Her Brutal Alpha novel Chapter 69

Ava and I chatted while Maverick occupied himself by touching my belly, he had gotten so comfortable that he had fallen asleep as he gripped the bottom hem of my t-shirt.

"I should get him to his own bed," Ava laughed as she watched her son snuggle close to me. "If I don't, I think your mate might drag him away from you."

I smiled, a small laugh escaped my lips but as I attempted to gently move away from Maverick, his grip only seemed to latch on tighter. I laughed, "Maverick can stay here for the night, he's comfortable and my daughter seems to be happy as it's the first time all day that she hasn't been kicking me like crazy!"

"Are you sure? I don't want to cause any problems. If he gets in the way, you can bring him back to me." She was hesitant to leave him here, she was worried with how Blaine would act.

"I promise, I can always carry him back to you if needs be. Blaine will be fine."

"You sure?" She repeated, her eyes suddenly glazed over and I could tell she was mind linking with Pierce.

I waited to speak and once she was back in our conversation, she spoke again. "We are happy for him to stay, but if anything happens to him," She began but I interrupted knowing exactly what she meant.

My wolf didn't appreciate where her words were going but we both understood and decided to let it go. "Ava, he will be fine. He's my daughters mate after all." I promised, my hand lightly stroking the hair out of Maverick's face.

Once I had settled her worries, Ava left after kissing her son on his head and wishing me a good night.

The door shut quietly and I soon found myself falling asleep, my daughter's young mate, clinging to me.

About an hour or so later, I felt the bed dip. I turned to see Blaine looking at me, he rolled his eyes before leaning over and staring at Maverick with a closed off expression.

"He's lucky I'm letting him be so close to my mate and daughter," There was a slight threat to his voice, and I could feel his body was tense next to mine. "This is a one night thing." He demanded, his voice stern.

A small smile creeped up on my lips from his comment and I had to bite the insides of my mouth to stop a full on grin from showing. If this was a couple of months ago, Blaine wouldn't of even considered the idea.

Blaine informed me this morning that he had phoned Benjamin last night and had explained the situation we have regarding Maverick.

Benjamin was cautious and made it very clear. "So I've heard that a certain young Alpha is my granddaughters mate." It sounded like a question but came out like a statement and it was aimed at Peirce, his eyes glowing.

Like Blaine, he was concerned that this could be a trick and it wasn't something they were going to accept lightly. There was a possibility that Pierce had encouraged his son into this.

Peirce looked towards us all, his answer aimed at everyone. "We wasn't expecting this as much as you." His tone was stern, I could see his wolf flickering through his eyes. It was clear that his wolf was feeling insulted at the insinuation.

His attention suddenly landed on Blaine's, his question aimed at him. "You honestly believe that I would encourage and force my son to be mated to your daughter?" His voice was low and sounded harsh. "Especially if I have to deal with you." He added.

Blaine growled darkly, feeling disrespected by his question and from the dark look on his face I knew his wolf was lurking just below his control, ready to take over the minute he gave in.