Destiny's Choice (33 page)

“Riiight.”

She closed the door on his masculine laugh. She was really going to like having a brother. She couldn’t wait to meet the others.

C
hapter
Eleven

“Please tell me you’re joking.”

Dane gave Roan a look that said he was dead serious. “I just spent what felt like an eternity wading through the mind of a
very
sick and extremely unbalanced Lupus. Trust me, this is no joke.”

“It’s true, Roan,” Abel added tiredly. “He thought to use the info as his ace in the hole should you refuse to make a deal.”

“Fuck,” he groaned.

Feeling as if his legs were about to collapse under him, Roan sank down to the ground next to Dane. He didn’t know whether to puke or pass out. He felt like doing both as the realization that he had a son started to sink in. Christ, he had a son. A full grown son whose life he had been denied a part of because of Phillip and his so called science. If Phillip weren’t already dead, Roan would cheerfully kill the bastard all over again.

“You doing alright, big brother?” Sasha touched his shoulder with concern.

He reached up and pat her hand. “I’m fine, little sister. Just doing a little processing.”

“Well, don’t be processing too long,” she said as she moved over to Tristan who was putting the bodies of Phillip and his thugs in Phillip’s car. “Your son and the rest of those young men only have a few weeks left. A plan needs to be made and quickly. They’re the priority right now. Everything else can wait.”

Leave it to his little sister to get to the heart of a situation. No matter the emotions flying around, he could always count on her to be the voice of reason.

He got up, went over to her, and gave her a one arm hug. “Thank you.”

“Its what I do,” she replied then pulled back. “Flynn’s home. Joel’s pretty banged up. From what Flynn could get from him, it took five
of those asshole’s
to do it. Cole’s staying with him.” She gave him a meaningful
look and grinned. “Mom took Tala to Angel’s and Rivera put her brother in a guest room. Flynn’s getting our tired trio some food but will need help getting them fed and bunked. In the meantime, Tristan and I are going to burn some trash
,
t
hough I do feel sorry for Bailey. Poor kid didn’t deserve that kind of end.”

Roan had to blink a couple times to keep up with her little speech. He was glad for the update though. Gave him less on his list to worry about. Still, she was right about Bailey. He didn’t deserve they way his life ended.

“Isaiah said he was under the impression Phillip had Bailey with from the beginning.
Maybe there’s something on the flash drive that can tell us
some
thing about him.”

“Or I could tell you.” Kane said.

Roan and Sasha turned toward Kane. Roan was a little surprised. Kane wasn’t one to talk up.

“Are feeling alright enough, Kane?” Sasha’s voice held concern. “We can always wait and look at the flash drive. No use making you feel worse if there’s no need.”

He gave her a wan smile. “Its fine, Sasha
.
The
boy deserves to be recognized.”

Sasha and Roan gave him a nod.

“Isaiah was right. Bailey had been with him from the beginning. Bailey was also one of Boone’s sons.
The first attempt Phillip had with Boone’s sperm.
”

“Jeez.” Sasha let out a breath.

Tristan had the little brown
wolf cradled in his arms. His expression was sad as he climbed into the passenger seat.

“I’ll give Mikeal a call tomorrow. I know he’s busy with getting Boone’s mess straightened out, but I don’t think this is something he needs to wait to hear.”

“No, it isn’t,” Sasha agreed.

Roan gave her arm a gentle pat then she was climbing behind the wheel of Phillip’s car and starting the engine. She and Tristan were gone in moments.

He hated for her to have such a grisly job as disposing of the bodies. But he would never deny her what she considered her responsibility to the Pack. He too had a responsibility. The first of which was making sure Dane and the twins recovered.

Stepping back toward
them, he squat down, noting that
Dane and his partners had gotten a little colour back.

“You three going to make it?”

Dane gave him a tired chuckle. “Yeah. Nothing a couple gallons of water and a whole cow won’t fix.”

“And a pig,” Abel added.

“Don’t forget the chickens,” Kane tacked on.

“I’ll see what I can do.” Roan grinned.

“How ‘bout you, cuz? I know learning you have a son was probably a shock.”

“Yeah. You could say that
,
” he huffed. “But Sasha’s right. My surprise aside, saving my son and the others comes first. Well, after telling Rivera.”

“I think she’ll be okay with it, cuz.” Dane gave him a tired smile. “She’s shown great strength in the face of danger. And she’s smart.”

“Yeah, Roan. You could do worse,” Abel said.

“And have,” Kane added with a snicker.

“Assholes.” Roan shook his head with amusement but sobered quickly. “She’s everything and more I could ever want in a female and a
Mate
. But, I had thought that my first child would be with her. That we’d share the surprise and joy together, you know?”

“And we will.”

Roan jumped up, seeing his love standing at the top step. He didn’t feel any anger from her. Just love.

“Sweetheart, I…”

She came down the steps and into his arms. “Its okay, Roan. I heard. But I’m not upset. At least, not with you.” She pulled back and gazed up at him. “When we’re finally graced with a child, that child
will
be our first. Ours, Roan. Nothing’s going to change that. Got it?”

Thinking about it, she was right. That child would be their first. The first of many he hoped.

“I love you.” He grinned.

“I love you, too.” She gave him a quick peck on the lips then stepped back. “Flynn has the trio’s food ready. He said to bring them to the dining room.”

“Sure thing.”

Instead of straining and pulling something, Roan used his power and picked all three up. It was certainly easier to manoeuvre them as well. Once they were in the dining room, Rivera pulled chairs back for the three. Roan placed them gently in their seats
then pulled back one for Rivera. The table had already been set. Even a couple extra plates.

“You know, one thing has me puzzled,” she mused, sitting down as Flynn came in with two large platters of steaks and ribs.

“What’s that, sweetheart?” Roan took his own seat, waiting for Flynn to put down the platters.

“Flynn, you are a God,” Dane moaned as he took a rack of ribs and began to eat.

“Yeah. What he said.” Abel nodded in agreement while filling his own plate and chowing down.

Kane said nothing at all. Simply loaded his plate and began to eat.

“Sasha calls me that on occasion.” Flynn smirked.

“Eating here, cuz. Don’t ruin it.”

Flynn laughed, going to the sideboard and getting a large pitcher of water. He
then
filled their glasses.
“Slowly, boys. Hunger is one thing, but dehydration is nothing to screw around with. Take your time. There’s plenty.”

They all nodded, following the doctor’s orders.

“You two could use a little refuelling as well,” Flynn told Roan and Rivera as he filled two extra glasses on the table for them.

“Yeah. I could eat,” Rivera said.

Roan grabbed two plates, putting a large steak on each one for them. He got a satisfied smile from Flynn before he went back to the kitchen. Roan shook his head, setting a plate in front of Rivera and one for himself.

“Like I was saying. I was wondering about something.”

“Sorry, sweetheart.”

She waved a her hand, letting him know it was fine. “How did Phillip get sperm from so many different guys? I mean, it
’
s not as if he could just go and ask for it.”

Abel wiped his mouth, taking a moment to swallow before answering. “Like everything else Phillip acquired, he stole that too.”

Rivera nodded, continuing to nibble on her food.

“With Ian, getting what was needed was easy.”

“Yeah. Phillip was blackmailing the guy.” Kane snorted.

“I assumed as much,” Roan replied. “What with their history and the fact that there are five Montgomery lads, it wasn’t hard to put the pieces together.”

“But why does he have only one son? I’d think with his ego, he’d have wanted an army of them,” Rivera quipped.

“Well, surprisingly enough, after the human
woman he fell in love with died
giving birth to his son, he didn’
t want another,” Abel told them.

“That is surprising,” Roan agreed. “With his
skewed
ethics and single mindedness, I wouldn’t have thought the man capable of such an emotion.”

Phillip seemed so cold and calculating, him falling in love was a miracle.

“So its true that the women who gave birth, died?” Rivera asked softly.

Dane let out a deep sigh. “All the details are on the flash drive. But from what I can understand, as the virus grew in the babe, it began to spread to the mother. And with her body focused on the new life, it wasn’t able to fight off or integrate the virus. By the time they came to term, most were too weak to give birth.” He paused, light eyes a little haunted. “A few even died
before they could deliver.”

“How horrible,” She cried.

“The triplet’s were one such case. One of Boone’s. And the brother you have upstairs, Rivera.”

She nodded, the sadness coming from her easy to read. “You think we should tell him, Roan?”

He shook his head. “He has enough to deal with right now, sweetheart. If he wants to know more about his birth, we’ll tell him. But it can wait until he’s better accli
m
ate
d.”

“Yeah. You’re right,” She agreed. “His whole world just went ass up. No use adding to it if we don’t need to.”
She pushed her plate away, done eating as she sipped her water.

Roan took her hand and kissed the knuckles. She gave him a sweet smile.

“Also, Roan. About this government contract Phillip had,” Dane added. “A good bit of the money Phillip
held
in his accounts came from them. If they can’t find Phillip, they’ll try with the money. We need to close all those accounts and cover his tracks. Totally make his existence vanish.”

Roan leaned back in his seat,
also done with his meal,
Rivera’s hand still in his. “Yes. His association with any human government agency is a danger. And that kind of money will have them searching high and low for him.” He gave Dane a pointed gaze. “Use any means necessary to make sure Phillip St. Paul never was.
Go
back to his lab. Destroy what the fire didn’t. You’ll also need to get the addy’s of all his residences. I’ll give
Steven
and Mikeal a
call;
have
them send
in a crew to clean those places out. We’ll give his parents a few personal belongings if they want. But the rest will be destroyed. I won’t let his stupidity put this Pack in jeopardy.”

“It helps that he’d
been using several aliases. That includes using one when he dealt with the owners of the contract,” Abel said.
“A
good hacker can figure that out if he digs deep enough
though
. There’s also the money. With the accounts frozen, that lowers the odds of it being traced. Unfortunately, that won’t last long. Those accounts need to be closed and all footprints of them wiped out within the next twenty four hours.”

“That should give us
some time to put the wheels in motion.” He stood, taking Rivera’s hand and bringing her up with him. “For now though, rest is what we all need most. The next couple days are going to be busy. I want everyone fresh and clear minded.”

“We’ll finish here and help Flynn clean up, then hit the rack,” Dane told him.

“You three okay under your own steam?” Roan could see they were looking better, their movements weren’t as sluggish.

“The protein and water helped,” Abel answered. “Don’t expect any dance moves, but walking isn’t a problem now.”