Deciding Her Faete (Beyond the Veil Book 2) Read Online Free

chorus of laughs rocked the room for a brief moment before Gabe let loose the power of his wolf, the room filling with his dominance. Every man around the table became still, the light humor of moments before evaporating beneath the power of the Alpha. Donovan locked gazes with his Alpha as the man stood up slowly from the table.
    “Your challenge is accepted, Beta.” Gabe’s wolf was clear in his voice.
    “There was no challenge, Alpha,” Donovan spoke as he fought against Gabe’s dominance to stand, knowing that if Gabe had not allowed it, he never would have been able to rise. “I will cop to checking out of this meeting for a moment due to a message from my brother that had me distracted, but I most definitely did not challenge you.”
    Gabe’s gaze narrowed, and he slowly removed the shirt he had been unbuttoning as Donovan spoke. “I will concede that no verbal challenge was issued, but you have shown me disrespect in my own fucking office and that is not something I can or will tolerate. I promised Corrine that I wouldn’t scratch the shit out of that table anymore. We fight with fists only. Now, get ready. The Enforcers all have to patrol tonight and I know they won’t want to miss one second of this one.”
    The rest of their group clapped and whooped with joy, the bloodthirsty bastards. Donovan sighed in resignation as he removed his own shirt. Gabe was a force to be reckoned with in his wolf form, a fighter of great skill, and one that Donovan had never seen an equal to. The problem was, Gabe fought with his fists even better.
    As they all stood, moving the furniture back to make room for his ass kicking, Niall, another Enforcer in the room, asked, “Before Donovan is no longer able to form words, breathe through his nose, and has to eat and drink through a straw for the rest of the week, do we get to find out what the message was?”
    Donovan bounced on the balls of his now bare feet, rocking his head from side to side on his shoulders. He glanced at Gabe with a raised eyebrow.
    “Go ahead.” Gabe waved a hand in his direction. “Answer the question. It makes no difference to me. I’ve been hungering for a fight for a while now, but with everything going on in the city, I haven’t had much time for sparring.” Gabe’s eyes glittered with anticipation of the fight to come, and that was something Donovan not only knew but respected. They were dominant wolf shifters, and they needed to release some of that energy and aggression that came with the gift of having an animal spirit. And sometimes that meant beating on each other for a while.
    Donovan, now just as eager for the fight despite knowing his chances of winning were slim at best, nodded. “Jason has found our mate. Her name is April.”
    There was a moment of silence just before the room erupted in cheers, and Donovan found himself surrounded by well-wishers. His hand was shaken and his back thumped repeatedly, and he grinned, accepting it all. He knew, just as everyone in the room did, how rare it was.
    His pack mates seemed to step back, parting to make room as Gabe stepped forward. Donovan narrowed a look at him slightly as the Alpha’s expression was unreadable.
    “Congratulations,” Gabe said, reaching his hand out in Donovan’s direction. “We as a pack look forward to meeting your mate, and I as your Alpha most definitely look forward to welcoming her home.” Donovan felt his heart fill with Gabe’s words, and he returned the brotherly embrace Gabe gave him. “You and Jason deserve happiness.” Gabe pulled back with a grin. “But that still doesn’t get you out of the beating you warrant. But it does mean I won’t be as hard on you as I might have been.”
    Donovan laughed. “Fair enough, Alpha. But I should warn you. I’m not sure that I will feel any punches in the euphoric state I’m in.”
    Gabe’s grin broadened, and he dropped into a fighting stance, his body loose, and his hands up to protect his head while his