Free Some Were In Time by Robyn Peterman

share our blessings with our people."
     
    The crowd howled and I howled right along with my Pack. Granny came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my waist. Her love sunk right into me and I made a very important decision.
     
    "Will you give me away at my wedding?" I whispered as I placed my hands over hers.
     
    Granny froze and then squeezed me tighter. "You gonna wear Sadie Wilson's buttass nasty gown?"
     
    "Um… yep."
     
    Holy hell, how fugly was the dress?
     
    "You're gonna looked like a puff ball with sequins and rhinestones," she whispered gleefully.
     
    Question answered.
     
    "Understood. It was a life or death decision," I hissed under my breath. "Answer the other question."
     
    She got right up next to my ear and gave me a kiss. "Nothing in this world would make me prouder. You are the light of my life and delivering you to the man who loves and deserves you will be one of my finest moments. I love you, baby girl."
     
    "I love you too, Granny," I choked out as my eyes filled and my world felt so right.
     
    "I wish your daddy was alive to walk you, but I will do him and your mamma proud."
     
    Her eyes were misty now too. I took her hand and placed it on my cheek, then leaned into it for comfort as I had when I was a child. I had no clue what this woman had given up to raise me, but I was so endlessly grateful that she did. I may have lost my parents, but I had never lost unconditional love. She was everything to me.
     
    "Enough of the sappy crap." She grinned and wiped my tears. "We better listen up or Jack Wilson will have our butts."
     
    She was right. Hank and Junior's father was a good and kind man, but he was an Alpha.
     
    "Nuff said," I whispered as I turned back to the action on the stage.
     
    A beautiful ruby encrusted knife had been drawn by Mr. Wilson and he held it up for the Pack to see.
     
    "Jacob David Wilson, do you solemnly swear to protect the Pack and lead with fairness and integrity?"
     
    "I do, Father," Junior answered.
     
    I almost giggled. Sometimes I forget Junior had another name… Granny pinched my backside and I immediately sobered up.
     
    "Do you promise to put the Pack above all others until the day you are blessed with a mate who shall rule by your side?" Mr. Wilson asked.
     
    Junior's eyes scanned the crowd and landed on Sandy. She tried to look away, but Junior's gaze was so intense no one could have looked away. Her body trembled and her eyes blazed with both anger and desire. Junior had his work cut out for him in that department.
     
    "I do, Father," he said with a grin and a wink to Sandy.
     
    "Henry James Wilson, do you willingly cede the title of Alpha of the Georgia Pack to your brother, knowing this shall never change? He will rule the Pack and you will now be one of his subjects."
     
    "With honor, humility and love I do," Hank said as he embraced his brother.
     
    "Then in the name of our ancestors and all that we hold as fair and good, I name you, Jacob, Alpha of the Georgia Pack. Jacob David Wilson, Henry James Wilson—hold out your hands."
     
    With quick and decisive slashes from the glittering knife, Mr. Wilson sliced his sons' hands and brought them together over his head. As their blood mixed and the power of the Pack Alpha was transferred the crowd fell to their knees. The soft ground beneath me trembled with magic. I raised my eyes back to the stage and had to put my hand up to shield them from the blast of golden light that exploded and burned brightly between Hank and Junior's clasped hands.
     
    Shouts of joy began to burst from the kneeling crowd. Clapping and whistling soon followed. A cool wind blew and the mist floated around us. Hank caught my eye and mouthed, I love you . I almost cried with pride. He was so strong and good and mine. I had no clue what I had done to deserve him, but I was keeping him until the day I left this earth. I also felt the distinct need to rush the stage and jump his sexy ass.
     
    "Is it time to get naked