Page 57 of Her Big Bad Wolf

“Yay!” Cam cheered.

He jumped up and hugged Vanessa.

Jealousy hit me hard. I was freaking jealous of a rugrat. This was not good.

“Five: you don’t tell anyone where you’re staying. Am I clear? You do not live here. You are not staying here. You do notknow me. You will not mention me to anyone. As far as the world goes, I do not exist.”

“Paranoid much?” Noah said under his breath, causing his brothers to laugh.

“I’m not mincing words, and I am not kidding,” I growled.

They stopped laughing.

Noah gulped hard.

They were getting on my nerves. I could feel my wolf getting closer to the surface ready to surge and take control.

“Sorry,” he muttered.

Mason raised his hand but didn’t wait for me to address him before he started blabbing again.

“What if someone asks where we live?”

“Tell them it’s none of their goddamn business.”

Vanessa cleared her throat. “Do not say that.”

“Tell them it’s classified then.”

“What if they ask who we’re staying with?”

“Also classified.”

“What if the teacher needs to talk to someone in charge?”

“Have them call me or Kyle,” Vanessa chimed in, much to my relief.

“Kyle? The Alpha? No one would believe me.”

“They will, because he’ll be discussing the situation with your teachers in the morning.”

I didn’t remember him saying anything like that, but it sounded plausible.

“Who’s going to take us to school? Does the bus even come out here?” Mason asked.

That kid was never going to shut up.

I hadn’t thought that one through. I looked to Vanessa for help.

“I will either pick you up early tomorrow morning or Isaac will bring you to the daycare. We’ll work it out. You’ll needto be there really early if I come and get you though, so I need you all to head to bed and get a good night sleep. The bus picks up on the corner across from my school, okay?”

“I guess so,” Mason said.

“So how about those blankets?” Cam asked.

I groaned. “I’ll get them. Say good night or whatever the hell you do.”

Vanessa shook her head, then hugged each of them while planting kisses on the tops of their heads.