The Crescent War

Chapter Six

The mini pack were all gathered in me and Daniel’s motel room. Roseanne was entertaining Dakota while Grace and Alec watched the TV, Alex was on the phone trying to find us a better accommodation and Gale was lying next to him on the kids’ s*x free bed as opposed to me and Daniel‘s bed.

J-Squared-versus-the-world was a really sucky name for a website but at least they wouldn’t forget it. If Isabella meant what she said then we would be able to anonymously communicate through the website and nobody would know a thing. It was kind of genius.

“You know I could have thought of that,” Alex muttered as he watched over my shoulder while I signed up to the site from a random email address.

“Of course you could have,Alex.” I said with an eye roll as I added the last of my fake details.

“I would have!” Alex defended as he hung up the motel phone. “I got us a place.”

“Yeah?” My mate turned to face the other Alpha with an interested expression on his face. He was already sick of staying in motels after only three days.

“It’s on South beach… Miami!” Alex clasped his hands together excitedly.

“Dude, no.” Gale groaned as he buried his head underneath a crappy motel pillow.

“Dude, yes!” Alex beamed, ignoring Alec and Grace’s complaint about going somewhere with so many humans.

“The kids are right, Alex.” Daniel frowned. “There’s way too many humans there.”

“Exactly!” Alex laughed. “That’s why it’s so brilliant. Cougars won’t fight in the view of humans because of exposure and they would never expect us to go somewhere so heavily populated because werewolves hate excess humans!”

“You’re suggesting that we go somewhere that we’ll obviously hate?” I had finally tuned into the conversation and the thought of living so close with humans didn’t sit right with me at all.

“We will just get you drunk again. Dude, it’s South beach!” Alex kicked at Gale when he groaned once more, his foot pushing him hard enough to send him rolling off the other side of the bed.

“Dick.” Gale grumbled as he climbed back onto the bed and shoved at Alex before curling himself up in a sleepy ball once more.

“Blow me,” Alex received a slap across the back of his head from Roseanne for his language. “Come on guys, I think it’s a smart move until we can figure all this out.”

“Maybe he’s right...” The pack alpha sighed in resignation.

“I refuse to allow my children to grow up in a world where Alex Ruiz is right!” I protested but started packing up our belongings anyway as we didn’t really have a choice.

*

The small beach house was fully furnished and a little extravagant but I had to admit that Alex had done a pretty good job in finding us a place that a normal werewolf wouldn’t step foot in.

It had five bedrooms which Alex and Gale fought over for at least an hour before anyone else could choose their rooms, allowing the children to all share and feel safer than having a room to themselves.

Me and Daniel’s bedroom looked out across the sea and for a moment it took my breath away. Had I been human then I would have loved to live here on a more permanent basis.

“I’ve never had s*x on the beach,” Daniel whispered in my ear as he wrapped his long arms around my frame.

“I’m not getting sand in my ass so don’t you even think about it!” I shuddered at the thought of how uncomfortable that would be as I leant back into my husband‘s embrace.

Daniel smiled against the back of my neck and pressed a kiss to the warm skin there before sighing contentedly.

For the first time in a few days everything was peaceful. There was no worry about danger, the kids were happy to have a bedroom to themselves and there was no naked Alex walking in unannounced. Things were good.

“I got to hand it to Alex. This place is great until we can go home...” I found me and Daniel’s bodies swaying to a silent song as I spoke, Daniel hummed his agreement.

“Sooner than later I promise,” Daniel whispered, both of us looking out at the rhythmic waves crashing against the shore line. “For now we’ll treat this place as a vacation. Try and keep everything as normal as possible for the kids.”

“Alec and Grace are fine but I’m worried about Dakota. She’s my baby, Dan...” I took a shuddering breath as Daniel slowly spun us face to face.

“She’s nearly four, Jia.” Daniel wiped at my watery eyes. “She’s not human. Our baby is stronger than you think.”

“Mummy!” Dakota came rushing into the room with her arms held out in front of her.

“What is it, hm?” I reached for her and lifted her up, a surge of protectiveness burning through my body. I shot Daniel a glare for promising something that wasn’t true, my baby wasn’t that strong.

“Uncle Alex said he’d feed me to the fish if I didn’t stop biting his ankles!” Dakota sobbed and I couldn’t help laughing in relief that maybe my baby wasn’t as scared as I first thought.

“Why were you biting his ankles, angel?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

“My wolf likes the taste of socks…” She sniffled and Daniel joined in the laughter from the admission. It was gross but well-known that if you valued your socks then you should keep them out of reach whenever Dakota shifted.

“You’re one of the bravest people I know if you can put your face anywhere near Alex’s feet.” Daniel kissed her forehead and ruffled her hair as he walked past on his way to the bathroom. “Just keep the shifting to a minimum, okay? There’s a lot of humans here and we can’t risk them seeing us.”

“Okay, dada...” She gave Daniel a watery smile before he disappeared into the bathroom.