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gave it the
sense it was a larger space than it was. He thought about his friends whom he
was going to invite and really hoped they accepted. This was a perfect
apartment for either his friend who he wanted as his beta, or his friend who was
a hawk.
    He continued to roam the space, thinking more
about his friends. Just that morning, on his way to town, he had been thinking
about how Betty had said he was now alpha . He already
had in mind asking some of his friends to join him. One was gay, so no pack
wanted him. He was Alphy’s closest friend and could
nearly beat him when they sparred, so he was planning on asking him to be his beta.
This would be a great space for him.
    Another was a hawk shifter whose family had
been murdered, and he was left without a clutch. He was Alphy’s second best friend and a deadly sniper. He would adore this space, with it
being higher up and an open space.
    Leaning against the kitchen island that
seconded as a breakfast bar, he pulled out his cell. Now was a good time to
call in the “pack”.

Chapter Six
     
    Enzo’s amused voice resonated through the
connection. “Hey, look at that. An apparition. I’m
gifted with communicating with the dead. How goes the afterlife?”
    Alphy grunted but kept his voice serious.
“Busy, you need to join me, and bring the kids.” Referring to
their other friends.
    His best and closest friend didn’t miss the urgency
of the matter. His voice lowered in response. “We’ll be there in twenty-four
hours or less. Wanna tell me what’s up, or do I get
to be surprised?”
    “I found my mate.” Alphy waited for his
friend’s wisecrack.
    “Congratulations! So you want the whole
family together for a reunion or do you need someone to show you where to put
it?”
    Alphy loved his friend, but he didn’t feel
like playing along this time. “Some super ass-wipe of an alpha tried to have
her brother killed for being gay and claims they stole money from him.”
    “Fuck, you just don’t understand the concept
of retirement. You’re supposed to avoid trouble. How’s her brother?”
    “Alive, but he lost an eye and his ribs and
wrists were fractured so they’re still healing. Staying on the run is slowing
his healing. My mater and her brother are full human, kids from her mother’s
previous marriage. A shifter mated their mom, and now they have a pair of cubs.
The whole family is being targeted because the stepfather refused to send his
gay stepson away.”
    “So he defied his alpha, packed up the kids,
and fled?”
    “Yeah, but not before his enforcers dragged the
gay son away and tried beating him to death. The stepdad took a shotgun and
shot one of them, so now the alpha has other alphas on his side, believing
they’re rogues and theives .”
    He heard his friend whistle his expression. “Damn,
a stepdad that would do all that for a kid that wasn’t his own? Respect. So you need the family together to fight a great
big shifter war? I’ll bring the heavy guns. So, where do you want us?”
    Alphy sighed. “I’m not finished with the big
news.”
    “More? You really don’t know how to take a break. What more do you have to tell me?
Lay it on me.”
    “I told you I was heading to a relative’s
after I picked up my brother and sister?”
    “Yeah, how they doing?”
    “It’s been a bit rough, but they’ll be all right.
We got up here, and my bear immediately settled. It’s home, Enzo. My bear claimed the area before I even got out of the truck. My
aunt, somehow, kept the area in hopes to rebuild the sleuth. She told me if I
wanted to stay here, I could, so I’m now an alpha of a territory.” Alphy huffed
into the phone. “We arrived just yesterday. She offered last night and I
accepted, and it’s a good thing since I met my mate no more than twelve hours
later.” Alphy grunted again and mused how fast life could play out. “Just
before I met her, I was thinking about you and the others. I want you to be my
beta. Will you think about