Twice The Growl - Milly Taiden Page 0,4
to eat dinner before I bring out the sweets. You know the rules.”
Gerri didn’t care that they were both in their thirties or ready to be the Alpha triad for the Wildwoods Pack. Nope. She only cared that they behaved how she wanted. So they humored her. Besides, both of them loved her to bits.
“How’s the mate hunting going?” Gerri asked as they sat down to dinner. The table had been set with large platters of food for the three of them. Being shifters meant large appetites and Gerri accommodated and indulged her nephew and his friend.
The mate hunting was going poorly. With Theron, the Alpha, and Connor, the Omega, being the leaders of the Wildwoods Pack, it made it difficult to find a mate that could be shared between them. Either Theron couldn’t find a woman he wanted to help them lead due to her lack of personality, or Connor didn’t feel a woman’s emotions were in the right place to be their mate.
“It’s not going anywhere,” Connor replied.
Theron watched his best friend, the one person he shared everything with, including women, sigh in defeat. Their link as Alpha and Omega made them closer than twins, but it also made it difficult to find a woman right for them. Women in the Wildwoods Pack were petty, jealous, and not the kind either would choose to be the third puzzle piece of their Alpha triad. The woman they needed had to be...right. She needed to be open to, not just their relationship, but the link that would ensue between the three. She would be just as Alpha as Theron and just as emotionally empathic as Connor once their bond sealed.
“If you two boys would stop being so hardheaded,” Gerri grumbled, passing the mountain of mashed potatoes to Connor. “Then it would be easier for this to happen.”
Connor shook his head, his blond hair mussed from running his fingers through it. “She has to be right. A woman on her own. With a personality to match. Someone who won’t let the fact that we’re who we are intimidate her.”
Theron grinned. “And she better be a stunner.”
Gerri glared and curled her lip. “Of course, how could we forget that important bit?”
“Hey.” Theron chuckled. “She has to agree with both our human and animal sides. That’s four degrees of approval.”
Gerri’s dark brow lifted slowly. “Because you are such a discerning Alpha.” Then she turned to Connor. “I know you need to emotionally connect. But him?” She motioned a finger at Theron. “He’s a whore.”
No. He wasn’t. Theron loved women. All shapes and sizes. Although he preferred the short, curvy kind with more than a little to hold on to. He really liked the glasses and long curly hair of Gerri’s neighbor. She reminded him of a sexy librarian or schoolteacher. There were also her lips. Christ those pouty lips had given him instant visuals of her mouth on his cock.
“Anyway, we give up,” Connor said. “We want you to help us.”
Gerri perked up in her seat. She glanced back and forth between them before speaking. “You’re both in agreement with this?”
Not if Theron had his way. But if she could get them someone as sexy as her neighbor, they were all for it.
“Yes, we are,” Theron agreed half-heartedly.
Gerri’s gaze focused on him. “You will do whatever I say to get you the mate that’s right for you?”
He hated having to revert to a dating service, even if it was a paranormal one.
“Yes. I know all about the success of your dating service Aunt Gerri. I don’t like having to go through this to get the person that should come to us naturally.”
Gerri shrugged, cut her steak and then grinned. “Sometimes you need an extra set of hands.” She giggled. “Well, in your case a third set.”
His aunt was too much. Connor grinned. Then they were all chuckling.
“Do you need like a list of things from us?” Theron asked. He already knew who he would suggest to her. Even if she wasn’t good mate material he’d love to get his hands on his aunt’s neighbor. Her scent had driven his wolf to wake and want to play.
Gerri frowned. “Do I look like an amateur?”
Connor’s blue eyes widened. “No, but...”
“You will take what I suggest and you won’t question me. I know who you two need.”
And that’s why Gerri was the one handling the Paranormal Dating Agency and they handled the pack.
“If you’re sure you don’t need anything from us, then we’re open to whoever