JAKE
I couldn’t wait to hear what reasons Council Member Harper had for not telling the walking corpse to go to hell. Once we were well clear of the wood and out of the reach of the vampires, I shifted and stopped him. “What the f**k was that back there?” I demand. He shifted too and placed a hand on my shoulder “Alpha Cooper, have no fear. I have no intention of giving your wife to those creatures. Besides we already have Council Member Stark so we have no need to make any sort of a deal with them. I just said whatever I needed to in order to get us all out of there quickly without any further bloodshed. It was clear that they haven’t yet realised that Council Member Stark has escaped. I thought it best they were kept in the dark, at least until we were out of their grasp. I apologise i
