“He’s right, that’s how we used to get any secret that we wanted out of him,” Dare replies with a smirk.
“That means you’re going to have to tell my dad whatever this secret is though, so that he can use the alpha voice. You won’t be able to give his wolves a command,” Merrikh says.
He must have forgotten that I used the alpha voice on him in order to get him to calm down in the basement. It’s not really surprising, a lot has happened in a short amount of time, and emotions are running high.
“River can,” Logan says.
“Well, that’s interesting, although I’m beginning to suspect that it's not exactly surprising when it comes to you lot. You all seem to be able to do things you shouldn’t be able to do,” Merrikh replies.
Neith grins, “That pretty much sums it up.”
I hesitate and ask Logan, “Are you sure, man?”
Logan nods, “Yep, do your thing.”
I shrug, and calling on my alpha magic, I say, “Logan, you are not allowed to speak of what you witnessed between me and Neith or anything to do with what you saw.”
“Yes, Alpha,” Logan replies with a grin.
“Does everyone know that you can do that?” Merrikh asks, his eyebrows drawn down in concern.
“Yep,” Raiden says. “He had control over the wolves, and his order overtook Derek.”
“Damn,” Merrikh says. “You know that’s not normal, right?”
I nod and sigh, “Yeah, I know.”
“Great. I’m going to assume that you don’t want everyone and their cousin to know about how you helped here, and what exactly you’re capable of,” he replies, making me smile.
I shake my head, “Not particularly, again, that’s something that’s going to cause me a problem.”
“In that case, you might have to put the order on the whole pack, which I’m just assuming that you can do, because otherwise someone is going to say something. Wolves are massive gossips,” Merrikh points out.
“He’s right, they’re going to want to tell everyone what they saw, especially the young ones. They’re going to want everyone to know what you did for us,” Dare adds. “It was fucking amazing. You freed us from decades of tyranny, and you did it with ease.”
I clear my throat. I really don’t like this kind of attention, it makes me uncomfortable. I did it because it needed to be done, not because I wanted recognition for something.
“I’ll talk to Asher, it’s his pack and I don’t want to step on his toes, or undermine him in front of his wolves,” I say.
“Speaking of, we should probably get this over with. I want to get the fuck out of this house,” Merrikh says, a sneer on his face.
“Would you rather do it outside?” Reed asks him.
Merrikh shakes his head, “Nope, I want to try and keep the reaction to as small a group as possible.”
“That’s a good idea,” Neith says with an understanding smile.
I hate that she understands and that she has experience with a situation like this. I guess it’s helping Merrikh, which is good, but I still don’t fucking like it.
Coen catches my eye and inclines his head. He knows what I’m thinking and how difficult I’m finding it. It’s actually not surprising that he has just settled back into the family and team with such ease, and he can obviously still read me like a book.
I turn around and pull the door open, finding Asher and Amari not too far away.
I gesture for them to come over, closing the door behind me so I can give them the same warning I gave Logan and Dare. I have a feeling that Merrikh isn’t going to take it quite as well as he did with Logan and Dare if his parents throw themselves at him.
“Can you guys come here for a minute?”
They both jog up the steps, looking extremely curious.
