from the pack are coming down with Judith and Cherise. And they’ve been with them for all winter.”
Yeah. He knew that and didn’t like it. “Surely the Alpha wouldn’t have put us in charge of this project if she was already dating other men.”
Their Alpha was scrupulously fair. He wouldn’t do that.
“Just because she isn’t attached to anyone else that doesn’t mean they aren’t interested in her,” warned Nahum.
Well fuck. That was true. But still, if they hadn’t managed to fix their interest in six months, her heart couldn’t possibly be involved with anyone else. “You know, we’re damn lucky someone else hasn’t grabbed her and mated her.”
“I know. I’ve hated not being able to see her all this time. But now our time has come, so we need to make the most of it.”
Nelson fist-bumped his twin. “We will.”
The more he thought about it, the more amazed he was that Judith was unattached. She was quite beautiful with her neat blonde hair and deep blue eyes. She wasn’t all that tall, but she wasn’t as short as her half-sister, Elsie, either. In fact, in Nelson’s mind, she was absolutely perfect, and he could hardly bear to wait until the weekend to hopefully pull her into his arms and kiss her. Just seeing her tomorrow would be wonderful. He’d thought about her a lot this past winter. His emotions had run the gamut from worrying if she was safe through worrying she was happily in the arms of another man. Well, right now he didn’t care how many pack members she’d dated, as long as she dated him next. He and his brothers would love her so thoroughly she’d never want to look at another man ever again.
Once they’d agreed on the schedule, he and Nahum took turns going up to their apartment to pack a bag of clothing to take out to the farm. Nelson decided it was stupid to take clothing for two weeks. There was sure to be a washing machine and dryer out at the farm, so he concentrated on packing a variety of clothing so he could accompany Judith and Cherise to whatever venue they wanted to attend. That made his suitcase quite full and damn heavy because of extra shoes, boots, and a couple of coats, but finally he was done and went back to the entry so Nahum could do his packing.
The guard on duty, Travis, was watching the security cameras. “Lutterworth is after the Alpha again. There’s been three kids riding around the fence line on bikes, and now two kids on skateboards are doing the circuit.”
“Really? Well, I guess that’s good news. Likely they’ll see the tour coach pull up on Friday and everyone pile aboard. Then they’ll follow us to find out where we’re going.”
“Not quite everyone will be on board the bus. A few of us volunteered to stay here and guard the place. Once you’re all gone, we won’t be opening the gate though. The Alpha has told us to stick with the line that the business is closed until Monday for the company cookout.”
“That the best answer. Otherwise, if someone goes to answer the gate, the kids could disable the guard and ram-raid the place. Although they still wouldn’t have the security codes to attack people. But they could make a hell of a mess trying,” said Nelson.
“That’s right. We’ll stay inside come what may and keep the security fence between us and them.”
Nelson nodded, but he worried about people throwing Molotov cocktails or something incendiary to try to force them outside. The warehouse itself was solid concrete, but a ram-raid might take out the metal gate. Well, a ram-raid with a tough enough vehicle. A regular car wouldn’t do it. The metal was damn solid on purpose.
He closed his eyes and thought and then began leaving instructions for a contingency plan. Step one was to allow no one inside, as Travis had said. To stay inside the building no matter what was happening outside. But step two would be in case of incendiary bombs—hell any trouble at all—to call the fire brigade and the police.
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