Big Bad Wolfie

"Maria, it's been two months, you need to address them."

"I know Marco, but we all just finished healing from the fight. I just need some time to wrap my head around things," I rubbed my eyes to try and get rid of the headache behind them. The paperwork in front of me making my head spin.

"Time's up," Rosie came into the room looking a little frantic.

"What?" I frowned.

"People are outside demanding for Jason to be handed over to them or for some kind of consequences to be dealt because of all the trouble he caused," she explained quickly.

"Goddess, can't they just be patient? We just ended a war that started nearly a decade ago and they've gotta find something else to be mad about so fast?" I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose.

"Welcome to leadership," Marco grinned, all of us knowing this is what I signed up for.

I waved him off. "Yeah yeah. Where's Wolfie? I need to talk to him about this."

"He's outside trying not to get torn apart by angry vampires," Rosie responded.

"What?!"

That idiot.

I ran downstairs to the second floor balcony.

"What are you doing out here?!"

"They were asking for me," Wolfie shrugged stupidly.

"Goddess, if they asked for your head, would you give it to them?"

"They already have, and I decided to decline."

I facepalmed myself.

"I tried to tell him," Happy shook his head.

"You shouldn't be out here either, genius," I pushed past the both of them to confront the crowd of pissed off people.

"Hey! Everyone! Can I please have your attention!" I hollered over the angry yelling and cursing of Wolfie's name. "Please! I just need to--"

"EVERYBODY SHUT THE H3LL UP!" Rose came onto the balcony after us.

The angry mob went silent.

She gave me a nod.

"Thank you, Rosie," I sighed. "Now," I addressed the crowd. "I'm gonna level with you all. Jason has made a lot of mistakes, like. . . a lot, and he will be held accountable for them, but I think it's important to realize how much he did for me and this house after he realized how much of a dumb@ss he was being."

A series of grumbles and growls came from the crowd at that, and Wolfie just shrunk behind me.

"You all haven't been there to see all of it, but he's held himself accountable and promises to continue to for his mistakes," I continued.

"Kill him!"

"Let him rot in jail!"

"Goddess, they really don't like you," I mumbled under my breath to Wolfie.

he just pouted like a

"I

"You should have left

are you people?!" Brandon suddenly yelled from

Jeez, now it's

stunned silence at his

thrown in jail. Do you have any idea what that would do to you House mistress?!" Brandon hollered, a look of anger dawning his face. "I know you're angry, and you have a right to be, but imagine how she feels!" He pointed a finger at me. "She had so many obstacles in the way

eyes at his

"You think you're angry? Hurt? Imagine if

The crowd stayed silent and Wolfie shrunk further back into

Away

I grabbed his arm and yanked him back into

lips below him. "If Jason has managed to convince her to forgive him, h3ll, even

seeming a little less

good at public speaking, huh?" Brandon commented to me under

just chuckled

redeem himself,

my surprise, without missing a beat, a warrior in the back responded, "He saved my

Everyone turned

was left for dead. I would

stopped a

"He killed the

me. "He saved my life too,"

"And ours," Brandon gestured at himself and

"Right," she agreed. "It may have only been after he realized Maria had left to do it all on her own, but he

person piped up, "I still think

she was leaning over the rail. "Goddess, What do

I gasped at the

to hide their chuckles, and Wolfie choked

rail dramatically. "I just don't want my best friend to

I screamed and covered my face.

and dragged his mate back into

Happy and Wolfie in with me and slamming

*six months later*

"So when am I

I choked on

"Mom!" Wolfie

little sister,

Your mate just turned 19.

of their sockets, but I tried to laugh off

while to get started on that sort of thing. At least until

mention the nightmares, panic attacks, and bouts of depression. .

aside from that, the only problem is breaking the news to

don't know

it's Christine," she corrected me sternly for the ten

"Christine," I amended. "The House just came around to Wolfie, and all the chaos surrounding the hybrid hunting is about to be in full force. I

distractions," Wolfie turned to me. "From afar," he tacked on because he knows my stance on

in my life is

rolled my eyes at he

"But so help me, if I ever lay eyes on one again, it's gonna wish it

you have to stop saying stuff

"Why?! They've done so much to hurt you, to hurt all of