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voice didn’t sound too gleeful.
    “Thank you,” Marcus replied. “It’s really the last thing we expected to find when we came here.”
    Valerius gave them both a serious look. “We won’t stand in your way, of course. But you must remember, he is very young. He’s had a few years to get used to life amidst spirit wolves, but I’m not sure he’s ready for a mating.”
    Sebastian hated the insinuation that they’d do something to harm their human mate. Before he could offer a scathing reply, Marcus intervened. “We don’t plan to jump into anything. Besides, this 32
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    conversation is quite inappropriate. We have to talk to him first. It’s what he wants that matters.”
    Marcus was right. Paulie didn’t belong to their kind, so Sebastian couldn’t figure out how the young man would react to this news. For Sebastian’s part, he didn’t want to rush into things either. He’d spent so many years with Marcus that the other man had become almost like an extension of him. He didn’t know how a third would fit in.
    The thought made him remember his own family situation. He decided to give his father a call after he spoke to Marcus. It wouldn’t hurt to get another opinion on this, and Roland always gave him good advice.
    The reverberations of silent footsteps alerted them to a new presence, and the four men ended the conversation. Mr. and Mrs. Hart appeared down the corridor, flanked by a group of soldiers. Sebastian had already noticed the heavy security in the compound, and he felt satisfied his young mate had been well cared for.
    Marion and Grant Hart stopped in front of them and smiled. Their daughter, Amy, joined her parents. “Welcome to our home, Sebastian, Marcus,” Marion greeted them.
    “It’s very nice to see you,” Grant continued.
    Amy offered them a small smile. “I wish your visit could’ve had a more pleasant reason.”
    “Hello, Mr. Hart, Mrs. Hart,” Marcus replied. “Believe us, we’d have liked the same.”
    The spirit wolves engaged them in a conversation that mainly rotated around Ross. Marcus and Sebastian repeated what they’d said before and received more words of comfort in turn.
    “Perhaps you should get some rest,” Amy suggested. “I think this might take a while.”
    Sebastian shook his head. He couldn’t imagine the thought of leaving the door. First of all, he felt responsible for the human they’d brought here. At the same time, he ached to be as close as possible to his second mate.

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    “Thank you, but no,” he said. “We’ll wait.”
    “Very well,” Marion said. “We’ll prepare rooms for you.” She hesitated and continued, “Would you like separate quarters or just one?”
    Sebastian began to feel irritated. Was everyone on the Hart compound so nosy? He forced himself to smile, while Marcus replied,
    “One, Mrs. Hart. We appreciate it.”
    She didn’t look in any way bothered by this, not that Sebastian expected her to be. Few spirit wolves treated Sebastian differently because of his birth mother. The Harts always struck him as kind and loving people, unlike Marcus’s family.
    Still, Sebastian felt relieved when the group left at last, and only Trent and Valerius stayed behind. None of them made any attempt for further conversation. They just waited there, outside the examination room, their ears peeled for any sign of what was going on inside.
    At one point, they began to hear light moans coming from inside.
    Andrew opened the door and ushered Trent and Valerius inside.
    When Sebastian offered to help as well, Andrew shook his head.
    “It’s better if you just wait,” he replied. “Trent and Valerius have done this before. Don’t worry. We’ll do our best to save him.”
    Logically, Sebastian understood that. Besides, he didn’t know if he could be useful at all with all the thoughts passing through his mind. It was very strange to feel so lost and ill-prepared. The only moment comparable had