Snippet #1865395

Jason leered his eyes towards Ash as she got up. That she was a full twenty years his junior didn't really stop him from letting his imagination run wild after her. After all, for the longest time he'd been part of rogue packs without any females in, so he felt that he'd earned the right to look. Besides, it wasn't as though Ash was particular reticent or ignorant about her attractiveness.

"Sorry sugarplum," he said with a sneer, "but there wasn't time for shopping. I was too busy running into old friends."

Winter's face betrayed a moment of alarm. "Nobody recognised you did they?"

"No no, not from the pack." Jason raised a hand to calm Winter, "But I did happen to stumble across none other than Evon and Daniel Argentum."

Winter squinted for a moment, as he strained his memory to put the names to a story, before his eyes widened in realisation. "The two than ran away with the...the 'son'?"

"The very same." Jason said looking pleased with himself.

Winter looked around at the others, then motioned for Jason to follow him into the van. "We'd better talk about this inside for a moment."

Jason nodded, and the two of them stepped into the RV and pulled the door shut behind them. Nico, Drake, Craig and Q ignored them for the most part. Their jaws were too sore from chewing the dried sausage to really voice much complaint about being kept in the dark.

"So," Winter said keenly, "is that why you're back? You think the boy might be a suitable candidate?"

"Not strictly." Jason said, "I've not met Gavin yet, so I don't know where he's at in relation to the pack. But I did meet a young wolf who might just be your boy."

"What's his name?"

"Calvin. He's with the pack house. Unmated. Strong, fit, athletic...has an ego the size of Texas and a real problem with authority."

"Good work." Winter smiled. "And what about the girl?"

"Well there's a problem there," Jason's face fell slightly, "she's run into the pack already, and they've invited her to stay at the house for the night."

Winter cursed and slammed his hand down on the countertop. "Damn! God damnitall...so she's probably going to find out what she is then, right?"

"Is that really a problem?" Jason shrugged, "If she finds out from them then it saves us the problem of having to explain it to her. Let the pack deal with the awkwardness."

"Well we'll just have to hope that works in our favour." Winter grunted, "But...wait...you said this 'Gavin' was living in the pack house?"

"Yes..." Jason said matter-of-factly, before he too realised what that meant. "...oh."

"I think," Winter said firmly, "you'd better tell me the story again, of how Evon and Daniel really came to adopt Gavin..."