Free The Alpha's Pack by Tabitha Conall Page B

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    “Head hurts. Where am I? Ted get you too?”
    Deirdre smoothed her sister’s hair. “No, Ted didn’t get me. You’re safe now. Jake challenged Ted and won. He’s our Alpha now. Well, once you pledge yourself to him.”
    “Ted’s gone? Can’t be.”
    “It is.” Deirdre smiled. “Not just Ted, but all his henchmen, too. They’re being escorted off Stonewall territory as we speak.”
    “We’re really free.” Bridget’s face scrunched up. “What’s wrong with me?”
    “We think Ted or Marcus drugged you. We’re not sure with what. So I’m very glad you finally woke up. You were out when we found you at Marcus’ house. Jake brought you home. But it’s been nearly two hours since then.”
    “Long time to be out.” Her voice sounded thick.
    “Very long.” She couldn’t imagine what kind of drug they’d used that would work like this on a werewolf.
    “Still tired. Can I sleep?”
    “Of course. But Bridge? I’m really glad you’re okay.”
    Deirdre turned out the light as she left her sister’s room and went downstairs. She didn’t think she could sleep until Jake and Sam got home.
    It was nearly dawn when they drove up. Not just Jake in her car and Sam in his, but also four pick-ups and a mini-van. Deirdre went out to meet them.
    “It’s all Sam’s stuff,” Jake said in answer to her unspoken question.
    She’d completely forgotten. He had to be out by sunrise, too. “He probably didn’t think about that when he switched packs. He could have waited.”
    Jake slung an arm around her. “Yeah, he called me in a panic when he realized. And Chris told him he could have a few extra days, but we decided to go ahead and move everything tonight. His friends helped us pack everything up. Those are their trucks. Of course, they can’t pass into our territory. I even told them it was okay this once, but they wouldn’t do it. So four of our pack members drove them the rest of the way. Damn territorial rules.”
    Where the hell were they going to put all of that? Her house was already full. “We have some room in the basement, I suppose,” Deirdre said.
    “For now, we’re going to pile it on the lawn and put a tarp over it in case it rains. Then in the next day or two, we can figure out what to do with it. He talked about selling some of the furniture. But there wasn’t time to do anything tonight other than shove it all into boxes and haul it over here.”
    Well, at least they weren’t planning to pile it up in her living room. While Deirdre filled Jake in on Bridget’s progress, a few more cars showed up and wolves streamed out. In no time flat, they’d emptied the vehicles and tied a tarp over all of Sam’s belongings.
    “You think they might be sucking up to the new boss?” Deirdre said.
    Jake smiled. “Could be.”
    When everyone had left, Jake and Sam hustled Deirdre into the house and upstairs to her bedroom. She had taken over the master bedroom after her parents died, but couldn’t bear to sleep in their bed, so she’d given it away. All she had was a twin bed tucked in the corner.
    “That bed doesn’t really fit the room,” Sam said.
    “Not at all.” Jake stood over it, hands on his hips. “We need something bigger.”
    “Much bigger.” Sam twined his arms around Deirdre’s waist from behind.
    “But it’ll do for tonight.” Jake lay down on the far side of the bed and patted the small area left over.
    Sam walked Deirdre toward the bed, his arms still around her. “Maybe we should take the mattress off the frame. We wouldn’t want to break the bed.”
    “Break the bed? We’re just going to sleep, right? I’m exhausted.” Deirdre punctuated her words with a big yawn.
    “We’re going to sleep. But first, we’re going to christen our new home.” Sam slid his hands up under Deirdre’s shirt to cup her breasts.
    She figured she could stay awake a little longer. Deirdre pulled her shirt over her head.
    “That’s more like it,” Jake said.
    Sam fumbled