“Yeah, I know,” she said darkly. “But it’s going to be okay because you’re going to kick their asses like you did the doc,” she said with total conviction. Xavier was going to experiment on Wendy but Lily stopped him before he could. Since then the girl seemed to adore her, much to her father’s displeasure. Her dad was an alpha, and Lily had the habit of getting on his nerves. He’d threatened to ban her from northern Montana on more than one occasion.
“I’m going to do what I can,” Lily told her, not sure she deserved the faith the teen had in her. “I’m going to check on A. J.” She said, giving Wendy one more squeeze. Lily walked over to the toddler and ruffled his dark hair.
“Hi momi,” he said sweetly, looking up at her and giving her a grin. It was just like his father’s, breathtaking and beautiful. Add in those pretty hazel eyes, the little boy was almost a spitting image of James.
“Hi aun Lily,” Matt greeted her too. Matt looked a lot like Tony but he had the dark brown eyes of his mother. She didn’t know what was going to happen to the world with a Roberts that wasn’t blue-eyed. Lily knew that when these boys hit the teen years there was going to be trouble.
“Hey Boys, having fun,” she asked them. Both of them gave her an exaggerated nod along with a “uh huh” as a reply. She kissed A. J. on the top of his head and walked over to Sandy, her mother by adoption. “Did he have to bring them all here,” she said as greeting. The older werewolf chuckled and grinned at her. Sandy, like all the Roberts had blonde hair and blue eyes. Although her hair was turning platinum blonde with age. Lily thought it made her beautiful.
“You know your father. Andrew loves to entertain and many of these men he’s not seen for years, ” she replied.
“Yeah, well hope he knows I’m getting out of here,” Lily said with a scoff.
“Oh I don’t think so, young woman,” Sandy said and Lily looked at her with a frown. “If Tony hasn’t told you already, there are a few men who want to meet you,” she said and Lily groaned.
“Do I have to,” She whined like a petulant child. “Do you know why they want to meet me?” She said with growing disgust.
“I do and it’s your own damn fault,” Sandy scolded her. “If you wouldn’t be so insistent that you and James aren’t mates then you wouldn’t have this problem,” she told Lily with a no-nonsense tone.
“Sandy this is the twenty-first century! I don’t need to be claimed by a man,” she said frustrated and the older werewolf laughed again.
“Sunshine, the male mind, especially a male werewolf’s mind, hasn’t yet caught up. They see a free female, a powerful free female, and they want to make her theirs. She’ll make their pack stronger and hopefully give him strong children,” she explained and Lily laughed.
“That’s absurd! My werewolf is like James’,” she said, disbelief in her voice. James was Xavier’s first experiment. He made James’s wolf form into a horrible man/wolf hybrid worthy of Hollywood. He did the same to Lily’s wolf which is probably the only reason she was able to have A. J. and she told that to Sandy. “That I could conceive a child with a normal werewolf would most likely be impossible!”
“True but that doesn’t mean they wouldn’t want to try and if there is nothing more a man loves more than the act of trying to conceive a child,” Sandy said with a wink and Lily rolled her eyes but was grinning.
Lily watched the children play until it was time for them both to head to bed. The boys were laying down in Lily’s old room since it probably was going to be a late night. Liz got up carefully from the bed as both of them were sound asleep. Lily gave her a thumbs up before sneaking out of the room. “So Lily, tell me what dirt do you have on my mate,” Liz asked with a sly grin. “He’s been way to nice tonight. Telling me how important I am to him and so on.”
Lily grinned with a soft laugh. “He ruined my tree house is what,” Lily replied as they walked down the stairs. Liz looked at her confused. “He banged his teenage conquests in the tree house. Now I’ll have to burn it down,” Lily explained with a dramatic sigh. Liz jaw clenched and Lily could see a muscle tick on the left side. Liz was beautiful, like movie star beautiful, but the woman was possessive and jealous like nobody’s business.
She had curves in all the right sizes and places with dark chestnut brown hair that fell around her face perfectly and sensual lips that half way made Lily want to kiss her. Liz was borderline aggressive with Lily until James had marked due to her instincts couldn’t understand that even though no actual genetic code bound them as brother and sister, Tony and Lily saw each other as nothing more. “How many conquests are we talking about,” Liz asked.
“A couple dozen,” Lily replied then had to stop Liz before she went on a warpath. “I’m kidding, I’m kidding,” Lily said laughing but the alpha female didn’t look amused. “Phew, rough crowd. It was only one or two,” She lied. Lily did kind of like her brother and she’d hate to see Liz kill him tonight.
“You two are going to kill me,” she said, looking appeased and Lily shot her a grin. Liz simply rolled her eyes at her and went unto the rather packed living room. Lily decided to go the opposite direction. Maybe that way she could avoid running into too many alphas. Lily had only taken a step before some guy stepped in front if her. He was only a little taller than her but could give John Cena a run for his money on muscle mass.
“You’re her, aren’t you? The hybrid?” he said. Strike one, Lily thought, frowning.
“The name is Lily,” she replied tartly and noticed he wasn’t even trying to dissimulate his appraisal of her body. Strike two, she added silently.
“Right… I’m Brody and I think you’re meant to be mine,” he said with smug confidence. She glared at him, trying to decide if he was serious. He kept talking but she had stopped listening. He suddenly laid his hand on her hip, still looking smug. Okay, that’s it. Strike three, she thought, balling her hand into a fist when she saw Wendy’s father. She grinned. This was even better.
“Nickie,” she yelled at the top of her lungs, brushing off John Cena wannabe’s hand. Nick’s eyes widened when he realized she was talking about him. “I’m so glad to see you,” she squealed, rushing up to him.
“Lily? What the hell ar-” he started but she cut him off.
“Come here big boy! It’s been so long since you kissed me,” she said, grabbing his shirt and pulling towards her, into the hall and in the guest bedroom, glad to see the John Cena looking thoroughly insulted. She slammed the door shut for good measure.
“What the hell Lily?” Nick cursed. “Are you trying to get James to kill me? What the hell was that all about,” he demanded and Lily burst out laughing as she leaned against the door.
“That was…. pure gold,” she said through her laughter and he growled at her. “Oh relax Nickie baby,” she teased him and he glared at her, crossing his massive arms over his chest. Nick Daniels looked like the poster boy for a naughty lumberjack calendar. He was tall, broad, with lots of muscle and a dark beard and hair that just made Lily want to run her fingers through it.
“I was trying to get rid of Alpha Dick back there. I didn’t think my brother would like it if I knocked in his teeth and knowing my luck it’d probably turn him on,” she explained. Nick just shook his head at her.
“So you attack me, dragging me in here making it obviously look like we’re going to have sex and when James comes in here looking for blood… you’re going to do what exactly?” He demanded.
“Oh James isn’t…” she started to say when the door suddenly burst open, sending her flying towards Nick who managed to catch her before she face planted the floor. She craned her head to see who came in then grinned. “Oh, Hi, James,” she said then shrieked when Nick dropped her like a stone. “Ow! That hurt!”
“It’s not what it looks like,” Nick said holding up his hands as James slammed the door shut, looking pissed “It’s her fault I swear,” he insisted.
“Nick, I know how much you two adore each other,” he said, suddenly grinning and Nick now glared at him James walked over to Lily and held out his hand to help her up. She took a sharp intake of breath as she grabbed his hand and he pulled her up, feeling the small tingles shoot up her arm. Ever since she came back from Montana she’d felt that every time she touched James. “But what was that about a kiss?” he asked. Nick’s glare vanished as he paled.
“Wait a minute… you two,” he said, looking upset now.
“Relax James it was a quick peck on the lips and Nick only wanted to prove a point,” she said, dusting herself off. “Besides you should thank him. Cause if that kiss you got laid,” she added with a wink.
“That night in the hotel bathroom?” James asked with a grin and she nodded.
“Oh God,” Nick said with a disgusted look. “I am getting out of here!”
“No wait, if you wait a little longer they’ll think we’re having a threesome,” Lily teased and Nick scowled at her, making her laugh. As he left she ran to the door and shouted, “It was so good to see you again Nickie, baby!”
“You’re so mean to him,” James said, laughing and shaking his head.
“Oh you know that was funny,” she said, leaning on the door again. “So what brings you to these parts?”
“I’m hiding just like you,” he replied, sticking his hands in his jackets.