"When I had taken the food to her, we started talking…" he rushed the words out of his mouth but then Daniel who was a little older than him, fired back at him, "Why would you take the food to her? Are there no more maids in this house?"
"There was…I mean but they had forgotten about her food and so I decided to fix something for her." Jordan only smiled.
He was impressed his younger brother was still humane and thoughtful of the woman who was locked upstairs.
Even though she was the mate of the Beta, she wasn't claimed yet and could be rejected any moment- at least that was what he thought.
"Then why does Alan look upset?" Andrew's voice drew everyone's attention back to Alan.
"Nothing," he simply answered, moving to sit by them and carried on, "Is Simon back?"
"No, he mind-linked that they were changing routes and it seems your mate has once again given a dead lead," Jordan replied.
At the mention of mate, James started to fidget in his chair.
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At the same time too, Eleanor was trying to fathom what had happened.
Right from the time Scott, as he had informed her, came flying into the room with so much anger, screaming mine, mine, and biting her, causing pleasure to spread through her body and then leaving the room.
She slept there, as an unexplainable heat spread through her body. Then a fast trail of chills would also pass on her skin. She was going through a phase she wasn't aware of.
She slept through the night peacefully as Scott kept wailing to be with her as he had already marked her.
The others were yet to know. They knew she was human and even though they weren't expecting anything from them, Alan couldn't help but be disappointed.
He had never imagined who his mate was going to be but never for once had he imagined her to be Human.
Not that having a human mate was impossible or forbidden but most werewolves liked it better when their mates were also werewolves.
He couldn't also reason with Scott so they could deny her because they were both unruly attracted to her beyond explanation.
When he had seen James and her together like that- even air could not find its way between them. Scott got vexed and threw his cousin across the room.
Quickly he mind-linked his Beta after calling his name out, "She got closer to me. I had no intention of nearing her. Believe me."
Scott was a hot-headed werewolf who would never listen to any explanation unless he was there himself.
Scott, unlike Alan, was never one to let things go. Alan was hardly a pushover, but he was the type to deliberate before acting, whereas Scott usually acted first.
Even though Alan was in control when he entered the room, his wolf, Scott, had taken over and marked Eleanor to ensure that no one touched his mate.
He had intended to rip James apart for being so close to her, as they had seemed when they entered the room.
Alan, on the other hand, was concerned for his younger cousin and assumed over once they had left her room.
Eleanor and James stood attached that he agreed with Scott, and their minds imagined many things.
But again, that was James- he was the most humble young man among all the men and very hardworking.
He was also caring and wouldn't even take anything that belonged to another without his or her permission.