All Chapters of Claiming The Pack (Mated To The Night Book 2: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

She smiled and pushed her hair behind her ear. “Thanks. You…you clean up pretty nice.”Dom grinned, slipping his hands into his pockets. I sensed this was my cue to give them some alone time, so I excused myself.“I’ll set the table,” I said. “You two can change the radio station if you want. Just make yourselves comfy.”I went into the kitchen and took my time getting plates and utensils. Fortunately, Tavi and Dom were standing in the sitting room, and I wouldn’t have to walk in on their conversation to get the dining room ready.“Dom’s here,” I said to Night.“I heard. Is he in there with Tavi?”“That’s right.”He paused, and I could sense where his thoughts were going. He wasn’t oblivious; he noticed the depths of their feelings for each other. I imagined that as the big brother to Tavi and best friend to Dom, Night was torn about the two of them getting closer.I set the plates on the counter and touched his back. “It’ll be okay,” I told him quietly. “Whatever happens between them

“Dammit,” she said when I finished speaking. “I wish I could say I was surprised. The five of them have done so much good for the Wargs, and I would never take that from them, but those fools are too stuck in the old brutalist way of doing things. Not to mention,” she added with a scowl, “they assume they can control you the way they were able to control Peter.”“Fuck that.”“So, what are you going to do about them?”“My plan right now is to take things slow. Bryn had a pretty encouraging meeting with the Kings’ council, and with the reconstruction projects, we’re getting in the pack’s good graces. I think I’ll have some real support after the challenge—whatever that challenge turns out to be.”“Mm,” she hummed, considering my words. “I know we all hate biding our time, but I think you’re right—that’s the best way to handle things right now. I can’t believe the council is dragging their feet on this. I guess that’s bureaucracy for you. What’s the plan for the challenge? Have you start

While I understood that the first few months would be the toughest on me, I’d never expected it to be like this. As much as I had already fallen in love with my baby, I wish I’d known ahead of time that it would feel like my life was being drained out of me. At least then, I could have planned for the days when I was too weak to get out of bed—or out of the tub.Night didn’t mind catching up on work for me, but that didn’t lessen my guilt about taking a bubble bath while he and Tavi combed through that mass of paperwork.I sighed and closed my eyes, sinking under the water until the suds covered my mouth. Maybe I could convince Night to bring some of the paperwork home. I could handle some light reading.As if thinking about him had summoned him, I heard his heavy footsteps headed up the stairs. Night was normally light on his feet, but because I hated when he snuck around, he didn’t mask his footsteps.Moments later, he came into the bathroom. I opened my eyes and spotted the envelop

“I know, but…” What kind of man was I to force my pregnant mate out of bed instead of handling it myself? A shitty excuse for one, that’s what. Bryn was right—this was out of our hands, and it was clear that she felt a little inadequate that she hadn’t handled the ledgers herself. I understood her wanting to feel useful through this process, but that only settled the guilt more firmly on my shoulders. Was I being the mate she most needed? How did I know I was supporting her the way she needed most?After she dressed, we left to meet the council at the usual spot. Bryn must have reached out to Tavi telepathically because she was waiting for us by the double doors.I had hoped that the next time I saw my sister would be under more casual circumstances, but given her grave face, she had been brought up to speed as to why we’d called this meeting. But to my delight, her expression lifted a bit when she saw me.“Hi, Night,” she said.“It’s good to see you, kid.”She chuckled. “Likewise.” S

“That is the loophole,” I said, fury making my voice little more than a growl. “But no alpha worth his salt would take advantage of it.”The council didn’t have a response to that.“We need to speak with the Kings’ banker and see what they can tell us,” Bryn said. “And we need to go through everything Troy and Gregor owned. There must be information on this account somewhere.”I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose. This was turning into a much bigger nightmare than I’d thought. If Troy had used a human bank account, it would be very complicated to gain access to it.“Don’t any of you have ideas about what the Redwolfs were planning?” Tavi asked. “It’s been seven years—you must have some kind of theory?”The councilmen exchanged looks. “Well,” Colby began hesitantly, “it’s possible they were trying to expand King territory, but not from neighboring packs.”“Wait, wait.” I held my hand up. “Are you saying they were after human land?” That was a disaster waiting to happen and much m