His Inescapable Mate novel Chapter 18

"Thanks," I mumbled, grabbing the hairbrush and using it to rip all the tangles out of my hair. After that I found a hair-tie at the bottom of the tub and used that to put my hair in a simple ponytail. I didn't bother brushing my teeth because I was too grossed out at having to share a toothbrush with a mutt. I'll just ask Danni if I can use hers of something.

Once again, Vincent grabbed my hand and walked me out of the house and over to his truck. I jumped in one the passenger side, rushing to do my own seat belt this time. Vincent sped down the road, one arm around my shoulders, the other attached to the steering wheel.

"So," I began, not wanting to sit in boring silence, "why are you only the future beta, and not the current one?"

Vincent looked happy that I was talking to him. His smile grew bigger and he straightened up, puffing out his powerful chest with pride. "Well, I told Jason that I'll become the official beta as soon as I find my mate. So that's why there's really no official beta at the moment."

"What about your dad?" I thought that ranks that held power in the werewolf community were hereditary. Therefore, Vincent's dad should be the current beta if he's meant to be the future one.

Vincent's posture slouched and his grip on me tightened. "My, uh, parents died in the Great War." The Great War was what was referred to as the war that followed after the werewolves and vampires exposed themselves. It was pretty brutal. "The human forces killed my mother, and since she was my father's mate, he died shortly after due to heartbreak."

I sat silent for a little bit. Vincent was orphaned in the Great War, at the hands of humans, and he chose one as a mate. How ironic.

He cleared his throat and continued. "Jason took care of me for a while. His father was alpha at the time. He died in combat, that's why Jason's one of the youngest alphas at age 29."

"And you told him you didn't want to be beta until you found your mate?" I asked.

Vincent nodded. "I knew that with a mate, I'd be motivated a lot more to protect the pack." He pulled me closer to him, nuzzling me. "Now I have you to look after. You're my family."

Eww, that was creepy. We sat in awkward silence until we pulled up in front of Danni's house. There were other cars parked in front, so it made me feel a little better to know we weren't the first ones here. I got out of the truck, only to have Vincent quickly wrap his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him.

"Listen Mate," he whispered in my ear, "stay away from the other werewolf males here. Got it?"

"What about the human ones?" I joked.

"Where are you going?" he snarled.

"To Danni," I muttered.

Vincent looked over to where I was going to walk, verifying that Danni was standing there. He let go and leaned in closer to me. "Check back with me in five."

Yeah, there's no way I'm doing that. I shrugged and walked over to Danni.

"Hey Nora!" she cheered. "Glad you could make it. Come upstairs, there's someone here I want you to meet."

I followed her back into the house and up the stairs into a bedroom that I deduced to belong to someone else as it only had a twin bed in it. There's no doubt in my mind that Reed makes Danni share a room with him and they have a double bed.