The Triplet Warriors and Their Pup Mate novel Chapter 7

~Hunter’s Point of View~

He raised his eyebrow and I knew that he knew. I shifted my gaze back to my mate.

“Pat and Angel, please leave us,” he said, calmly.

Pat opened her mouth to protest, but no one outranked Godfrey in this house. She looked at my mate one more time and dropped her hands to her side, then turned and hooked arms with Angel, leaving the room.

“It’s very hard to tell her age, she’s very small, maybe 14, 15? I don’t really know, it’s not like I see human children … well really I haven’t seen an actual child in centuries…”

He said that because there were vampires and other creatures that looked like children, kind of frozen in time. I estimated that Godfrey was about forty in human years when he was turned.

Godfrey looked at her, curiously. It is very hard for a vampire to control themselves in the presence of a child, especially a virgin with pure blood. I knew if he tried to do anything, there would be no way I could fight him. My wolf didn't think rationally though. My claws were extending and my heartbeat picked up.

“Calm down my friend, I am no threat to her,” he said, almost in a whisper.

With that he sliced the palm of his hand with his fingernail and I reached to hold her mouth open. I watched as his blood dripped into her mouth, infuriating my wolf. I growled without even realizing it.

“Knock it off Hunter, you know this is the best thing for her, she'll be relatively healed within the next day. Once I’m done I’ll leave so you can finish undressing her and cleaning her up. Her hair is filthy. I can tell you already scented her, go ahead and do it again, it’ll help her be calm when she wakes in a strange place,” he said, in a low voice.

“I … thank you,” was all I could mutter.

“Hmhmm,” he mumbled, withdrawing his hand.

His cut was already half healed and I could hear my mate’s heartbeat getting stronger, which relaxed me and made my wolf back down.

“We’ll need to decide what to do with her, she can’t go back to that pack. Gunner was looking for her, we need to know why. One of their warriors told Raul she’s an orphan they took in a few months ago. I’m going to guess she ran away from Gunner and he’s pissed about it,” Godfrey said, with a sigh.

Godfrey always seemed bored, his face was always unreadable. My mind immediately began racing, formulating a million questions that only my mate could answer.

Just as I was lost in my thoughts, Godfrey disappeared and I began cleaning up my mate. Once I could get her as clean as possible without an actual bath, I scented her, leaving my smell all over her hair. I licked her open wounds, helping to seal them. It was the best feeling in the world, knowing she was here in my arms and safe. Everything just suddenly made sense to me, the bond and the pull you feel for this other person, your soulmate, your everything.

My brothers are going to be so fucking excited … shit! My brothers!! I hadn’t yet been able to tell them. River was on assignment, who knows where. Skyler was out patrolling the grounds here but he should be back soon. Even though we never disclosed this location to anyone outside our pack, we didn’t take any chances. Oftentimes we had some pretty unsavory characters in the dungeon, awaiting their trial and there was always the possibility someone might try to bust them out.

I tried to mind-link Skyler, *dude when are you off?*

He answered right back, *about an hour, you got called in huh? You get Gunner, anyone?*

I sighed, stroking my mate’s hand. There was a good bit of dirt under her nails but it would have to wait. Some girls were okay getting a little dirty, others, not so much. My spoiled sisters sure didn’t know what it was like to get their hands dirty.

I had finished cleaning her up as best I could and dressed her in my t-shirt. It was the sexiest sight I’d ever seen. She was an angel.

*We got his Beta, so that’s gonna piss him off, probably provoke him. Come find me when you get off. I'm on the second floor.*

*Well as good looking as you think you are, that’s a hard pass, I’m seeing that little vixen from-*

I scoffed, that was classic Skyler.

*Dude, listen to your wiser, elder brother when I tell you, fucking come home.*

~Skyler’s Point of View~

Who did this mutt think he was, barking orders at me? Shoot, I don’t care if his tail was six whole minutes older than me, he’s not my boss. I was fuming that Hunter was cock blocking me, but then again he was always trying to get me to back off the she-wolves. I wasn’t having it! We were 24 and our mate was still nowhere in sight.