While the men were gathering
food and refreshments, Carlo asked his son through their bond, “Son, are you ok? I know things are happening very quickly and
I am afraid I didn’t prepare you enough, thinking we had more time.”
Anthony replied, “I’m just scared Dad, I mean what the
hell? One minute I’m throwing a football back and forth, talking to my buds
about practice and girls, and the next second I’m mated? Is it supposed to be like this, this all
consuming urge? I can’t even think about
anything else, my brain is like mush right now, and I have football and
schoolwork, not to mention my work at the store. Most of all, I’m just scared of royally
fucking this up; I have no clue what I’m supposed to be doing. And what the hell was that with Scott, I
couldn’t control myself, I wanted to hurt him and all he was doing was holding
Sophia’s hand. I feel the need to
protect Sophia so bad its making my stomach hurt, will it always like that?”
Carlo said to his son, “We will be talking about a lot of these
issues in the basement, but don’t worry about your intended mate, the house has
been secured and she is with her mother, aunt and your mom, so she is safe.
Just get something to eat, whatever you feel isn’t discussed in the basement,
we will talk about at home. ”
Twenty minutes later the men
were assembled down in Frank’s man cave.
It was one of his favorite Christmas presents to himself. The 60” plasma was every man’s dream, with
the soundproofing insulation even the surround sound system couldn’t penetrate
outside the walls. There were three leather couches, recliners, bean bag chairs
and along the back wall was a wet bar complete with a soda fountain
machine.
Like all new homes that
Carlucci Construction Company built for pack members, the interior and exterior
walls and floors were built of a combination of steel, rebar and concrete. With a push of a button steel doors would
enclose all of the windows from hidden pockets, even the sliding glass doors
leading to the patios. All doors,
interior and exterior were manufactured from steel and painted to look like
wood. Each house also contained a safe
room, with enough supplies to last several weeks and separate telephone, air
and water filtration systems. There
hadn’t been any wars or skirmishes lately, but South Mountain Pack wasn’t
taking any chances with their Pack members lives.
Frank made sure the door to
the man cave was securely shut and entered the access code so it would beep if anyone
attempted to enter the room. What was
going to be discussed tonight was for the men only. Things would be said concerning the male
psyche that their loving wives and daughters may not understand and Frank
didn’t want to sleep on that damn lonely sofa.
“In case some of you didn’t
understand what was going on tonight, apparently Sophia is the intended mate of
Anthony. I know they are both young for
this to happen; females are usually at least seventeen and males eighteen when
this happens, but Luna works in mysterious ways and she must have a reason for
this. I must emphasize that regardless
of her reason, Pack law MUST be obeyed.
There can be no carnal knowledge of Sophia until she reaches her age of
majority at eighteen, no kissing until she is sixteen. I cannot emphasize this enough Anthony. To disobey this law means banishment from the
Pack and it doesn’t matter if you are my son or not,” Alpha Rossi stated
emphatically. “You cannot be alone with
her for any reason, believe me I know the temptation is immense. What we need to do for both of your
protection is to ensure you are never alone.
I’m not sure if any of you are aware of this or not, but every morning
of a female weres birthday, from the age of fifteen until she turns eighteen,
she is brought to a Doctor who ensures that she has remained pure. If she is found to have been breached, there
are harsh consequences for her and her partner.
I do not want that to happen to either of you.”
“These laws were put in place
over fifty years ago to protect underage female weres from overzealous mates
and predators and have protected them from unwanted attention not to mention
rape. Not to make any one individual
suffer Anthony. Believe me when I tell
you that when I was dating your mother before she reached her age of majority,
I thought my balls were going to fall off they were so blue. It got to the point that every time I looked
at her, I got a chub and had to run to the bathroom and rub one out. Not to mention the times that she hugged me and
I shot off in my pants. I got to the
point that I had to carry extra clothes just to be safe.”
“Ewww Dad, that is so
disgusting and disturbing, I don’t think I’ll ever get those mental images out
of my head. Thanks,” said Anthony while he pretended to fake vomit. All the rest of the Carlucci boys had their
hands over their mouths trying to keep the laughter inside, but failing
miserably.
The Alpha looked at Frank’s
boys and smiled devilishly at them and said, “Don’t laugh; it happens to all of
us. Once we meet our mate, our only
thought is to be with them physically.
Your dad was in the middle of a football game, standing in the huddle in
the middle of the stadium watching your mom cheer on the sidelines and got so
hard he could barely move. He limped off
the field and told Coach he had a cramp but couldn’t take his eyes off your mom
and ended up shooting a load in his cup.”
At this pronouncement, everyone started laughing, including Frank.
He hung his head down, before
he raised it to his Alpha and best friend and said, “Yeah, but I ran for 150
yards that game.” This brought even more
laughter from the assembled men.
The Alpha next looked at
Joe’s sons and said, “Don’t worry; your father wasn’t any better. One of his moments occurred during a
basketball game, we were standing courtside right at the doorway thankfully,
waiting for the cheerleaders to finish up their half-time routine. I look over at your dad and nudged Frank and
we quickly moved in front of him to block him from the crowds view. Your dad was sporting this huge erection
while he stared at your mom. As soon as
we did that, he doubled over and came right there in front of a crowd of
hundreds, Frank and I almost fell over laughing, while your dad waddled back
down the hall to the locker room to change.”
Joe looked at Frank and his best
friend and mirrored Frank’s response, “Yeah, but I scored 32 points that
game.” By now all of the boys were
doubled over in laughter.
“Anthony, we are telling you
these stories to show you we understand what you are going through and to show
our love and support. The main
difference is you have to wait three years before you fully claim Sophia, while
we only had to wait a year or so. This
is going to be difficult for you, but with planning and family help we hope to
make things easier on you,” said Frank.
“You will be allowed over to
our house anytime, as long as at least two of her brothers are home and they
will never leave you alone with her.
This shouldn’t be a problem since Sophia was never left alone with less
then four of her brothers before if her mother or I wasn’t home. Also you are NOT allowed upstairs for any
reason, you must remain in the main floor family room, kitchen area and dining
area. When you are in the game room, if
you are here with the boys’, that is ok, if you are with Sophia, you must again
have at least two of her brothers with you. Any questions so far?” Frank asked. Anthony shook his head no and glanced at
Frank before looking to his father.
“You may pick her up and
drive her to school, again as long as two of her brothers accompany you. After school you generally have football or
basketball practice and she has cheerleader practice which ends about an hour
before yours does. Her mother or Aunt
Annie will take turns picking the girls up.
You will be allowed to hold her hand during school hours and basically
whenever you feel like it, remember during school hours there will be twelve
boys keeping an eye on you plus Maria.
Also the faculty at school will be made aware you are intended mates and
will be observing the two of you to make sure you are following the rules. Behave yourself and we won’t have to take any
of these privileges away. I feel your
father and I have been pretty generous with all of this so far,” Frank stated
firmly.
“Do you have any questions or
comments so far son,” Carlo asked his son.
“I want to start driving
Sophia to school but according to the rules, I can’t because my car is only a
two seater,” Anthony looked at Gianni and
Marcus and asked if they could pick him up, this way they would already have
Sophia in their truck.
“Don’t worry about that son,
I’ll call Vinnie at the Ford dealership tomorrow and arrange for you to get a
new truck, one of the 4 x 4, extended cab F-150’s. Since you will be driving Sophia around, her
father and I will feel much better if it is a reliable all weather
vehicle. We should be able to pick it up
by Monday afternoon. You’ll work out the
payments by putting in a couple of extra hours every week in the store,” stated
Carlo.
“Before I forget,” Frank
said, “Your grades must stay at the grade point average they are right
now. I don’t want either of you to fall
behind in your school work, if your teachers notify us that your grades are
slipping, privileges will be suspended until your grades come up. Your dad tells me you are planning on
attending the University of Maryland to study Business Administration after you
graduate from South
Mountain High
School
“I hope you like shopping
Ant, Sophia spends every Saturday morning with Maria at the local malls and
boutiques, and if you want to spend time with her, she’ll expect you to be with
her as well. Dad and Uncle Joe always
made six of us accompany them and it is my least favorite thing to do, but with
you there and being tortured along with the rest of us, it may not be so bad,”
Gianni started laughing and the rest of the boys laughed too.
“Be prepared to answer her
questions too and help her pick out outfits,” Gino said.
“Do these pants make my butt
look big, are these shorts too short, is this shirt too tight across my chest,
do these shoes make my ankles look fat, do these pants match this blouse,” Sal
volunteered in a high falsetto.
“Should I get this pocketbook
or that one, which headband should I get, would these shorts look better with
my KEDS or should I look for another pair, can you see my bra strap through the
back,” Vincent answered in a matching falsetto.
At the mention of lingerie Anthony
wondered if he would be helping her pick out those outfits too. With that thought his cock got even harder if
possible. With a glance at her father,
he looked at her brothers and asked with a croak in his voice, “Does she, umm,
do any lingerie shopping?”
“Not with you around she
won’t,” roared Frank. The boys, Carlo
and Joe roared out their laughter at the crestfallen look on Anthony’s
face. Even Frank had to laugh.
“Your protection and combat
skills will be put to use carrying her bags and holding her pocketbook while
her and Maria browse row upon row of things they have to look at and try on,”
supplied Michael.
“I’ll do whatever she wants
me to, except hold her pocketbook, I’m NOT holding her pocketbook,” Anthony
declared and then was silent for several moments, then blurted out, “Well, if
she asked me to do that, I would even do that.”
Hanging his head down, he
looked up at her brothers and cousins and pleaded, “Damn, we haven’t even been
on an official date and I’m already whipped, please don’t let her know I just
said that. I’ll do anything she
wants. I am in so much trouble aren’t
I?” He asked this question of no one in
particular, but the men just started laughing even harder to the point that
Frank was wiping tears from his eyes.
Anthony glared at the
Carlucci Clan and said, “Just wait until this happens to you, and then see how
much sympathy I give you.” He leaned
back in his chair and pulled the pillow up against his chest and started moaning,
“God, I can smell her on this chair and this pillow, all I want to do is cuddle
with it. What the hell is the matter
with me????”
“You want us to give you some
alone time with the pillow, you perv?” questioned Dominic. Anthony threw the pillow at him, then
realizing that he threw the Sophia scented pillow away, he sprinted after it
revealing his fully engorged cock tenting out his board shorts and the room
erupted in ear splitting laughter.
Anthony didn’t care at this point; he just wanted his Sophia scented
pillow back and he wondered if he could sneak it home with him tonight.
“Let my poor son be,” said
Alpha Rossi though he was laughing as hard as everybody else. “Frank, should I tell Anthony a story that
will make him feel better?”
Frank looked at him and said,
“I’m sorry Carlo but I have no idea what you are referring to, and if you want
me to put that addition onto your greenhouse within the next decade, I think
you’ll forget it too.”
At this Joe laughed and said,
“Don’t worry about it Carlo, I’ll tell the story, my brother and I have a
mutual understanding and I owe him for ratting me out to Annie that I sneaked a
cigar at last months poker game.”
The room waited anxiously as
Joe got up and got three more beers and handed one each to the Alpha and Frank
and then popped his open. “Boys, your
father is a rather twisted individual.
He wanted your mom so bad and it was still months until her eighteenth
birthday, so basically he was a walking erection. He noticed she had left her hat inside his
truck and he took advantage of it using it for nefarious purposes in his
bedroom, if you know what I mean.
Thinking he could clean it up, he brought it downstairs not realizing
she had come over because she needed it for cheerleading practice that
evening. Your mom was talking with our
dad and he walked into the kitchen on the way to the laundry room with the hat
in his hand. She smiled sweetly to him,
grabbed it out of his hand, leaned in and kissed him. He was so shocked he couldn’t move or say
anything, then as she was putting it on her head, a long strand of cum fell out
of it and landed right on her face. We
heard her scream and then saw her run out of the house. She didn’t talk to your dad for almost a week
and he followed her around school and town like a little lost puppy and she
made him buy her a new hat. It was
wonderful to watch him grovel.”
The boys were on the floor
laughing at this point and could barely breathe. Enzo asked his father, “Is that why mom
always looks inside her hat before she puts it on and looks at you?” which
brought out even more bouts of laughter.
Even Frank had to laugh because Rose would always look inside her hats
and then glance at him before she put it on, and this was over twenty years
later.
“What can I say? That woman turns me inside out even twenty
some years later, I look at her and still get hard every time I see her, how do
you think the eight of you got here?” Frank emphatically stated.
“Ewww”, “Gross”, “That’s
disgusting”, “Damn Dad, that’s mom that you’re talking about”, “My ears, my
ears” were only some of the comments the older men heard and laughed
about.
“Well Carlo, for bringing up
that mortifying memory, I’ll provide the children with one of your tales,”
Frank stated with a gleam in his eyes.
“Anthony, did your dad ever
tell the story of how he figured out your mom was his mate? Or did he give you the cleaned up decent
version?” asked Frank.
“He always told me he was on
mandatory sabbatical with you and Mr. JC for two months the summer between
junior and senior years and the three of you had come back home for the start
of football practice. If I remember the
story correctly, he was driving down Main
Street
“Ahh, that would be the
cleaned up decent version,” said Joe. He
wished those mandatory sabbaticals still occurred, they had been tons of fun
and he wished his kids could experience something like that.
“Well, parts of that are
true; we were driving down Main Street on the way to Fred’s to get some ice
cream and he did see your mom walking with Rose and Annie. The rest of the story he seems to have
neglected to tell you,” Frank said with a smirk directed at Carlo. Carlo hunched down in his chair and wished he
was somewhere else, anywhere else.
“As we were driving down Main Street
“After the truck came to a
stop, he leapt out and ran over to your mom and tackled her to the ground. Now you have to remember we had all grown up
together and he had never shown any interest or desire in your mom to get the
correct mental image of this, but while we attended sabbatical she turned seventeen. She lay there on the ground with her mouth
opened in shock then started screaming.
Carlo kept sniffing her neck and hair and started shouting “MINE” at the
top of his voice, then he started dry-humping her. Right in the middle of Main Street
“Gina kept screaming, Carlo
kept screaming “MINE” and sniffing her neck and hair and then all of a sudden
he came. Right in the middle of Main Street
Frank got up and got the
three adults another beer. He was happy
Anthony had chosen Sophia as his intended mate and he wondered if Maria would soon
be claimed, he looked at Joe and asked through the family bond, making sure to
include Carlos, “Do you think it will
happen to Maria next?”
“OH, HELL NO,” Joe shouted,
startling everyone into silence before everyone erupted in laughter; the boys
not even understanding what Joe was talking about, but laughing at the look on
his face.
Carlo glanced over at his
son, who was still holding the pillow up to his face. He had the most serene smile on his face as
he continued to inhale the scent on the pillow.
Victor leaned over and tried to take the pillow away which prompted
Anthony to growl low in his throat, causing even more laughter.
“Boys, all of these stories
were told to you tonight to prove a point.
None of us are exempt from the mating pull. You will all do stupid stuff because your only
focus will be on your mate, being with her, but more importantly protecting her
and keeping her safe. You will zone out
while talking to your friends because you catch a glimpse of her, something may
remind you of her and you will feel compelled to find out where she is and if
she is ok. You’ll be overbearing and get
on her nerves. None of this can be
helped,” said Frank adding, “Just know this has happened to countless helpless
males before you and it will continue on with your sons.”
“You will get into fights
with your best friends because they talked to your mate without you being
there. Every time she glances at another
male, you will feel the need to beat the absolute shit out of him to show her
your strength and superiority to that other male. If other males smile at her you will want to
beat the absolute shit out of them to wipe that smile off their face and let
them know she is yours,” stated Joe, “All of this is normal, so when you get
those feelings, you need to take a deep breath before you actually do anything
physical. A low growl will generally
make the other male back down.”
“You’ll find you will push
your body to run farther and faster then before, train with more weights to add
muscle mass and definition. Also you
will push to learn and perfect your fighting techniques, all of this is done
subconsciously to prove to your mate that you are worthy of her and will be
able to protect her and your little ones,” added Frank, “We will be glad to
help with any additional training you feel you need. We have always pushed you boys to work harder
then the others simply because of whom you are, the son of the Alpha and his
top two Betas’.”
“One unspoken benefit will be
the fact that after training is over for the evening and you are with your intended
mate at her house, remember to mention how sore your shoulders are from all the
weight lifting. They will always offer
to rub them for you,” Joe said with a wink, “Just remember to follow the rules,
make sure her family is close by and if you lift the back of your shirt over
your head onto your chest so she can touch the skin on your back, you haven’t
violated any rules.”
“Another thing is food. Everyone wonders why cooking classes are
mandatory starting at the age of fourteen.
We found out years ago that after the mating pull started that males
became obsessed with making sure their mate has eaten, especially when they are
carrying our little ones. After several
bouts of food poisoning, kitchens catching fire, trips to the Pack Doctor for
stitches from knife cuts, numerous burns and one finger amputated from a food
processer, we figured it would be easier if males actually learned how to cook
then to let our females suffer from our ineptitude. The females aren’t aware of why we make you
take cooking classes, I’ve heard comments they think it’s done for male
bonding. As far as I know no one has
said anything to change that opinion and I hope you all keep the secret also,”
Alpha Rossi stated with a stern expression on his face.
“Find out what your mate’s
favorite foods are and invite her over for dinner and prepare her favorite
meal. Talk to your parents and her brothers beforehand and set up two different
tables so you can have an intimate dinner with her, while still following the
rules. Prepare a dessert that is really
decadent and feed it to her yourself.
She will melt at how thoughtful and romantic you are. When she offers to help clean the dishes, let
her help you, this way you can sneak brushes up against her in an innocent
fashion. I found the best way is lean
into her back with one hand on her waist to reach around her for
something. This gives you the opportunity
to sniff her neck and whisper something into her ear. I was a pro at this move,” Joe said with a
smile on his face.
“Yeah, I remember watching
that move and remember when Annie turned around and smacked you upside your
head,” Frank retorted, “and why are you giving Anthony hints on how to seduce
my daughter?”
“Not seduce, that’s just not
right because she’s underage,” said Joe, “I’m teaching him how to woo, court
and romance her.”
The boys once again started
cracking up with laughter hearing the men banter back and forth. They felt like their fathers were finally realizing
they were turning into men and felt a closeness with their fathers that had
never been there before.
Anthony quickly asked
Sophia’s brothers what her favorite meal was and found out it was Chicken Parmigiano
with angel hair pasta. He could do this
and wondered how soon he could ask Sophia over for dinner. He quickly went over the weeks schedule in
his head and realized between football and cheerleader practice, Pack training
schedules and work that his first totally free evening was next Sunday. That was a whole week away. He started panicking; he couldn’t wait a week
to see her again.
“I CAN’T WAIT A WEEK,” he
hollered. Everyone stopped what they
were doing and stared at him. Joe had
his beer halfway to his mouth, Dominic had his hand in a bag of chips, Paulo
had his mouth full of Doritos and Gianni had birthday cake perched on his fork
but everybody was looking at him. He
started blushing and stuttered, “My next free evening is next Saturday and I
can’t wait that long to see her, what am I going to do, who is going to protect
her, how am I going to be able to function without knowing where she is and
what she is doing? I need help, I can’t even get this damn pillow out of my
face because it smells like her, how am I going to last a week?”
“Uhmm, Ant we all have to
report to football and cheerleader practice at the same time every morning. On
Monday, we have to go over school policies since it is the first day of
practice. Gianni and I will pick you up
and we’ll have Sophia with us since you won’t have your truck yet. As we usually do, we all take lunch breaks at
the same time so you’ll see her then.
I’m sure mom and dad won’t mind you coming over for dinner after
practice and its still warm enough that we’ll go swimming like we’ve always
done,” Marcus said to try and calm down
his best friend.
“The next two weeks you’ll
have your truck and you can pick us up since we report at the same time in the
mornings, since the cheerleaders let out an hour before us, you’ll still have lunch
with her. Sophia generally helps mom
around the house in the afternoons, but we have several Pack training sessions
in the evening which means Sophia will be there too. You were here a lot before the pull started,
and I’m sure your parents and ours won’t mind if it keeps up,” Gianni said with
concern in his voice also trying to calm Anthony down.
“As for who is going to
protect Sophia, we will just as we always have.
We protected her before you felt the pull and we will continue to
protect her until we draw our last breath,” Vincent said firmly as the oldest
of the Carlucci Clan, as he looked at his sisters intended. “Just because she is your intended mate, that doesn’t
mean we will cease to protect our sister and cousin. Like I just said Anthony, until we draw our
last breath. It is the way of the Pack,
but more importantly, it is the way of the Carlucci’s, we protect our own. Never forget Anthony, she may be your
intended mate, but she will always be a Carlucci.”
“Remember she was our sister
and cousin for fifteen years before she became your intended. I’m glad you are Sophia’s mate, I couldn’t
think of a better man for my cousin, but make no mistake about it, if you hurt
her I will personally tear you limb from limb without a second thought,” added
Lorenzo.
Anthony looked at Sophia’s
brothers and cousins and said quietly, “I want to apologize if it sounded like
she would be unprotected if I wasn’t personally here. I know she is safe with all of you to protect
her. Like you, I would give my life to
protect her and I promise you here and now I will do everything in my power to
make sure she is always happy.”
Frank looked at Anthony, a
boy he had known since his birth and realized he had finally become a man. Damn, I’m getting old he thought. “I’m glad to hear that Anthony, and I am
officially welcoming you into our crazy family.”
He got up and hugged Anthony
first, then embraced Carlo. As the older
men watched each younger man get up and embraced Anthony and welcomed him into
the Carlucci fold.
“One thing you didn’t think
of Ant, since you are now part of our family we’ll always have your back. We protected you before since you were the
Alpha heir and our friend as we were taught, but you are now our future
brother-in-law and cousin-in-law which means we have to make sure you stay
extra safe. No bumps, bruises or anything. None of us wants to have to answer
to Sophia if you get hurt. She scares
us,” Enzo said with a terrorized look on his face.
“Sophia? How could that little thing scare you? I’ve never even seen her in a bad mood, let
alone doing something to scare the bunch of you,” answered Anthony with a
bewildered look on his face.
Everyone of the Carlucci’s
looked at each other and laughed.
“She was mad at us because we
refused to let her and Maria go into the theater by themselves, we said we
would go in and not sit with her, but that wasn’t good enough. The whole time they were in the movies, they
were whispering back and forth not even paying attention. When we were driving home, she started crying
and rubbing her stomach and acted embarrassed.
We were trying to figure out what was wrong with her and she admitted
she had started her period and needed some pads and tampons, so I pulled into
the store, your store in fact,” Dominic stated, “Vin, Sal, Marcus and I got out
and waited for her to get out of the car.
She started crying again and said she was in too much pain to walk.”
“She said there was no way
she could walk to get what she needed so we would need to get them for
her. The four of us stared at her and
told her that there was no way in hell we were getting her that feminine
stuff. She started crying harder and
said she would tell Dad we wouldn’t help her.
We argued and it was decided Vin and Dom would go in and get what she
needed. Since they were the oldest,” added Sal.
Vincent picked up the story,
“Dom and I had her write down on a piece of paper what kind of pads and tampons
she needed and went into the store. We
went in and stood in front of the feminine hygiene products trying to decipher
her handwriting. She had written it
almost illegible on purpose we found out later.
It took us like 10 minutes to figure out what she wanted. Meanwhile tons of people we knew were walking
by snickering at us. I wanted to crawl
in a hole and die. Then we finally
figured out what she wanted and went to the checkout. Unknown, even to Sophia, the whole damn
cheerleading squad was in the checkout line getting snacks for their evening
practice, and there we stood holding pads and tampons.” At this point everybody had tears running
down their face from laughing so hard.
Dominic could barely even
talk he was laughing so hard, but he continued the story, “We looked at each
other and our faces were bright red with embarrassment, I literally felt like
laying down on the floor and praying that somehow I could die. The cheerleaders stood to the side and let us
cut ahead and kept giggling at us. How
can you be macho from that point on knowing that cheerleaders saw you with a
box of Stayfree panty liners in your hand?”
At that comment hysterical laughter broke out in the basement.
“At least you had panty
liners, I had a box of Playtex Gentle Glide tampons in my hand,” Vincent said. “There’s still some girls on the cheerleading
squad I can’t look in the eye.” The men
were gasping for air at this point.
“When we got back home,
Sophia was instantly fine, like nothing had happened and she wasn’t in pain
anymore. Turns out she hadn’t started
her period, she just wanted to embarrass us by making us buy her pads and
tampons. The four of us chased her until
she hid behind Dad then ran into her room and hid from us the rest of the
evening,” Dominic said as he concluded the story. There wasn’t any more talk for several minutes
as the men tried to regain their breath from laughing so hard.
“So you all are telling me I
have to carry panty liners and tampons in my truck from now on?” Anthony asked
with a laugh. This brought even more
laughter and quick agreement.
“Since you brought up
carrying supplies in your car, we’re going to get serious for a couple of
minutes, so listen up closely,” Frank said.
All of the boys immediately sat up and looked intently at him, “Anthony,
when you are with Sophia or both of the girls as they are usually inseparable,
you will be the primary protector as is your right. All twelve boys will follow your lead. When your parents, Uncle Joe, Aunt Annie, her
mom or I are around, we will be primaries, with you as our secondary. There will be no arguments or questions if we
give an order, are we understood?”
“Yes sir,” all thirteen boys
replied.
Joe added, “If Anthony is not
with the girls, then we go back to our normal routines. Vin and Dom primaries for Sophia and Lorenzo
and Damian primaries for Maria. All of
the brothers and cousins will follow your leads as we have always done. Nothing will change as far as their safety
goes. Questions?”
“No sir,” all thirteen boys
replied.
Through the bond, Carlo said
to Frank and Joe, “Don’t mention phones,
cash or identification, see who notices.”
“Anthony you’ll be
responsible to make sure Sophia has adequate supplies in your safe room since
she’ll be spending time at your house.
I’m sure your mom and Rose will make sure she has everything needed, but
it’ll be your job to check it weekly, as you do with your own supplies. We don’t have to worry about the boys since
you all are basically the same size, just put some more of your clothes in
there to be sure. Carlo, I recommend
doubling the amount of food you have in there if two of the Carlucci’s will be
in there for any length of time, our boys are big eaters,” Frank said.
Carlo added to Frank and the
room in general, “Don’t forget ‘Go-bags’ for Anthony’s truck. We’ll need one for Sophia and Maria and
adequate clothing for at least two of the boys.
Are we forgetting anything?”
“Phones,” stated Vin, “Sal
and I can go to the store and pick up some disposable cells for the ‘Go-bags’
for Ant’s truck. Paulo, our electronics
expert, will make sure they are pre-programmed with the list of emergency
numbers so they are ready to go.”
“Identifications,” stated
Anthony, “I already have one, so we’ll need new ones for Sophia and Maria. Also include Gianni, Marcus, Lorenzo and
Damian since those are the four I spend the most time with.”
All of the boys were silent
and the men could tell that once again they were communicating through the bond. It was obvious they were running down a
mental checklist of what they had been taught.
Finally, Lorenzo looked up
with a smile on his face and said, “Cash.
We need to make sure we have enough cash on hand to support at least
five of us in case of emergency.”
“Which safe house do I bring
Sophia and Maria to if we are away from home and an emergency comes up? Ours or the Carlucci’s?” Anthony asked his
father.
“Whichever one you can get to
the safest and the fastest,” Carlo replied, “We already have communication set
up between all three houses since they are my top Beta’s. As soon as you get to either house, you know
the policies to follow to let us know you are safe. Just follow your training.”
“I cannot tell you how proud
I am of you as your Alpha. You have
taken everything you were taught and applied it methodically and figured out
what was needed. I can tell the younger
generation will carry on the fine traditions of South Mountain Pack and lead us
well into the future,” Alpha Rossi stated with pride in his voice.
The boys smiled at each other
knowing they had made their Alpha and their fathers proud. High-fives and fist bumps were exchanged in
typical teenage fashion.
“Don’t worry about the cash;
I’ll increase the amount hidden in Anthony’s vehicle to $50k, all in used untraceable
bills of course. I’ll have Vinnie take
care of that issue after hours like he usually does for the Pack,” Alpha Rossi
said.
“We’ll have the bags, phones
and identifications ready for you on Monday when you come over for dinner
Anthony. You do want to come over for
dinner, don’t you Anthony?” Frank asked with a smile on his face.
“YES SIR,” Anthony shouted at
him, and then slumped back in his chair and pulled the pillow back in front of
his nose. He was wondering how much
longer he was going to be down here and if he would be allowed to say goodnight
to Sophia.
With a glance at the wall,
Frank realized it was now after 1 AM. He
asked the young men if they had any more questions as they should wrap things
up since the women were probably waiting on them. Nobody had any questions, but several
requested they talk again as they had enjoyed the newfound male bonding. Everyone agreed they would make this a
regular event.
Carlo asked his son through the
bond as they ascended the stairs, “Son,
do you feel better now? I think we
covered most of your questions and concerns.
Remember if you have any questions I will always be here for you. I am
so proud of you, not only as your Alpha, but more importantly as your
father. Do you have any questions?”
Anthony replied, “I want to thank you Dad for everything you
have done to help me to accept this so easily.
I’m sorry I freaked out earlier, I was just overwhelmed. My only question is… where is my mate?”
While the men had been busy
having their “Man talk” downstairs, the women were busy upstairs as well. They had a lot of information to impart on
the newly mated Sophia and to prepare Maria for what lay ahead.
Hmm...thinking that a F-150 extend cab would be too small. All the boys are at least 6' or taller
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MC