Sword of Mercy by Sydney Addae Read Free Book Online

that’s
who.”
    Asia smiled at the frustration she heard in
Jasmine’s voice and relaxed. “ What happened?”
    “Silas is concerned over the
missing pups, so am I, but he took things to DefCon 6 or something
and shut down the compound the day before the kids were supposed to
go to the circus. Which wouldn’t have been so bad if we hadn’t been
pumping up the damn thing up for the past week. The nursery was
filled with circus toys, books and puzzles.”
    “Uh, oh.” La Patron’s pups were just a
stubborn as he was and would not be happy with that type of
change.
    “You got that right. Those demons gave me
so much attitude with the screaming and hollering I told Silas to
deal with it.” Jasmine chuckled. “ He thought I put them up
to it, but when he realized they were angry with both of us, he
stopped trying to explain and went all Alpha on
them.”
    Asia covered her mouth to stop the laugh that
spilled over into their link anyway.
    Jasmine chuckled. “ You’re right, it was
funny. They didn’t pay daddy any attention and continued falling
out. I swear if I ever see Renee paint another picture of a clown
with her daddy’s face in the middle I’m going to lose
it.”
    “No, she didn’t.”
    “Yes, she did. Adam wasn’t much
better throwing things around. He tore apart the clown and all the
circus books. Jackie joined him, the room looked like a tornado ran
through it. A well coordinated tornado, seems like these four can
link when they want to.”
    Asia had to ask. “ What did David do?” He had been the runt of the bunch at birth and now seemed to be the
unspoken leader of the group.
    “He said one word, ‘why?’ While
the others were all emotional he asked me why they couldn’t go to
the circus. I explained the danger and I swear that little boy
weighed my words before he nodded and walked to the other side of
the room, sat and ignored everyone else.”
    Asia wasn’t surprised. In her opinion, David
would be the one to watch, he shared Jasmine’s intuitiveness and La
Patron’s natural leadership abilities. “That’s funny. Wonder
what he would’ve done if he didn’t like your
explanation?”
    “Am I the only one who sees a
problem explaining myself to my kids who aren’t two years old
yet?”
    “They are operating on wolf
biology so they are more like four or five. David might be more
like eight or nine. You could have them tested so you’ll have a
better understanding of how their biology works.”
    “That was a rhetorical question, Asia. I
know they aren’t fully human, but I don’t recall the twins moving
this fast. They were smart and developed faster than others… maybe
they did and I didn’t pay attention. ” Jasmine sighed and it
tugged at Asia’s heart. Her mistress had to adapt to so many new
things in their culture it had to be overwhelming at
times.
    “The twins didn’t have La Patron as their
sire. That is a major difference. He’s older and the ruler of our
pack. It comes as no surprise his pups accelerate in
knowledge,” Asia said in a pacifying tone.
    “Humph, that’s no excuse for bad behavior.
I’m not having it, next time they’ll think twice before having a
hissy fit against me.” It was the chuckle at the end of the
statement that made Asia ask.
    “What did you do?”
    Jasmine snorted. “ I’m making them clean the
entire room by themselves and threatened to spank them again if
they ever yell at me like I’m their playmate. None of my children
will ever talk to me that way. I’m not having it. Not from the
first two or from these four rascals.”
    Asia covered her mouth at the rant. “ You
spanked them ?” She couldn’t imagine the sophisticated woman she
knew raising her hand to anyone. Jasmine could wiggle her fingers
and lift you from the floor, or rob your voice with a command.
Those things she understood, but spanking? Asia couldn’t see
it.
    “I swatted each one of those butts
for spouting off to me. It’s one thing to be angry. Silas