My Secret, My Bully, My Mates

"We have a problem." My dad grumbles, "And it can't wait." "Someone had better be dying!" Dakota almost yells at him.

"Possibly. We don't know what's happening, but we think Skylar, Gentry and Elena should go together. Which means all eight of us are going to need to move. Now." My dad says.

"Eight?" I question doing the mental math. "What happened that we need to go and our mates need to be present?"

"You act like we would let you go anywhere near something so magically bad that all three of you would be needed without us." Dakota grumbles in my ear.

I roll my eyes and ignore him. “We have done magic so many times together, what's changed?"

I try to move, but Dakota won't let me go. I turn awkwardly in his arms, hold his face between my hands and look him in the eyes.

"Dakota, I know that you want to protect me, but I need to stand next to you, on my own two feet. I promise, I won't be more than a couple feet from any of you and I will hear you if you tell me your instincts say it isn't safe. I need you to treat me like an equal right now, okay."

sure if he opened his mouth a whole string of profanities would come out. But,

toward my dad. "What

"Mike is glowing."

next to me, lacing our

thought his wolf and whatever magic was being controlled."

radiate a purple light about twenty minutes ago. No one knows what it means, but it's Mike so we naturally assume it's magic. We don't know if it's his magic or his mother's, because his should be suppressed. But we have no idea what Adrielle has done to him or herself at this point. I really don't want any of you anywhere near him, my gut tells me this is a ploy to get to you, but Elena and Gentry have insisted. As a Beta, my instinct is to protect the Alphas but let them do their jobs, as a father I have two kids at risk here, but I also know that none of you are going to stand by and just let things happen. So we are going to go

in case this is some kind of set up. Our group traveled to the south eastern border of the in several vehicles. Everyone seemed to decide the four of needed to be on our own, since no one joined us in Cam's truck. The twins and Oliver are fuming over being interrupted again. I actually agree with them this time, and regret needing to train right at this moment. Once we get to the bunker where Mike is being held, our team converges and is standing guard outside while Cam, Kota, Oliver, Nickolas, my dad, Elena, Gentry and I head inside. The door opens to a small

he is alive, but the vibe is off somehow too. Elena and Gentry step close behind us and says,

anything else?

but we don't know

need to get closer." I move to take