Chapter 39 - The Invasion

Rushing directly to Layon's office at the manor, Jason found it empty and followed his best friend's scent from the door of the study through the manor and out into the gardens where he found Layon and Angel walking up the lawn from the copse of trees beyond.

A wave of jealousy hit Jason the moment he thought of the fact that the two of them had likely been sharing a shift, transforming into wolf form and frolicking through the trees with little care for anything else. He would have given anything to do that with Lara. We've come a long way from hating each other’s guts, he realized, his insides twisting as he half wished he could go back to a time before he had approached Lara at the Silver Moon Bar, before he had helplessly fallen for her, before his wolf finally realized that she was his…

Growling to himself to stop getting distracted, he began to race down the lawn toward Layon and his mate, determined to finally make them listen.

"Whoa, Jason! You smell like a trash heap!"

An