have put Roland in danger?”
Jo rolled her eyes. “Shut up about Roland. We need to get to
Zach.”
Arianna blinked. “I can’t believe he’s a—”
Jo clapped her hand over her friend’s mouth. “Don’t say it.
Someone might hear.” And then Zach might be in even more danger. Why the hell
hadn’t she listened to her instincts? Now he was out there, alone, untrained
and ready to do some serious damage. It was her duty as his teacher to take
care of him. “I have to find him.”
“You’re not equipped to deal with what Zachary Beckett is.
None of us are. We need the cavalry for that.” The two women exchanged glances.
“What the hell was Annabelle thinking? ” Ari blinked, a crafty smile
creeping across her face.
Jo didn’t like that look any more than she had the last time
it crossed Ari’s face. She still hadn’t gotten all the blood out of that shirt.
“You’re not thinking of calling who I think you’re thinking of calling, are
you?”
Ari shrugged. “You have a better idea?”
Jo straightened up from the table and glared down at the
open Registry. She’d been forced to wait until returning to the Lodge to check
out the entry on the Beckett brothers. Arianna hadn’t been able to sneak it
past her husband. “I’m still going after him.” She had to.
No. She needed to.
“Jo. He’s not your problem anymore.” Ari’s hand landed on
her shoulder.
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