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This time the Alpha’s gaze was for Aelfric and Fafnir who had the grace to look a little embarrassed.
    “The pull to mate is strong regardless of species,” Shawn said thoughtfully. “Vadim will be yearning for Josh in more ways than one. So let’s find the information quickly, aye? Before the vampire does something stupid like trying to get himself killed so that Josh can get over him quicker. He’s clearly meant to be in this pack, and I for one don’t like letting the Fates down.”
    “Why would a vampire be necessary to a wolf pack? His ideals will be so very different to ours, especially if he is a loner,” Tobias said and Shawn noticed the look of concern on the other pack member’s faces too.
    But before he could answer, Aelfric jumped in with a bit of a snarl in his tone. “You could say the same thing about us Fae. Faf and I don’t belong here either, but the Fates lead us right into your pack house and into Jax’s arms. It’s like I told the Fae at that wretched banquet we went to, maybe it is time for some diversification, maybe it’s time for all paranormals to learn to get along. You can’t dismiss Vadim just because he’s a vampire, that’s just not right.”
    “Again, you’re right Aelfric,” Kane said, standing up and pulling Shawn to his feet. “I don’t know why, and I am not sure how, but I think in another couple of years there won’t be another pack like this one anywhere, and I for one think that will be a good thing. If the Fates want Vadim here, then let’s see what we can do to make it happen.”
    “He is meant to be here, just like the rest of us,” Shawn said firmly as he let Kane tug him towards the stairs. “All of us are here for a reason and Vadim is meant to be with Josh even if he is too stubborn to see it. All we have to do is work out why.”
    Grumbling quietly, but without any malice, the men all got to work, doing what they did best – searching, researching and finding information. By nightfall the whole pack would know everything there was to find about Vadim D’Arcy.
    As Shawn let himself get wrapped up in his mate’s embrace in the privacy of the room that they shared, he heard the solitary mournful howl of a wolf in pain coming from the forest. He silently prayed to the Fates that Vadim and Josh could be reunited soon – because without his mate, Josh would only ever be half the man he was meant to be. That was if he survived at all.
     

Chapter Five
    Vadim kept his lips firmly closed, refusing to let the groan that lingered in his throat escape. The pain running through his body had dulled to a throbbing thump and he knew his body was healing despite his lack of nourishment. Vadim had stopped counting his birthdays when he hit the seven hundred and fifty mark, although he knew that was quite a few years before. Having lived through the worst that mankind and vampire kin could do to him for more lifetimes than he could count, the poison in his veins was something Vadim was well familiar with.  Keeping his eyes closed, knowing there was nothing in his prison worth looking at, Vadim wondered how the hell he was going to get out of his current predicament, or if he even wanted to get out.
    In hindsight, and wasn’t that a wonderful thing, Vadim knew he probably shouldn’t have attacked his brother, or Lorraine in a coven filled with guards. That was a dumb thing to do and he was usually smarter than that. Unfortunately getting rid of Stephen’s body, dragging two reluctant enforcers on the long trip back to Atlanta, all because Ermine had insisted on a report and then having Lorraine fall into a pitiful heap complete with fake tears when he returned…that had been the final straw for Vadim’s temper.
    Vadim knew damn well that Lorraine wasn’t worried about her brother’s death – it’s not as though the two had been close at all. They were both too greedy and selfish to have close family ties. No. All she was worried about was that Stephen had