Bryce Evans by Big Bad Alpha [Ashland Pack 2] Page A

staring at the house.  Mace could see the light pe eking out of the windows, drawing him toward the cottage.
    “ Earth to Mace.  Did you hear me?” repeated Damen.
    Mace blinked a couple of times then looked over at Damen.  “Sorry, what did you say?”  Mace realized that Damen was talking to him.
    “ So, Lexy is your mate?” Damen asked as he stared at Mace.
    Mace hesitated then said, “Yeah she got moved in.”
    “ Okay, well let’s go say hello to her before we go up to the house.”  Damen had already started walking to the door before Mace could object.  Damen was looking through the window when Mace plowed into the back of him.  Then Mace looked through the window and watched as Jacob draped his arm over Lexy's shoulders.
    “ They look comfortable together,” Damen snickered as he turned to look at Mace who looked like he was getting ready to attack Jacob.  His face was blood red and his fists were balled up at his sides.
    “ Hey there, Alpha, easy,” Damen said as he looked at his Alpha. 
    Mace couldn ’t stand there anymore. He was going to kill Jacob.  He knew it, and the boy didn’t even do anything wrong.  ‘ He was almost touching our mate ,’ his wolf growled.  He needed to leave and fast.  Mace took off toward the house running at full speed. 
    “ Damn,” Damen whispered as he took off running, trying to catch up with his Alpha.
    Mace was in the house pacing back and forth when Damen burst through the front door into the house.  “What is wrong, Mace?  Why does that upset you so much?”  Damen knew the answer but it was not his place to mention it aloud. Before Mace could reply, the front door opened with Declan and Cade walking in laughing.  Declan had a box of hamburgers and fries with him.  Damen looked back at Mace, who was trying to calm down so the others wouldn’t see how upset he was.
    “ Not one word, Damen,” Mace whispered to Damen then he walked to his bedroom to compose himself before they went to play poker. 
    “ You, dumbasses.  I said we are going to Reece’s house, the new guy who has joined the pack,” Damen said.
    “ Dude, we didn’t forget.  We know Mace has the good beer in the basement.  So we came to raid the cabinets.”  Both men burst out laughing. 
    “ Where is Samson?” Damen asked Cade.
    “ Well one of us had to stay with Adrianna.  We don’t feel like leaving her alone.  I guess we never will,” Cade answered.
    “ Oh how sweet.”  Damen joked with Cade.
    “ Well when you meet your mate, you won’t leave her alone either,” said Cade.
    “ Hey, speaking of mates.  Can you explain a little bit about finding your mates and how you reacted to her?” asked Damen.
    “ Well now.  Why does Damen want to know about mates?  Do you have something to tell us?” Cade asked, raising his eyebrows up and down.
    “ No reason, dude, just wanted to know.  So, OBI-WAN KENOBI, tell me your wisdom,” joked Damen.
    “ Well it is really simple.  You won’t be able to eat, sleep, work, or have sex with anyone else ever again.  They consume your mind, body, and soul.”  Cade looked like he was reaching back into his memory.  “Yeah, that’s how it was and still is.  I can’t stay long, guys, because I can’t stop thinking about her or wanting to be near her.” 
    Damen and Declan looked at Cade as he spoke, wondering if they would ever meet their mate.
    “Okay, let’s go and eat,” Mace said as he came back into the room with a small cooler in his hands.  Mace heard every bit of the conversation but sure did not want to talk about it now.
    They followed each other over to Reece ’s house.  Mace looked at the rundown house then sighed.  “Damen, get Tanner and the boys over here tomorrow to fix the outside of this house, cut the grass, and the yard needs to be fixed.  I need to apologize to Reece for the way it looks.  I just forgot about this old house and how bad of shape it was in.” Mace huffed out a