Lynn Hagen Brac Pack 1 Maverick's Mate

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Chapter Nine
Maverick looked up as Cody cleared his throat. Sorry, Alpha, but
there s a man at the door claiming to be Johnny s brother and
demanding we relinquish him and, for the record, he s an asshole.
Johnny s here? Cecil pushed the mug away, sitting up
straighter. His questioning look bounced between Cody and
Maverick. Why didn t anyone tell me?
Maverick eyes skipped away from Cecil, narrowing them on
Cody. He set the mug on the nightstand, turning back to his mate.
Because you need to rest. Hawk has him. He s fine.
Why does Hawk have him? Johnny doesn t like strangers. I need
to see him. What brother? Cecil was attempting to climb out of bed,
but Maverick put his arm around his waist, hauling him back. This
was exactly why he didn t want Cecil to know about Johnny. His
mate needed rest. He didn t need to go running to take care of
someone else right now.
I ll be back. Maverick swung his legs over the side of the bed,
storming off to clean up the current mess.
He found Hawk in one of the upstairs bedrooms, sitting on a
window seat, cradling a small-framed, blond-haired man. Hawk s
eyes never left Johnny s as he said, Yes, Alpha?
Maverick knew that tone, the Commander was irritated. Well, too
bad. I have an irate brother at my front door wanting that young man
returned to him. Maverick nodded his head toward Johnny.
Hawk growled, pulling Johnny closer to him. Tell him to piss
off. Johnny is mine.
You know better than that. This has to be handled. How old is
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he?
Eighteen. Old enough to make his own decisions. Maverick
watched as Hawk whispered to his mate. Being a Timber wolf, he had
exceptional hearing. It s okay, pretty baby. That s Cecil s
boyfriend. Hawk kissed Johnny s temple.
Maverick s heart warmed at the frail man in the Commander s
arms. Johnny, I need you to tell me if you want to stay with Hawk or
go with your brother. Whatever you decide, I ll make sure it
happens. Maverick got down on one knee, trying to remove his
towering height as a factor from Johnny. If he wanted to stay with
Hawk, he wasn t going to have the skinny holy shit, he was as thin
as a corpse man intimidated.
Hawk. Johnny mumbled into Hawk s chest.
So you are deciding to stay with Hawk?
Johnny nodded.
I need you to say yes or no.
He gave you his answer, Alpha. He
Don t take that tone with me, Commander. I need to hear in
clearly spoken words what Johnny wants. I won t have this coming
back to bite me or Johnny in the ass. I m looking out for him,
Maverick pointed at Johnny, making sure his wishes are abided by.
Maverick looked at Johnny once again.
Johnny raised his head and spoke clearly. I. Want. To. Stay.
With. Hawk.
So be it. Hawk, get ready for a battle. I don t think his brother is
going to give up so easily.
Hawk nodded.
Maverick went to deal with the brother at his front door. He found
the guy standing with his back against the door, warily eyeing his
Sentries in the den. If the brother only knew he had just walked into a
pack of wolves& he probably would still act like a jerk. The guy had
an air about him, one Maverick didn t like.
May I help you? Maverick feigned ignorance at who the man
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was. He wanted to see his egotism firsthand.
Who are you? I ve already talked to one muscle head. I want my
brother Johnny brought to me now. Yeah, he was still a jerk.
Maverick pulled himself up to his full six foot nine inches. He would
not tolerate a male, and a human male at that, coming into his home
and making demands.
Wasn t happening.
He towered over the idiot who was too dumb to realize the death
threat standing right in front of him. Maverick began to wonder what
Johnny s home life was like living with this prick. Storm clouds
gathered around him as he wondered if this man ever put his hands on
Johnny.
The brother must have noticed the menacing aura around
Maverick because he finally took a step back.
He has made it quite clear that he wishes to remain in my
home& under my protection. I suggest you leave. Maverick felt the
Sentries slowly coming toward him, feeling the static storm in the air.
They crept closer, watchful.
The brother must have noticed them as well. His hand reached
behind him for the door handle, My brother isn t smart enough to
make his own decisions. I have legal custody of him, and I will have
him returned to me. The man turned the knob, hustling out of the
front door, leaving it wide open. Maverick watched as he climbed in
his car and spit gravel from his tires as he sped off.
With the insult the guy just gave Johnny, Maverick would make
sure he never got his grubby hands on his brother.
Who was that? Remi asked standing behind Maverick.
Some human wanting his life expectancy cut real short.
When Maverick headed back to his mate, he found Cecil sneaking
down the hall, heading in Johnny s direction.
What do you think you are doing? Cecil jumped at Maverick s
booming voice. He spun around and pasted a big smile on his face.
Just stretching the old limbs. He pulled his arms over his head,
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twining his fingers together, and stretched in an over exaggerated
pull. That s good enough for now. Guess I ll head back to bed.
Cecil walked at a brisk pace back toward their room. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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