Dante's Dream (6 page)

Dante laughed at the boldness of the human and the
n
said, “This is no longer your concern.  You can
leave; I
will take her from here.”

It would be best to get
him the
hell out of here so he could have a little one on one time with the wolf.  He was going to lay
down the law,
and that was the way it was going to be.

“Sorry,
” Brin
grinned at him.  “I
'
m going
as well
.
Jax here said I was her mate, so that means I
'
m with you until she makes up her mind about what we are going to do.”

FUCK!
  Dante thought and rubbed a hand over his face.  This was totally going to suck. 
How the hell had he gotten into this mess
?  The day
started out
so promising.  Come to England pick up a chick and go back, that was it.  Now it
turned into
an
old-fashioned
road trip.

***

“Why the hell won't she shift?”
Dante yelled and flung
an
arm at the wolf
that
was eyeing him like he was a fat
, juicy meal.
“And why is she looking at me like that?
S
he is creeping me out!”

Brin laughed.
“Really, you want to know why a w
olf is looking at you strangely?
  Hmm
,
let me think, could it possibly be b
ecause you are being an asshole
and she doesn’t really like you?
”

Dante snorted.
“The
feeling is
mutual
. 
S
he needs to shift so we can get moving.  We have already been here too long.”

Jax had remained shifted for the last three
hours; Brin
was trying to sooth
e
her, but
so far she had not been able to shift.  They were waiting for a call back from Quin.  The Alpha had called several times already and suggested things
,
but nothing was working.  Jax was beginning to get frustrated, he could feel her.

The ph
one
rang,
and Brin jumped for it.
“Hello?”

“Brin?  Quin and Orfeo on a conference call.  We have talked
amongst
ourselves; we
agree there
'
s something strange going on.  Jo is the only White Wolf supposedly in existence, now we have another one.  She would technically be on the Senate, as her father was the
one;
we chose to sit for the Wolves.  Dante is apparently the Seer of the Senate also
,
” Quin said and Brin whipped
around
and
stared at the arrogant Vampire who was looking at him intensely.

“What?” Dante asked.

“Seer?” Brin asked and then laughed.  “Just before Jax shifted
,
she said something I ha
d
no clue what it meant.  But she said
'
Vampire mate
'
.  I thought it was a question
,
but what if she was acknowledging Dante as her mate?”

“Impossible,
” Orfeo
said.  “Dante will be a member of the
Senate;
Blaine has already told us the Senate members will have two mates.  Dante is a
Vampire
,
in order for him to have t
w
o
mates;
they would have to be a shifter and human.  It is the only way for him to be able to take the seat.  I have not spoken to him yet, but I assumed he would have his own
C
lan.  Dante’s guards are very loyal to him.  They will want to follow.  I was going to give him my permission when he return
ed
to begin his own Clan.”

Brin raised an
eyebrow and then said, “Jax told me I was her mate already.  I am the
human; Jax
is
the
shifter
.”

“Well shit,” Quin said and Orfeo began to laugh.

Brin frowned and repeated what the Alpha and Vampire had
said,
and Dante stood up and looked between Jax and him with
a panicked
look.  “What the fuck, no way.  She will drive me crazy.  And you
'
re a guy.”
Right
,
when he said the words, Dante knew he had fucked up.  Jax
barked,
and Brin looked pissed.  It came out wrong.  Hell
,
he was not good a
t
relationships.  He also never thought he would actually meet his mates.  Dante convinced himself after so long
being
alone, if he had a mate, he would have found them by now.

Brin rolled his eyes this time and said dryly, “Oh good, this will be fun.”

“Orfeo,
I
'
m having Jordan and her mates research what she can find from the old Seer’s notes.  We have been trying to translate them for a long time, some make sense
,
and some
don’t.  But we will get
there
.  I will have them start looking for references to a White Wolf
again; they
had been putting that aside because Jo was supposed to be the only one, or so we thought
,
” Quin said.

“Fine, I will prepare the
comp
ound for the arrival of Dante, Jax, and Brin.  They will have to have their own quarters and also a place for their Clan and Pack.  I will get it organized
,
” Orfeo said and Brin sighed.

“Great, I will referee between these two for the next five days and hope
we
arrive alive
,
” Brin said.  “I guess I
'
m moving my practice also
.
C
an you please let the magical community know I will be
moving to
Italy?
”

“I will have Argus tell everyone.”  Quin promised.  They made
arrangement
s
for a few
minutes
while Dante paced back and forth
,
looking like he was trying to figure out how to fix the cluster fuck he seemed to have made with his mates.

When Brin hung up the phone
,
Dante turned to him and said briskly, “I didn’t mean it like it sounded.  Fuck, I don’t know what I meant
,
but I was just shocked.  Why didn’t you tell me before now?”

“When should I have done that?  When you were calling her a bitch, no wait, I bet it was when she tried to bite your hand off.  You two are acting like children.  Jax, look at me!” Brin said firmly.  “I don’t know why the hell you can
'
t change
,
but you need to figure it out and change back.  We have to get out of here and start the five days of
hell,
so I can have a vacation when we get there.  Dante, call for the cars, Jax will be ready soon. 
I
’m
serious and warning both of you right
now; I
am
not
putting up with this the whole way there. 
And I am driving.  I refuse to get into an accident because you two
can’t
make up your minds about
anything.  I will map our route
with stops every
day.  Let
'
s get moving
,
I want to be out of here in less than an hour.”

Dante looked at Brin with his mouth open.  Brin was sure no one had ever talked to the scary man like that before
,
but
dam
n
it
,
he was not going to put up with this shit for the rest of his life.

Once Jax got dressed fully
,
both of the men could
concentrate
.  It was not as if she had done it on purpose.  But when she stood there naked trying to get into the
shirt,
Brin had given her, they had been silent.  Jax had felt the heat of their
stare,
and she was sure they would be able to scent her arousal.  She could herself.

After making
preparations
for their travel,
Dante was speaking to someone who was apparently on the street below about what they were going to have to do.  She studied him
closely;
he was her mate, as was Brin.  Both were extremely sexy, she was going to have a hard time keeping her hands off of Brin, but Dante
would
not be a problem.

Although he was handsome and sexy, he was also an arrogant shith
ead.  He probably had a million little Vampire women back in Italy
waiting to warm his bed.  She refused to take a man-whore as a mate.  And that was surely what he was.  His long
,
black hair itched to have someone run their hands through it.  Not her
,
of course, but someone.

Brin was just as handsome, and sexy.  But he was more stable.   The kind of man you would bring home to your father and be proud of.  His calm
,
soothing voice is what
calmed her
down enough to shift.  That had never happened to her before, she had always been in control of her wolf, but when both of her mates were presented to her at the same
time
, her wolf had taken
over, demanding that they acknowledge their mate.  She was pissed.

It
took her
an hour to calm her wolf down and to listen to her.  If the big
oaf
had not pissed her off, she
would
have been able to shift a lot sooner.  But no, he had to make smart
ass comments.  But he had smelled
so
good; she
had
almost been unable to resist.  It was only when she promised her wolf that she would
not
mate with the Vampire that she had allowed her to shift back to her human side.

Jax blamed the whole thing on her
parent’s
death and the stress of taking over as Alpha before she wanted to.  That had to be the only reason she didn
'
t have control of her wolf.  Sighing
,
she went into the small bedroom where Brin was packing his
belongings
quickly.  A small duffle to carry some clothes and a few books was all he was taking.

“What about the
rest
of this load?”
s
he asked, her Irish accent coming out thick, since she felt the pull towards him.

“No worries
love; I
will send for the rest, or the scavengers can have it.”
He laughed
and
turned back to her.  She was frowning and looking around.  “I was joking, my neighbor
from
my apartment said she would take care of packing things up here and there.  She would send them to whatever address I gave her.” 

Jax stiffened,
a woman? 
Pawing through her man
'
s things? 
Where the hell had that come from?
Jax wondered
,
but still she didn’t like it. She could feel her wolf getting pissed again. 

“Whoa, what happened?” Brin said
,
coming to stand before her putting his hands on her arms.  Her wolf settled instantly.  He had that
effect
on her.  Amazing, she felt his comfort and his worry about her.  “Your eyes went bright blue again.  I can call Jo and see if she knows why this is
happening
.  May
be you can talk to her.  I hear
Cami and
she
are best friends
.  They may know something more by now.”

“No, it
was..."
she started and then paused.  How the hell did you tell a man you just met, a human no less, that you were jealous of another woman touching his things?  Shit, it was not like she had
staked
a claim on him yet
, a
lthough her wolf was ready to.  She could see the pulse in his neck beating.  Her teeth began to
stretch,
and she shook her head. 
Wh
a
t the fuck was going on with her?

“Love, all you have to do is tell me
,
” Brin said softly.

Jax folded her arms over her chest in between them.  She
did not have
a lot of experience with dating.  In fact
,
none.  Her father ha
d made sure she was busy twenty-
four seven learning how to be an
Alpha; she
would be the first female.  Her father assured her many male wolves would come to challenge, so she had trained, and trained, then trained some more.  Her father hired the best wolves in Europe to come and help her. 
She knew every single trick there
was,
to taking down male wolves larger than
her.

Her wolf had not needed any tricks though.  She was large, even for a normal male wolf.
Her mother had been happy to see that her wolf was there to protect her.  As a
female,
she was going to be a target.  Her family knew it.  One time, she had asked her father if he was sorry she had not been born a male.  Her
parent’s
reaction
had
been
instantaneous
and very
loud; she
thought.  Both of them exclaimed that sh
e had been a gift, their gift f
r
o
m the
Gods. 
 

Although her mother had known she was lacking in social skills with men.
She
also encouraged
her to date.  As d
id her father, but really?  Who
wanted to date a wolf that was mor
e Alpha than they would ever be?
  So her dates
were awkward
and uncomfortable.  Her only experience kissing
was her
grabbing her date and laying on
e on
him.  The poor guy
ran like
the
wind.

So here
she was a seventy-two-year-old
virgin Alpha female who is now the head of one of the most powerful Packs in Ireland, scared to talk to her mate.
Pathetic and sad.

“Jax?  Brin?” Dante
yelled,
and
she stiffened. 
Damn it
,
his voice just pissed her off.

The Vampire in question arrived in the
doorway,
just as she pulled
a
way from
Brin. 

Dante’s
eyes narrowed as he looked at the pair.  “Sorry to disturb you,” he drawled
.

I
t made her wolf growl inside.  Well
,
it must have come out also, because Dante laughed at her. 
At her?  The largest female White Wolf in Europe, her wolf barked.

Jax stepped forward
,
ready to tell the idiot where the hell he could shove his apology, when Brin grabbed her from behind and held on
to her two arms, making her chest stick out.  Dante looked down a
t
her straining breasts and grinned.  Her nipples were pebbled and hard, ready for some
action; her
mates were close. 
“
Fuckers
,
”
s
he muttered to herself.  She was referring to her body
,
but she could feel Brin’s laughter behind her.

“She was referring to you
,
not me.  I happen to be
on her
good side
,
” Brin said proudly and Dante scowled deeper
than
he had already been doing.

“Whatever, we
need to be ready to leave in the next thirty minutes.  Wrap it up
,
” Dante
said
.

“What about my Pack?”
Jax said
.
S
he could feel they were close, and she wanted to see them before she left. 
They needed to know where to make their
way.
  Her Pack was
moving; they
would not be
happy
, but her father had talked about it when he received the invitation from the
Senate
.  Now she would take his spot.

“I have arranged for them to take a later transport,
separately
, so we won
'
t overcrowd certain high profile areas.  Some will take the Chunnel and then catch a plan
e
in Paris.  Other
s
will take the later ferry, and do what we are doing and drive.  While even others will
fly.  Orfeo is ready for them
,
” Dante said commandingly.

“That is MY PACK!! HOW DARE YOU MAKE PLANS WITHOUT CONSULTING ME! I WILL NOT STAND FOR THAT!” Jax yelled and began to kick out her feet
,
trying to get to Dante.  Brin was struggling to hold her, she was strong, she knew it,
but
she didn’t want to hurt
Brin, which
is the only reason she allowed him to pull her back against his chest.  She could feel his comfort.  She took a deep breath and then looked up. 

Jax knew her eyes were flashing blue again,
damn
,
this man brought out the shrew in
her.
She
hated it. 
This man brought out the worst in her, how was she ever going to prove to the world she was a good
Alpha,
when
he was making all the decisions?

Dante stepped forward,
looking like he was ready to go head to head wi
th her.  “Listen, princess, you'
re a fucking wolf.  I had to do something or leave the damn Pack behind.  My job is to get you to the compound in one fucking piece.  Now
,
if you don’
t like the way I'm working
,
then
Alpha up and get busy.”

“You did not just call me princess.”
She growled
and
lunged for him again.

“
Damn it
, will you two stop?
” Brin yelled and they both turn to look at the human who was getting red in the face he was so pissed.  “Jax, you should thank him for taking care of things while you were incapacitated.  Dante, you should have checked with her when she shifted
,
not waited to talk to her.  Damn, we
'
re gonna need
couple's
therapy before we even get started.”

Jax took a deep breath and held out her hand.  “Phone,” she gritted out and waited.  She would
not
apologize to the over
grown ape.

“Knock yourself out,
” Dante
said flipping the phone.  “Literally
,
if at all possible.”

Jax flipped him the bird with one hand and caught the phone with the other.
She punched out the secure phone number she knew one of the Pack had
taken,
and turned around and waited.

Brin continued to get his bag packed muttering about children, and Dante slammed back into the other room. 
Whatever
, she thought and continued what she was doing
.

“Sabor, is that you?” she asked into the phone when a deep
,
familiar voice answered.  At least he had made it.  Sabor was her second in charge after her
Beta
, who she knew had been killed. 
Sabor
was now the Beta by their Pack laws.

“Alpha, we were waiting to hear
from you.  The Vampire told us you were making arrangement for us
,
”
h
er new Beta said.  Damn it, the asshole had given her credit.  Shit, now she had to apologize. 

“Yeah, did they give you the details yet?” Jax asked and looked behind her.  The doorway was empty, and she refused to go and look for him.  Although a little
,
tiny chunk of her heart thawed.  Dante had been trying to hide her weakness, and protected her.