Picking a group

Wesley pov

We walked up the stairs and to my office with Grayson following behind me.

We had to figure out who would go with us and be a part of team 2 as back up.

"So this is your pack Wesley so who can we trust as back up for us?" Grayson spoke.

"So this is who I was thinking to go....first off Victor, he's my Beta and very trustworthy. Even Sydney would trust him."

"Okay, not your Delta though."

"No he needs to stay here to run the pack."

Knock
Knock

We looked to eachother then to the door.

Grayson went to the couch out of sight of whoever came in.

I sat behind my desk again.

"Enter." I spoke.

The door opened and in walked my father's old Beta Carlos.

"Carlos, I didn't know you came back." I smiled.

"Wesley, what is going on? I leave and when I come back you have a mate....then there is the Lycan here with his mate! You have your delta not even......"

"That was because he was disrespectful to my mate." Grayson growled.

"Lycan, I'm sorry. I didn't see you there. I meant no disrespect."

Carlos bowed his head in respect.

"Okay, that's enough Grayson. No need to scare him."

I chuckled as I looked to Grayson.

"Grayson, this is Carlos. He was my father's Beta."

"Grayson.......you call the Lycan by his first name?"

Carlos looked to me in shock.

"Of course, we are friends..."

"Plus he is my wife's protector and I will always have respect for him." Grayson finished for me.

"But no one has ever known or even spoke your true name."

"Yes, I know......that was before I found my mate Sydney and she has brought out the best in me. Doesn't mean I still won't kill you for disrespecting me!"

He stood up and walked closer to Carlos.

"I'm sorry Lycan, I will do what ever is needed."

Grayson turned to look at me.

"I trust your judgement on him, but doesn't mean trust will be given until earned."

"Of course Grayson."

"I trust him and will give you my word for him."

He knodded his head at me and went back to the couch.

"I will not let you down Lycan. Thank you for this opportunity."

"Take a seat Carlos." I spoke.

"Let me catch you up at what we are dealing with right now. I found my mate as you know, her name is Annabelle. Annabelle is half werewolf half witch. She was kidnapped by her uncle and her wolf was repressed. Her uncle was a hunter and made her mother believe she was dead just like her brother. She helped me escape and I helped her escape. I met Sydney, Graysons mate before Annabelle. She is...."

Grayson coughed and gave me a warning glare.

"She is human, her father is a hunter. She is pregnant with Grayson's baby."

I saw the big smile on his face as I spoke those words.

"Congratulations Lycan!" Carlos spoke excitedly.

"Thank you." Replied Grayson.

"Well Sydney blood line is cursed, a witch put a spell on her line about giving birth. Annabelle mother and aunt came since they are witches and with mother's help they were able to contact the witch that cursed her blood line. From the conversation they got some clues and then were able to look through her books and found the answer."

I took a deep breathe before I spoke.

"The answer is a ring that will product her baby and anything from affect her from the inside."

"So...where is this ring at?" Carlos almost shouted.

"At her father's house." Grayson responded.

"So why haven't we gone to get it yet?"

He looked between us in confusion.

Grayson stood up and walked to the window and looked outside.

"Because not only is her father a hunter, he is the bastard who tried to marry her to another hunter who already was abusing her. He didn't care if she lived or died as long as she obeyed him. My mother saw us going there and dying at his hands. Which is why we are doing this carefully and having a back up team just in case."

"I understand now and volunteer to do what ever is needed to help you get the ring to protect your child and mate."

"Thank you." Grayson spoke and turned back to us.

"I didn't realize Annabelle family was leaving tonight." Grayson spoke.

"I didn't know either. They didn't say anything when we were together but they are witches on werewolf territory. They probably could only handle so much before they needed to escape. I hope Annabelle is okay."

"I'm sure she'll be fine, she has Sydney and your mom down there.......Now let's get this second team together so we can plan."

"Right."

We all walked over to the desk and started looking at the names I had written down.

Carlos started illiminating people on the list for either not strong enough or not trustworthy. I trusted his judgement so went with the who he suggested to remove from the group. I then started to remove others from the list. Next was for them to meet the Lycan and he would give the final cut.

I sent Victor, my Beta to bring all the men here. He quickly brought all 20 men to my office. The three of us stood near the window.

I gave a short speak of what was to happen and told them our list was brought down to the men in the this room.

Grayson walked closer to the men and started speaking about Sydney and what we were going to be doing to protect her. Little by little he would stop walking and look in front of him at the man and tell him to leave. They would bow there head and leave the room. We watched as Grayson walked back and forth until there was nine people left.

He looked to us and spoke.

"This is the group that is ready to go. They will be the ones we will rely on."

He walked back to the window.

"The Lycan has chosen you for this mission, how do you respond?"

"Yes sir, to the death!" The men responded.

They bowed there heads in respect.

"Then go and rest we will be leaving at first light."

There all left the room and before Victor could leave I spoke.

"You do realize you are part of the group Victor?"

"Me?"

"Yes, not only are you the Beta but my Sydney trusts you so I do as well." Grayson spoke softly.

Victor bowed his head.

"It is an honor, my Lycan."

He turned and left the room.

"Well, since that is taken care of I'm going to go eat before I rest."

He bowed his head at the Lycan and slowly left the room.

"I hope your right about that one." Grayson spoke.

I chuckled lightly.

"He's very protective, just watch once he meets Syd he will do everything in his power to protect her."

"You better be right is all I'm saying."

We looked out the window as we took a breath.

"We should head down to our mates. I'm sure Annabelle will feel better with you near her." Grayson said.

"Yeah, I agree lets go down stairs and feed our women before we get rest. We have an early day, that's for sure."

We headed back down stairs when we heard a crash coming from the kitchen.

We ran down as fast as we could. When we looked around we looked for any signs of danger. We saw Carlos and my mother holding Carlos, his wolf was trying to force his way out.

"Mother what happened?"

We ran to Carlos to try to restrain him.

"I think.....I think one of Annabelle's family is his mate. He was smelling something and then his wolf was fighting for control to go after her." My mother spoke.

"Come on Grayson help me get him to the cellars, we need to restrain him until his wolf calms down so he won't hurt anyone."

"MATE.......ME NEED MATE!!!" Carlos growled at us.

"Yes, Carlos we will find mate once you calm down but not like this."

"You will frighten or even kill mate in this form."

Carlos growled as we dragged him down to the cellars.

We locked him up and headed back upstairs.

At the top of the stairs where the guards. I looked towards them.

"Carlos is locked up, do not unlock him but come get me when his wolf is no longer in control!"

"Yes, Alpha." The guards responded.

We went back to the kitchen and smiled at the girls.

"Everything is fine, he justs needs to cool off. We will be notified once that happens."

We pulled our mates up and started walking to the stairs.

"We will head to bed, we have to get up early to get everyone in there place before we head out." Grayson spoke.

The girls knodded as they were sleeply walking up the stairs.

We went to our separate rooms.

I helped Annabelle to her bed. I could tell she had a lot on her mind. I put the blanket over her and got in behind her and pulled her to my chest. I could feel her body relax against mine as she slowly drifted off to sleep and then I shut my eyes knowing she was okeay.