A Mate for the Alpha and His Brothers by Cara Adams Read Free Book Online

heads of department? I mean, trust their judgment absolutely?”
    Brayden stared at her. What was she going to suggest now?
    “Yes, I do. Why do you ask?”
    “I agree that you need to be the contact person for everything to do with your reclamation business, but for buying toilet paper or whatever, why not let the department heads deal with that? You don’t need to be good friends with the man who sells you apples. Your housekeeping team should take on that role. They’re the ones who decide which brand of toilet paper or which type of apples to buy after all.”
    “Dammit, she’s right,” said Favian.
    Brayden stared at her. Fuck, she was bright. He’d known about Amory’s methodology for five years or more. She came in and saw it was a waste of Amory’s precious time in five minutes.
    “Of course you don’t need to do that. She’s right,” he said.
    Brayden watched as Amory’s face smoothed out, the worry lines faded from his forehead, and his gaze rested on Elsie.
    He loves her and wants her. We need to move forward on that a.s.a.p.
    Brayden shifted his gaze to Elsie. She was smiling gently at the Alpha, not gloating or filled with pride at having made an important discovery, but rather just quietly pleased that she was able to help.
    The more Brayden looked at her, the more he decided she liked Amory as well. And the more he knew he wanted her, too.
    Well fuck. I’ll only get to know her as my sister-in-law. Better get that into my thick head straight away. But damn. I’d like to plunge my other thick head deep inside her. I bet she’d be hot, wet, and extremely passionate.
    Not going to happen unfortunately.

    * * * *

    Favian was at first surprised at how easily Elsie had found a way to help Amory. Then he was surprised that he was surprised. He and Brayden had known for months that they absolutely had to make Amory hand over some tasks or he’d get ill, or burned out, or even crack under the strain. It had been months since Amory had been in bed before midnight, and he was still at his desk at seven every morning. That just wasn’t enough sleep to keep his mind at peak sharpness.
    As well as that, he never relaxed. They hadn’t run together as panthers in ages, and they needed to do that. Amory, as Alpha, needed to set a date for them all to run. The roof garden was a hell of a lot better than nothing, but they needed to go right out into an uninhabited area and be a pack, sooner rather than later.
    He sensed that Amory was about to leave them and get back to his work again, and he knew they needed to relax. He quietly left the table and went into Amory’s bedroom. On a bookshelf against one of the walls was a lot of odds and ends that had been removed from the living room once they weren’t used anymore. Among them Favian saw what he wanted. It was a combined chess and checkers set. He grabbed the box, grimacing at the dust on it, and hurried back to the kitchen.
    “When was the last time you played chess, Elsie?” he asked.
    Her face lit up when she saw the box. “About three months ago. I sold my chess set a year ago and left the club about three months ago. I didn’t know you had a chess set.”
    “Dad taught us to play. He told us it was a game of military strategy, and every Alpha needed to be good at chess. Amory, why don’t you have a game against Elsie?”
    Amory grinned. “It’s been a lot longer than three month since I played. Likely she’ll beat me in four moves.”
    “If you’re really out of practice, I might beat you in two moves. I don’t have to keep my rating anymore.”
    “Oh, there’s a challenge, Amory. Show her your style.” Brayden laughed.
    Favian handed them a damp cloth to wipe the box clean, and Elsie set up the board quickly and efficiently. He and Brayden also played chess, but neither of them was as good as Amory. However, he suspected Elsie really would be better than all of them. Maybe they could play as a team against her and win.
    “You can be