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All of the different possibilities, thoughts, feelings swirling around in
Leyland s brain started to make his head hurt. He squeezed his eyes closed
to keep the tears in them from spilling out, wishing that he could just sleep
through the next several days until Jake and Lucas let him out.
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Jake, I don t know how much more of this I can take, Lucas said as he
walked into the study and flopped down in a chair. He s been in there for
nearly four days. How much longer are you going to punish him?
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Jake laid down the pen he had been holding and looked up at Lucas. He
looked tired, three day s growth of hair covering his face. Jake reached up
and rubbed the bridge of his nose as he leaned back in his chair.
I don t know. His fathers said to ground him for a week but I m not
sure how much more of this I can take either. It s killing me being away
from him. I just never thought it would be this hard.
Are we doing the right thing?
What do you mean?
Lucas leaned forward, resting his elbows on his knees. Let s face it,
Jake, he s a grown man. Do we actually have the right to ground him to his
room? Is this really the way to deal with this?
Jake shook his head regretfully. I don t know. I ve never had to
reprimand my mate before. We have to show him that he can t use his
powers against us. You and I both know that spanking him just turns him
on. But if you have another idea, I m all ears.
Lucas was silent as he tried to think of another way to reprimand
Leyland. After a few quiet moments he shook his head. I guess not. It just
doesn t seem right though. He s our mate, not our child.
I know but his fathers said that separating him from everyone else was
the best way to punish him without hurting him. I just can t bring myself to
hurt him in any way, Lucas. Can you?
No, but this is driving me crazy.
Jake nodded. Look, maybe we just need some down time. Why don t
we go into town for dinner? Maybe we can get a hotel room and stay the
night, just the two of us. Gregory can keep on eye on Leyland. Maybe
getting away for a little while will help.
I m not sure anything is really going to help but whatever.
I know, baby. But I can t figure any other way to get Leyland to
understand that no matter how powerful he is, I am the alpha here, not him.
It is my duty to protect him. He can t use his abilities against me.
Yeah, I hear you. But I don t have to like it.
No, you don t. But you do have to support it. I have to be able to make
the decisions for this pack without worrying that either you or Leyland will
use something against me. That s why I m alpha.
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Lucas stood to his feet. Okay. I m going to go let Gregory know we re
going out. I ll meet you out by the car. Oh, and leave your cell phone here.
If this is going to be our night out, I don t want any interruptions.
Jake shook his head as he watched Lucas walk out of the study. Damn!
This alpha and omega mate thing really sucked sometimes. Sometimes he
wondered if it was all worth it.
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I am so fucking glad to be home, Lucas said as he pushed the front
door open and walked into the house, Jake following him in.
Yeah, me too. But it was nice to stay in town for overnight. If we had
stayed at the ranch you know we would have given in eventually and let
Leyland out before his time was up, Jake replied.
I know. But it s been almost five days since he got grounded and I miss
him. I m sure he s sorry for what he did and has learned his lesson. I think
we can safely let him out, don t you?
Jake smiled. Let me talk to Gregory first. I want to make sure that
Leyland followed the rules and didn t leave his room before we said he
could come out.
Speaking of Gregory, where is everyone? It s awfully quiet around
here. You don t think something happened, do you? Lucas said as he
walked into the living room. He was confused as he turned to look back at
Jake.
No, I m sure everything s fine. I m sure that Gregory would have
called us if something happened but I left my cell phone in my office as you
requested, remember? If it was a dire emergency, Gregory would have
tracked us down. They re just probably out running or something. Let me go
check the study. Maybe Gregory left me a note.
Okay, I m going to go check on Leyland.
At Jake s upraised eyebrow, he held up his hands. I know, I know. I
won t let him out. I just want to check on him and make sure he s okay. I
haven t seen him in nearly a week. I need to know he s okay.
Jake nodded sadly. He not talking to you either?
Lucas looked at Jake, surprised. No, but I thought it was just me. He
stopped checking in with me after the first day. It s actually been kind of
lonely without him in my head.
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I guess he s still mad at us, Jake chuckled.
Well, Lucas said, a lecherous little grin on his face. If Gregory says
he s been good, I can think of a few ways to make it up to him. No talking
needed.
Jake laughed, pointing towards the bedroom. Go check on our baby.
I ll be in as soon as I track Gregory down.
Lucas hurried across the living room to the bedroom door. He opened
the door, surprised to find it so dark inside. And there was this faint musty
smell too.
Quickly flipping on the light he looked around the room, spotting
Leyland s head sticking out above the covers. So, his little mate was
sleeping. He could think of a few interesting ways to wake him up.
Silently walking across the room, Lucas sat down on the edge of the bed
and gently pulled the covers down off of Leyland s head. He smiled at the
small mumble Leyland let out.
Hey, baby, we re home. Did you miss us? His eyebrows grew
together in confusion when Leyland didn t answer him. Leyland?
He reached over and grabbed Leyland s shoulder and pulled him over
onto his back. He let out an anguished cry at what he saw before him.
Jake!
* * * *
Jake let himself into his study and walked towards his desk. He spent
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