Faerie Bound by Jenna Castille

as beta. I watch your back. If the God and Goddess give you a mate, you take him. End of story. If we have to shove it down some prejudiced throats, so be it.” “You really feel that way?” Bryce rocked back and forth on the spindly legs of the chair. Garrick knew his friend well enough to know that he was carefully weighing each word. “It’s a mating. You stand for your mate before all others. At least that’s what you told me when I brought back Karen and John. No one else would’ve stood behind a three-way mating. But you did. You don’t think I’d support you if you end up in an interspecies bond?” Garrick felt his shoulders relax. He hadn’t realized how much tension he was carrying until his friend spoke up for him. “Thank you. I’m afraid that before this is over I may need your support.” Bryce snickered at the understatement. His chair came to rest with a heavy thump before he hopped to his feet. “You’ve always got it. Now what say we skip out and go for a run before we deal with pack business? Work off some of the adrenaline?” “Give the wolf a chance to calm down, huh?” Garrick grinned as his own wolf perked up in anticipation. “Not a bad idea.” “That’s why you keep me around. I’m all about the good ideas.” “You make a good beta.” “Yeah, I’m your backup. Just remember, I’m there for you no matter what.” Right, you say that now, but will you really be there when everything comes out? Garrick fought off the sense of foreboding and followed his beta out of the room. Maybe a good