Dante's Dream (4 page)

Jax walked out of the bathroom with his clothes
on,
and his cock was instantly hard.  She was fucking beautiful.  Her long
,
curly hair was now clean and
dried;
it
hung
down her back, almost to the curve of her amazing ass.  Brin was thinking of ways he could run his hands through it and hold her head while he fed her his cock, when she cleared her
throat. 
 

He had heard her crying a moment before.
  Her sobs drew him to the door.
He wanted to go to her and
wrap her
in his arms and comfort her.  She was grieving
;
she would be
grieving
for a while.  He had to keep his hands off her until she was ready.

“Shit
,
sorry,
” Brin
said with
a grimace
.

“Someone told you how to block me
,
” Jax said with an amused tone.

“Yeah, I had a nice
,
long conversation with the Queen of the
Ambrosetti
Clan
,
”
h
e said
and
walked
her to the table.  “Sit. We can talk and eat.  They are sending people out to help us, but I
'
m not sure when
they will be here.  I think
they
may have been some close
,
but they are
not
here yet.”

“Vamps?” Jax said and sat down.

“Uh, yeah
,
” Brin replied.  “Do you have a problem with Vampires?”

“No, not really, just never really found a use for them.  Then
,
of course
,
I never found a use for most other people other than the members of my Pack.  My father was teaching me diplomacy,
haven’t
quite figured that whole thing out
,
” Jax said and propped her
chin
in her hands and laughed.  “So what do you want to know?”

Jax was very
direct;
he could tell this was going to go a lot
different from
what
he planned.  Brin
thought
she would be upset and maybe a little weepy over the whole getting the shit beat out of her, and maybe tortured.  Cat told him to be
patient
and let her know he was there for her
with
l
ots of touchy feely stuff.  He didn’t think she actually needed a shoulder to cry on, maybe to hit, but
defi
nitely
not to cry on.

“Well, c
an you tell me what happened?”
Brin said slowly.

“Of course, where should I start? 
You want from
the beginning?
  Our Pack established
itself a
century
ago in a village
close to Dublin.  We wanted to have the privacy of a gated community but still the
ability
to go to the larger cities for our needs.  We have good working relations with several of the local vendors.  They knew we were shifters because of family
members
or what
not;
we lived there in peace for years.  My father and his father before him were the Pack leaders.  When I was born, they were all
surprise
d
:
one
,
I was not a boy and two
,
I was an Alpha from the second I was born.  They worried at first, thinking they had to find a
male strong enough to ‘tame’ me
,
” J
ax said and laughed
,
getting a fa
r away look in her eyes.  Brin knew she was thinking about her family.  He wished he could take her in his arms and soothe all her fears and hurts.  It made him feel helpless, not something he was
used to. 
Quin’s father told Brin
when he was
young
he would be an Alpha if he were a wolf.  Now he could see it.  Brin wanted to so
l
ve all of her problems and wrap her up in a huge
bubble, but she would never allow it.

“Then my father decided that I would be a good Alpha no matter if I was a woman or a man.  He changed the feelings of the
entire
Pack.  He was going to take it to the New Council.  I would be the first Alpha female once my father stepped down.  I was going to pave the way for change.  He was ready to present to the New Council.  My mother was planning on going with him to the States for a vacation.  I was going to stay behind and run the Pack.”

“Did Quin already know all of this?” Brin asked.

“Of course, he set the meeting.  Then they attacked. 
Seven nights ago, we were sitting down to dinner.  The Pack was
all together
having a meeting about my father leaving. 
He was introducing me as
the Alpha when the doors burst open and wolves flooded inside.  My Pack shifted and
fought
.  I grabbed as many wome
n and kids as I could, I took them to the woods and hid them.  I made several trips, took some of the wounded men.  Brought a few more for protection.  My father faced a Vampire.  He lost.  My mother fought with him too
.
S
he lost.  I was ready to run back in and face him, the evil man who killed my
parent
s
,
when I was grabbed fr
o
m behind.  They were rounding up the rest of the wolves who were there.  I was shuffled in the group.  The asshole
that
l
ed the group who attacked us, he questioned us all.
W
hen none of us would talk
,
he or
dered the men to kill us all.  Then I rose up from the group.  I
told
them who I was.  And they thought they
'd hit the mother lode f
inding the first female Alpha of a Pack.  They were sure there was something about me that they could use.  Something special about my blood that would allow them to create more Alphas.  I told them they were crazy.  Then they started killing my Pack mates.  My Enforcer was the first.  After that, when
they took
me back to
a
cell
,
we started sneaking a few men at a time out of the
window
we broke.  We couldn’t all go at once because there was a
guard
. 
But one night, after
they had killed five of my men
,
I helped the others escape
;
t
he men came for me.  They were
pissed
.  The leader beat me, demanded me to tell him
where
the others were.  I refused, and he beat me some more.  Whoever they were answering to demanded I be brought back to the States.  I couldn’t he
a
r where.  The leader left three guys in charge of bringing me back.  They got drunk at the hotel in England we were staying at before our flight.  I ran.”  Jax explained softly.  She
kept
her head up
during
the entire explanation, never taking her eyes
off
his.
That is how he knew this woman
would be a force to be reckoned with.

“How did you get here?” Brin asked, picking up the dishes and taking them to the sink.  She had at least eaten a full meal and drank three glasses of water.  The color was coming back into her cheeks.  Brin wondered when the state of shock was going to wear off.

Jax had bee
n
through a lot, and right now she was moving on
autopilot
.  Brin could see the tired
,
wary look in her eyes.  But she was on guard. 
Watching
the door, cocking her head
every once
in a while.  He knew she
heard
something
he didn’t.  It was going to take a lot for her to
believe
he could take care of her. 
Him, a
mere
human.

“My father, he put your card in my billfold months ago, explained to me who you were. 
I remember
ed
when I was running.
So here I am.  Now
,
I need to call the New Council and find out what the hell they are doing to help my Pack out. 
I have no clue where they are.  Most of them scattered when they escaped.  They will be drawn to me.  I am their Alpha now.  So, we are going to have to prepare for about one hundred members
descending
on your building in the next
thirty
-
six to forty
-
eight hours
,
” Jax said shaking her head.

“Yeah, well
we
have already
spoken
to
Quin.  They are
sending
someone here.  Orfeo
,
the New Council Senate leader
,
is sending
t
he new day
walkers to guard us.  Until his
rep shows up
,
we are stuck
inside,
and they are stuck outside
,
” Brin said calmly.  “I think you should really get some sleep.”

“I will sleep when my Pack is safe.  I need to be there for them.  They have to be feeling crazy not being together in their homes.  Thank the Gods my father set up accounts for all of them to
withdrawal
funds from cards.  They have money
,
” Jax said.

Brin
sighed;
he was going to have a fight on his hands.  But the woman needed to rest.  “Listen, I will begin making arrangements.  You need to sleep.” 

“I wasn’t joking
,
you know.  You are my mate.  Although I have to tell you
,
that at the moment
,
I
'
m thinking that you should back the fuck off and stop telling me what to do
,
” Jax said calmly and put her palms on the table and sat there stiffly.

“What is this mate thing about?” Brin asked.  “I mean, I know the basics, Quin and Jaden
told
me a long time ago. 
I grew up with their Pack. 
My
parent’s
died
in a car accident.  They were driving on a wind
y
,
once
covered road, and my father lost control.  They never saw it coming. 
One of the Pack members was out for a run. 
They shifted in front of me to save me. 
Quin’s
father was the Alpha.  I had no other
family,
and so they raised me. 
But
I never really got the whole mate thing.  I mean
,
how can you know you will be happy with this one person for the rest of your life?”

Jax studied him for a minute and then said, “You just do.  I know you are my mate, but I am telling you I
'
m not ready for one. I would rather we remain friends for now.”

Brin smiled.
  “Well, I wasn’t thinking about jumping in the sack right away.  I was just trying to get to know you.”

“There will be time later.  I hate to say this, but you may not want to tie yourself to me for now
. I
have a
target on my back
,
” Jax said calmly
, but he could see the pain in her eyes
.
 
She blamed herself, why
?

Brin laughed
.
“Hell, I have had a target on my back for so long.  Do you know what I do?  I
'
m a lawyer.  Everyone hates lawyers.
”

Jax relaxed and chuckled.  “That
'
s true, except for when they need one.” 

“That’s right.  Seriously
,
you need sleep
,
” Brin said softly to her.

“I can’t, I see them when I sleep
,
”
s
he whispered
,
refusing to look weak.  She held
her head high,
and he nodded.