Dante's Dream (7 page)

“We have the first of the Pack leaving in a few minutes.  We total
seventy-three
.  Hopefully more will follow
, I
will wait here just in case some
stragglers
ran into problems getting here
,
” Sabor said.

“Good, I will meet you in Italy, and then we will regroup.  Let every
one
know they can contact me if there is trouble.  I want everyone safe.  In case, there are some Rogues tracking us.  We need to stay vigilant.  Have an Enforcer assigned to each group that leaves
,
” Jax said.

“Yes Alpha
, the
Vampires are loaning us a few of their Guards to make it across.  We are moving in groups of five
,
” Sabor
said,
and they discussed what they would do when they arrived to Italy.  The Pack funds were
still in
tact.  That would not be a problem.  Her father had been smart, invested in the United
States
market.  “We wanted to have a ceremony for the dead.”

Jax closed her
eyes; she
was all cried out.  The loss of her parents would be dealt with later.  She couldn’t handle all of it.  “We will
have the ceremony
in Italy.  My father would understand.”

“Yes
,
Alpha.”  Sabor agreed.

***

Contrary, exasperating woman
,
Dante thought and paced around the ro
om.  He had spent the last hour
and a half on the phone arranging things for
her,
and she had the nerve to actually growl at him, the
n
yell
a
t him for helping.  Yeah, this was going to
work.

Dante could feel the sexual tension in the entire suite of room
s.  They were going to be declared True Mates when they arrived in Italy.  Orfeo and his mates would want to include them in the party they were planning.  The Senate already had two chairs.  The leaders, and Dante and his mates.  They would share, and have a small Clan and Pack together. 
Orfeo
would make sure that they
had
enough space.  If he knew his Sire, by the time they got to Italy, there would be a title of land in his and his
mate’s
names, and building of their small Clan/Pack would have begun.

Things were moving too fast.  He was not sure exactly how they were going to handle this if Jax and him battled with every decision.  It was something they would have to address on the ride, coming
to
an agreement. 

“I
'
m sorry,” he heard Jax say behind him and Dante turned to see her standing in the doorway by herself.  He wondered where Brin was.  It was crazy, he felt him also,
not sexually, more of a kinship
brother.  They would balance each other with
their
mate.  Each being something she needed.

Dante signed
and
nodded
.
“No problem
,
”
h
e said and looked again as she
entered
the room slowly.

“Brin is coming, he
'
s ready.  I don’t have anything, so maybe we
could
stop somewhere and get
me at least a pair of pants?”
Jax asked.

Dante
looked over the tall
,
thin figure of his mate.  Her wolf was larger than anything he had ever seen,
and yet her human side was rounded, sexy
, and perfect.  He loved the
curves
she had and the strength
she projected.  He wanted to smile, but he knew the female would
not
be happy with that reaction to her.  So he stood stoic and waited.

“Please,” she sighed and held her head up high.  She would
not
give him an
inch,
and neither would he to her.

“Before we catch the ferry across
,
we will stop at a store.  You nee
d something to hide the hair,”
Dante said and pointed.  “It will draw attention.”

Jax
frowned;
it was not in her nature to hide anything.  Especially not herself, she didn’t think it was
necessary
to
hide.  If
they were found
,
they would
fight
.  She would bet she could take any of the Rogues on and win, even the asshole
that
was in charge.  But she had been unable to when they drugged her.  It pissed her off, when she felt the pinprick in her neck
.
S
he had been pissed at herself and tried to shift.  Whatever the fuck
they gave her prevented her fro
m
turning
into her wolf and protecting herself.  If she had been able to, they
would
a
ll be dead.

“Shit, the drugs!” Jax muttered and hit herself on the head.

“What?”
Dante asked and stepped closer to her.  She
knew his need to protect would drive her nuts.

Brin walked in with his bag frowning.  “I know I
'
m human and all, but were you just talking about drugs?
Because I don’t think that would be wise.  Besides it
'
s illegal.”

Dant
e rolled his eyes.
“Not for us
.
”
T
heir communication skills needed work.  “Gods man, did you seriously think we were talking about taking drugs?”

“What?  I walked into the
room,
and Jax was made that comment.  What the hell was I supposed to think?”  Brin defended
himself.

Jax
busted
out laughing
and
walked to Brin and hugged him.  Why couldn’t she do that with him?  He wanted to be the one she
hugged.
 
Wait
,
what the hell was he thinking, he was not a freaking
purse holder.  He was an Alpha male Vampire.

“No, I was remembering that the Rogues drugged me. 
I was so out of it, I think maybe that was why I shifted for so long.  Whatever they gave
me
suppressed my
wolf; she
was pissed and when she had the opportunity to come out
,
she did and refused to go back because she was scared she would be suppressed again
,
” Jax said and laughed.

“Oh, well good.  I was worried about the other,” Brin said with a blush but then laughed when Jax hugged him again.

“Thanks
,
I needed the laugh
,
”
s
he said.  Damn, Dante just stood there and watched their interaction.  Why did he feel like an outsider?

“We need to move,” Dante said briskly and grabbed Brin’s bag and walked to the door.  He pushed a button on his phone and then waited.
The ‘all clear’ message came
back,
and he turned and nodded to the two standing right behind him.  Brin was reaching for his bag, but for
some reason,
Dante felt compelled to carry it, fucking purse holder, that was what he was going to be for the rest of his damn undead life.

***

Brin waited by the large SUV they would be driving.  It was top of the
line
—
he was going to have the best time driving this bad boy. 
He needed sunglasses to match the black exterior
, he laughed to himself.

Jax was talking to her Beta
,
apparently
.
T
he man was huge,
and he
would have thought that as large as he was that he was an Alpha also.  When they first c
a
me out, he was a little
leery
of the man.  Brin knew he was a shifter
,
but he stood in front of Jax until he was given clearance. 

Now
standing
and looking at Jax’s body language, he knew
the
larger man respected her.  She stood just a hair shorter than him, but the man lowered his head to speak to her.  It was a sign of respect. 

Dante was talking to the six other men who would be traveling with them.  Three in each of the other cars. 
They
had
a small caravan going on.  The plan was to travel to Dover, England.  They will have to spend the night in
Dover; reservations
were made a
t a
nice hote
l by the White Cliffs.  Then in the morning, the ferry to Calais, and then drive to just outside of
Paris, looking like tourists.  They would s
tay the night there, where they would map out the rest of the trip.  They didn’t want to make plans too far in advance in
case someone was able to track them.

Jax left her
Beta
by putting a hand on his head and smiling.  Brin noticed Dante
fro
wn
as he looked at Jax touching the other man. 
Oh yeah, this was going to be fun
.  She
turned,
and for the first time since he met her yesterday
,
she
was
relaxed.  He knew there was going to be issues, but hopefully they could talk and get to know one another on the ride.

Brin nodded
and
pulled himself into the driver seat.  He looked at all the gadgets and smiled before rubbing his hands together.  It had a
built-in computer screen
wit
h
GPS and even a small portable keyboard to
engage
the web while in the car.  Who the hell made all this shit?  There was no way this was a rental.

He was pushing
t
he climate control buttons when he heard the arguing through the passenger door.

“I am riding in the
front
!
” Jax yelled.

“NO, you are in the back, where the windows are tinted and no one can see in.  You are the one we are protecting
, remember?
  If you sit in the front
,
people will see you and notice you.  Not like the hair isn’t a dead giveaway
,
” Dante said
.

Jax laughed,
and pointed
at her hair.
“Really?  You thought this was my real color?  Nope
,
dye job.”

Brin frowned, he hadn
'
t caught her hair was
dyed
.
I
n the last
twenty-four
hours
,
Brin had had many fantasies
about her
hair,
and
it
flowing over his pillow.  Or wrapping it
around his hand while she sucked
his cock
,
d
amn it, now he was going to have to drive with a hard on.

“I don’t care if
your
hair is fucking purple, you need to be in the
back,
so
we can hide the fact you are in this car.  We have two other cars that we will be using a
s
decoys,
and we need to make sure that you are not in sight
,
”
Dante said.

“Bullshit, you just want to sit in front cause you
can’t
drive,
and it
's making you crazy.
”  Jax growled at him and reached for the door handle to the passenger side.

Dante picked her up like she weighed nothing
,
pulled open the back door as she was screaming and cussing at him and plopped her in the back seat.  Without a word, Dante strapped her in with the seat belt,
then
shut the door, waving at the cars in back of them.

“Asshole,” Jax muttered before Dante got in the car.

Brin laughed
and
looked at her in the rearview mirror.
  She sat with her arms folded
,
glaring at Dante as he slid into his seat.  Before he buckled in
,
Dante turned and looked at Jax and
said
, “Better get used to it
,
Princess.  I may be an asshole, but one you are stuck with for life, so deal with it.”