The Alpha and The Fool novel Chapter 21

When Dean joined me on the front porch, we walked back to his house. Something had been bothering me since I spoke to Harry. This plan for a better pack wasn’t something Harry just thought up. Clearly, it’d been something he’d been working on for a while. So why was Dean only telling me now?

“Well, what do you think?” Dean asked after we’d been walking for a few minutes.

“It’s a great idea. Something like this should’ve happened long ago,” I said and with some hesitation added, “Harry didn’t seem to like me too much. Is that why you didn’t tell me about this before?”

Dean scoffed and gave me a sidelong glance. “You’re kidding right?”

“No, not really.”

“How could anyone not like you?” He said smirking at me.

I rolled my eyes and hit him lightly on the shoulder. “Yeah, because I such a charming person. Seriously though, why didn’t you tell me about this before.”

Dean shrugged. “I couldn’t.”

I glanced at him. “What do you mean?”

He blew out a breath. “If I had mentioned Harry and his project you would’ve gotten mad at me. You would’ve thought I was telling you to give up like everyone else had been doing and I wasn’t ready to get on your bad side. Hell, I’m not now either.”

Well, hell, he had a point there. “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

“Of course I am,” he teased and took my hand and giving it a squeeze. “Also, I was also hoping we’d find a way for you to kick the douche’s ass. I mean seriously what he did was one hell of a dick move.”

Again, the fluttery feeling swam through me, and my throat tightened. Dean was amazing, and I haven’t yet figured out why he was putting up with me. I hadn’t done anything to deserve him. I squeezed his hand back, and we walked the rest of the way in silence. My mind a whirl of thoughts and possibilities. I liked Harry’s idea, I really did, and I hoped he’d let me be a part of it.

“Well I’ll catch up with you tomorrow,” Dean said once we reached the house. “I got to do an all nighter at the hospital again. I’ll talk to Harry too, see what we can do about getting this ball rolling.”

“You mean if he decides I’m not some ambitious wanna-be top dog?”

He gave me a lopsided smile. “That’s Harry being Harry. If he didn’t like you, he would have said no right then and there.”

“Thanks, Dean. I really mean it, thank you,” I told him, trying to convey how thankful I was for all the support he was giving me.

“No problem,” he said, grinning. “But ya know, if you really wanna thank me…” he wagged his eyebrows at me.

I laughed, shook my head, hitting his arm lightly again. “Good night Dean.” But, maybe it was time I stepped up and showed him how much everything he was doing meant to me.

I texted the others to meet me in the game room. I took a seat at the bar as usual, and they arrived shortly after me. “I met with this Harry, and he has an interesting project,” I said and explained to them about Harry’s idea for a better pack. “Dean says I would be a good alpha working with Harry and keeping the pack safe from other alphas from those who would challenge the pack. What about you guys?”

“Sounds a little like a pipe dream to me,” Sade said with a slight cringe. “I mean it’s nice an all, but the other alphas would ever stand for it.”

“They wouldn’t have a choice,” Jon said, jumping in and repeated the fact alphas were free to rule as they choose. “I’m all in and seems like a great idea.”

“Wesley?”