* Gabriel Jericho​ had reluctantly agreed to go with me and talk. That meant that Gina-Leigh Jericho​ would be coming along, which was great. Except Caiden Bauer​ would be right beside her. I didn't like the sly cheetah. I felt like he had slid in and taken advantage of Gina when she was healing. I knew, deep down inside, that I was no better. And that was the crux of the issue: I wasn't Gina's mate. I had zero say over what she did or who she did it with. But I had grown attached to the fiery little wolf. Her smart ass mouth and brilliant military strategies had been sorely missed. That was the point of this meeting. The opposing Alpha wanted to meet with me, my beta as well as the enforcers I had in my pack. It seemed like a strange request seeing as how we had been blowing each other up left and right. Military strategy wasn't my strong suit. Losing my father so soon had thrown me into a tail spin. I wasn't prepared to lead a pack. I listened to Cantwell and Gina when she'd stepped in to help. But Donovan Wilson was a greedy, backstabbing son of a bitch. His missive to meet one that perplexed me greatly. I pulled my truck down the path to our headquarters. We'd mobilized back to home base just two weeks prior. No ground had been gained nor lost. The truck splashed through mud as I finally pulled up next to the building. I cut the engine and climbed out. Gabriel did the same and I watched as Caiden helped Gina out of the back seat. She wasnt steady on her feet and seeing him gently supporting her as she swayed had me hating myself even more. I'd done that to her. My stubbornness had gotten her shot and nearly killed. * Lets get this over with. * Gabe snapped as he marched by me. I envied him his arrogance. Gabriel Jericho had always been bad ass. He never wavered in the face of the enemy. Strength radiated from him. I lifted the access door and laid my palm on a sensor pad. It glowed green as it mapped my hand print. The doors open and we all walked through. Soldiers sat at computers, monitoring the maps, speaking into headsets to dictate locations. I stepped into the conference room that was currently my office. Gabe sat down, Gina and Caiden doing the same. "So. We're here. To what do we owe this visit?" Gabe asked. I slid a folder over to him, all surveillance and Wilson's meeting request included. Gabe opened it and started thumbing through it. Gina looked over his shoulder. I waited, silently while they looked over everything within the file. *


* Gabriel Jericho​ had reluctantly agreed to go with me and talk. That meant that Gina-Leigh Jericho​ would be coming along, which was great. Except Caiden Bauer​ would be right beside her. I didn't like the sly cheetah. I felt like he had slid in and taken advantage of Gina when she was healing. I knew, deep down inside, that I was no better. And that was the crux of the issue: I wasn't Gina's mate. I had zero say over what she did or who she did it with. But I had grown attached to the fiery little wolf. Her smart ass mouth and brilliant military strategies had been sorely missed. That was the point of this meeting. The opposing Alpha wanted to meet with me, my beta as well as the enforcers I had in my pack. It seemed like a strange request seeing as how we had been blowing each other up left and right. Military strategy wasn't my strong suit. Losing my father so soon had thrown me into a tail spin. I wasn't prepared to lead a pack. I listened to Cantwell and Gina when she'd stepped in to help. But Donovan Wilson was a greedy, backstabbing son of a bitch. His missive to meet one that perplexed me greatly. I pulled my truck down the path to our headquarters. We'd mobilized back to home base just two weeks prior. No ground had been gained nor lost. The truck splashed through mud as I finally pulled up next to the building. I cut the engine and climbed out. Gabriel did the same and I watched as Caiden helped Gina out of the back seat. She wasnt steady on her feet and seeing him gently supporting her as she swayed had me hating myself even more. I'd done that to her. My stubbornness had gotten her shot and nearly killed. * Lets get this over with. * Gabe snapped as he marched by me. I envied him his arrogance. Gabriel Jericho had always been bad ass. He never wavered in the face of the enemy. Strength radiated from him. I lifted the access door and laid my palm on a sensor pad. It glowed green as it mapped my hand print. The doors open and we all walked through. Soldiers sat at computers, monitoring the maps, speaking into headsets to dictate locations. I stepped into the conference room that was currently my office. Gabe sat down, Gina and Caiden doing the same. "So. We're here. To what do we owe this visit?" Gabe asked. I slid a folder over to him, all surveillance and Wilson's meeting request included. Gabe opened it and started thumbing through it. Gina looked over his shoulder. I waited, silently while they looked over everything within the file. *

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  1. Caiden BauerAugust 8, 2017 at 10:53 AM

    * I read over the file and sighed as I reclined back taking my time flipping through each page. I could feel Quinn's eyes watching me as I took my time. Gabe cleared his throat..knowing that I was bating the so called alpha. Finally I looked up and met each set of eyes in the room. * I think it's all bullshit. I think he's planning something..some kind of retaliation. * I then looked directly at Quinn. * I think that if he's hated you this long. He's got to be plotting something. Could be he's coming directly at your pack or maybe he's got a new hard on for something he thinks you have here, but he's definitely not down for peace anytime soon. * I flipped the pages of the file closed and tossed it on the table. * You need to prepare, because way I see it.. War wasn't working, so he's got a new plan on how to take you out. We just don't know what that is yet. * Subconsciously..I reach over and take Gina's hand and rub her knuckles lovingly as I thought it through. * You have a mate, right? * He sighed heavily and nodded. * Yes..but she's in Wilson's pack. He won't let her....* He shook his head as he met Gina's eyes and then looked away, cutting off his words. * Are you sure she's your mate? * He looked back up abruptly at my question. * Yes...I mean the pull is there, so she has to be. Right? * I shrugged, cause I didn't give a damn as long as he stayed away from Gina. She's mine. I must have tensed because she squeezed my hand, reassurance in her grip. *

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  2. Gina-Leigh JerichoAugust 8, 2017 at 10:54 AM

    * I squeezed Caiden's hand.
    "Quinn, you know what I think." He nodded, his eyes meeting mine.
    "You said to blow em sky high months ago." I nodded.
    "I did. Wilson cannot be trusted. And this little love note, it's bullshit." I took the file from Caiden, seeing all of my own work involved. All of my own surveillance, all of my own intelligence. Maps where I plotted moves and their patterns. I swallowed, hating how easily I had been taken out of the game.
    "I don't know what to do. I'm a shitty Alpha, okay? Is that what you want to hear, Jericho? I'm a shitty Alpha and an even shittier friend. But I need help." I set the file on the table.
    "Quinn. You're not a shitty Alpha. You're fair. And you take care of your pack. So, your military intelligence isn't as strong as ours. That doesn't make you a bad Alpha." I didn't touch the shitty friend part, because it still hurt at how easily he had tossed me away.
    "You defend my ability as Alpha, but agree on the friend part." It wasn't a question. My eyes met his.
    "We both knew we weren't mates. And quite frankly, your supposed 'mate' isn't your mate either if you were capable of doing me, so I think you need to realize that, too. It hurt. I took three bullets for this regiment. All of this, in this file?" I picked it up as my temper rose. "Is my work. Night's of no sleep, days of spy missions. All of it, Quinn, is my life's work for two years. And in the space of three minutes all of it was for nothing. Sure, you got me stable and to the hospital. But after that, you turned your back on me and walked away. Threw me out of the army and your life like I was nothing more than garbage. And to sit here and see you still using my work, pisses me off." I slung the file across the table to Quinn, papers scattering out of it. Caiden touched my elbow.
    "Why should we help such an ungrateful son of a bitch like you?" I asked, my eyes dead locked on Quinn's. Gabe hadn't said a word and Caiden's hand on my arm was keeping me from launching across the table and tearing Quinn's eyes out. My spine was fucked because of him. And he couldn't even have the decency to tell me why he did what he did. Silence reigned in the room as we all waited. Quinn sat up, no longer looking quite as relaxed. He was a good Alpha. Circumstances hadn't made it easy, and he would grow into the role if he could survive this turf ware, that is. He gathered the papers back into the file and stood up. I heard the whirr of the shredder turn on and the sound of the file going through the shredder. I leapt up.
    "Quinn! What are you doing?" I pushed him aside and tried to grab the file out of the teeth of the machine. It jammed and Quinn grabbed my hand, cupping my elbows.
    "Let it go, Gina." I watched as the file was chewed up and the shredder cut off.
    "What the fuck is wrong with you!" I shouted, looking between him and the machine. *

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  3. Quinn CooperAugust 8, 2017 at 10:55 AM

    * I didn't answer right away because I didn't really know how to answer. Watching her with Caiden - and knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that she belonged to him - killed me. I had known she wasn't mine, but Gina Leigh Jericho was the type of female most men wanted a taste of. It was the challenge in everything she said, her boldness. And the flame for me was gone. "You were right." Her eyes met mine. "I shouldn't have left you in the hospital the way I did. I owed you an explanation. And that explanation was that I had nearly gotten you killed. I knew Jericho was going to be pissed. I took the cowards way out. And that's on me. It had nothing to do with you." I didn't exactly want to attempt to mend this bridge in front of her brother and potential mate, but it needed to be said. "It sure felt like it." She crossed her arms at her middle - a self protective gesture of hers. "And for that, I'm sorry. I guess part of me wanted to believe that we were just a fling and you were alright with that. But then you got shot. And I wasn't alright with it. I knew then I had to stop it - stop us - before it got any worse. And I did it cold turkey." Her face was impassive, but I could see the hurt there. She nodded and moved back to the table. She face Gabe. "So. What are we doing? We helping or going home?" I shook my head. "I didn't ask for you to stay and help. I asked for opinions." Gabe rolled his eyes. "You're dead either way at this point. If Wilson doesn't kill you, I will. Tell the fuck face you'll be at his meeting." Gabe stood up. "With the three of us at your back." I looked in Gabe's eyes and then Gina's. They were serious. Caiden nodded. "You heard the man. We'll be there."

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