Chapter 84
Kai pov
Laying flat on my back breathing hard. “When will this get easier? I pant put. “When you are dead if you do it, right kid. Come on we still have to head out and drive son of Lucifer and Mary’s bastard in from the field along with the colts and filly we ain't keeping. Jack is loading up the horse trailers for tomorrow. Are you sure you don’t want to give it a try? You could ride Omen I’m sure Enoy would be okay with that.? He laughs as I shake my head. “Fuck you, man. That beast tried to eat me and all I was doing was walking by. I don’t know what I did to him.” “nothing. Enoy found him up in the hills where the wild herd is. He was colt barely holding on. Enoy rushed him home and nursed him to help. He’s wild at heart but a big old softy for her. And since he’s pushing sixteen he’s getting grumpier.”
“I'm not so comfortable on horseback yet so I would just like to watch and see how it goes. But I am excited.” He snacks my shoulder laughing. My wolf has gotten stronger in the last month. I can feel the pride he has at being called future Lune along. He gets a bit testy when someone disrespects me but Michael is different. Every fiber of him is respectful and open what you see is what you get. My wolf accepts this wild wolf as not only a good friend but a protector. I have considered asking him to be my second. But I have not seen anyone here that seems to have that here. I will have to ask someone.
Making it to the locker room to shower and change Michael grabs a bag by the door. “here ya go kid. Fresh clothes for tomorrow we all gotta look out best. Ill said he was picking boots and a hat up when he goes to town. Company shirt and jacket along with the stupid name badges. If we didn’t host this rodeo and auction I wouldn’t go.” He huffs. I learned this is his first year back in a while. “I thought I was just watching?” I asked confused. “ya but that’s an all-access badge. You're going to be married in the eyes of the humans to Enoy. She will be taking over as head of Samuels corp. When she takes over as alpha. So you are the future sponsor and host of this event. Unlike us, humans don’t respect each other let alone do what they are told. This makes sure they respect you. If they didn’t do you think Enoy would take to kindly to that? I mean she’s competed in the events at the rodeo and made sure to take fourth place three years running. You know she could easily win every year but she doesn’t let them give her enough points.”
“Well, that’s something. I bet the suck-up judges tried hard to give her a higher score?” I chuckle. “get showered and changed we have bulls to track down. So glad we ain’t taking rocky this time but with Enoy not there no point.” “why?” I ask starting the shower. He raises his voice “he will kill anyone and I mean anyone other than her or ill ride him. He’s a demon or something.” He huffs. “you ever try ridding him?” “depends will Jaz find out about this conversation?” “what? When have I ever told anyone, anything we talk about?” “well, those talks are for healing this is not. I mean it’s not a big deal over and done with but she’s in the last month and mean. I mean mean mean she makes an ankle bitter look tame.” He rushes out telling me how serious it is. Not that I didn’t know how rough it is. Jaz came over one night pissed cause max wouldn’t let her bring the box of nasty in the beta suite. The smell causes Fallen to get violently I’ll. She’s not. Happy bear either. She’s growing really fast with this pup. And huge. Some think it’s twins or triplets. None of them had seen a bear pregnant before. I mean she’s bigger and faster but she said Ambrose warned her. The problem is that Fallen gets very violent when she smells it. Well her bear thinks it’s poison. So she stormed over yelling at the alpha for twenty minutes before Michael got there. It was a night.
I’m thinking I might want to take a trip if I get Enoy pregnant. From what I have heard about her temper before her trip north. I can’t imagine it being any better now. So adding hormones that makes you violent, and crazy. Nope, I’m not man enough to live through it. I am not ashamed to admit the thought terrified me. I did see her tear apart Steele kennels. So maybe master Ambrose can do something.
Grabbing the bag along with my dirty gym clothes. I head out to take this up to my room before I head out looking for the bulls. The Samuels ranch sponsors a rodeo every year. This also is a chance to make deals with other breeders for breeding and or calving. Then theirs also the horses. The Samuels breed for cutting horses mostly with the odd show horse here and there. Eris has a big though breed English seat she shows still. She refused to have her horse shipped to her new pack stating she will not be switching regions. So three times a week she drives here to practice in the arena. They also have a few horses trained for barrels. Then they pull in three or four wild mustangs from the mountains. Run them as broncs for the shifters. Release them back after. With the money won off those rides, it pays for any winter feed they might need. The alpha says the head stallion and the pack have been doing this for years and it’s to the point he brings the herd down to the flat pastures for the week letting the pack choose what horses to take. If a goal is hurt or sick the stallion leads them to the pack for help.
Making it to the suite I make it through the door as the alpha was coming from my room. “oh good you hear. I know you hate wearing shoes. I mean living where sometimes you sleep with them on I get it. But the humans won’t understand why you don’t fear walking around barefoot. Especially around livestock. So I got you boots. it would be better if you started wearing them now it’s gonna be a long weekend.” Shaking his head. “on the plus side you get to meet Eris. She’s decided to participate this year. Will you let Jack know to load molly up. And no matter what Eris says don’t let her bully everyone into loading Omen.” He groans in annoyance at his youngest daughter.
