My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"So I am your arm candy for the evening then?" I ask, trying to lighten the mood and move on from my attack. "Should I be warned of anyone in particular?"

"There are several, but right now we seem to have a lot of available females that are directly related to the Elders, like daughters, nieces and granddaughters." He rolls his eyes. "Many of them have no type of rank. And before you yell at me about the rank thing." He holds his hands up in surrender, "I mean, no title, obviously, but also no other skills, like at all. Many of them seem to have been schooled in how to look good standing by me and that's all. No training physically, politically, or as a humanitarian. They literally want to stand next to me and pose for photos. Manners are a big thing, and I don't even want to know what that training looks like. But, they aren't intelligent enough to hold a conversation. So you are here for several reasons." He has steered us down another hallway as he explains. "You can obviously protect yourself and me discreetly." He rolls his eyes like this is unnecessary, but I see the appeal immediately. "You can engage with other Alphas and Lunas present, again setting a good example. You can also defend yourself against the almost certain social attack of these handful of women who have been set upon me. And to top it off you are my friend and will greatly increase my personal evening experience rather than just having any warrior with me."

Before I can respond though, we stop at a door. "This is my mother's office, she will be anxious to see you too. Thank you for doing this, I mean it, you are a lifesaver." He leans down and kisses me on the cheek, then knocks on the door.

say anything, it opens and I am draped in

Luna Anne's arms. "It's good to see

force me to separate or if those boys really do take their warrior code that far." She's like a tornado walking around the room, waving her hands and talking. I've never seen her this animated and it must show on my face. "Oh, stop looking at me like that, I can be myself here. I don't have to

way less fun than I anticipated. Xander mentioned me basically cock-blocking some