A/N: Hey guys, hope all is well. I'm not feeling well but I did get a B in my first math quiz this semester. My professor this semester is far better and really took time to research and understand my dyscalculia unlike the one I had one semester that didn't really care. I don't think I'll have to drop out this go around like I did last semester. Anyway, here we go and thank you to those who did review, follow etc. means a lot.

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Bo – The Lewis Center – 10 Minutes Later

We got to Lauren's Medical Center (Yes, I said Lauren's new Medical Center; funded by Grant and it has been up and running as of last week) as quickly as possible. Lauren was in doctor mode as soon as she got Kenzi's call, putting her lab coat on before we even got to my yellow Camaro.

Dyson and Hale were sharing a semi-private room being patched up by a couple of Lauren's nurses when we got there. Both of them had head and abdominal wounds while Kenzi frantically paced back and forth by their side, awaiting our arrival. "It's about time you guys got here!"

"The wee one does know that we got here about 3 minutes sooner than we do on average, correct? I don't appreciate being yelled at especially when I unwillingly have to come to dog boy's aid." Kenzi instantly looked guilty for her little outburst as if she heard my succubus, which she can't.

That is only a privilege that I and sometimes Lauren has. We're still not sure why Lauren can hear her sometimes. But Lauren and Grant both seem to think the bond between her and my succubus just needs to grow over time for Lauren to communicate my succubus freely since they're mated…Err…the three of us are mated to each other…? Now there's an odd mental picture…

"I'm sorry guys, I didn't mean to snap at you. I'm just worried." Lauren just put a reassuring hand on Kenzi's shoulder with a smile as she passed her to get to her patients. "What happened?" Lauren asked as she read the 2 charts she was handed as I walked behind a worried Kenzi and put my hands on her shoulders to remind her everything's going to be okay.

"We got jumped by a group of fae while we were on our way to meet Kenzi for lunch. I couldn't differentiate from all the scents but there was definitely a body jumper, a Mesmer and a fire fae. Sorry, we really didn't get a good look at the faces."

"Yeah…It happened so fast that I couldn't even react with any of my siren abilities before a mesmer froze us, forcing us to close our eyes before they came into full view."

Dyson nodded his thanks to Nurse Jackie as he hopped off the table, grabbing his button up shirt to put it back on. Then, he reached in his shirt pocket to pull out a piece of paper. He was about to approach me and give it to me when Grant popped up always does and took the note from him before he could make it over to me.

Thankfully...

"Hmm…" Grant hummed as he read it. Ignoring a growling Dyson as Lauren was finishing with Hale since Hale is actually a good patient that lets the doctor do her job unlike Dyson…

"What's it say?" I asked as Kenzi and I approached Grant. "It says to change fae laws back or the doctor dies."

This time a much more angry and intimidating growl escaped from my succubus and from the way Lauren whipped her gaze to me, she heard it too. I knew my eyes were blazing blue as I balled up my fists, turning my knuckles as white as they could get.

"Don't worry Bo, Dyson and I along with our own mesmer will watch over the doc as you are…I'd say about 2.5 seconds away from killing anyone that even looks at Lauren the wrong way…" I gave Hale a grateful nod as he patted Dyson on the shoulder.

Grant chuckled as he looked at a very unhappy Dyson. "I beg your pardon. You want me to trust this mongrel to protect one of my charges…One of my favorite charges? I think not, I don't think so. Especially not after his well-known history of how he's treated her. Or his treatment of other humans and even the female population in general. The only reason he was tolerant of Kenzi was because he wanted to bed Ms. Dennis."

"I second that. Dog boy is not watching our mate while we go hunting. And gross! Did he have to remind me of all the times you made me-…Gross…just…GROSS!"

"Listen you British asshol-" With a flick of Grant's wrist, he had Dyson's mouth shut and pinned to the wall by an invisible force. "Did I mentioned that I really like Grant? Because I do, especially right now with the way he's got dog boy pinned to the wall. It's funny."

"Whoa, whoa. Look, man. I know my boy Dyson doesn't have the best reputation with women or humans, especially not the doc but he wouldn't hurt her or let anything happen to her. I promise."

"Mr. Santiago, no offense to you at all. But I do not trust Mr. Thornwood here to protect Dr. Lewis. Frankly, he's a thorn in my side. So, I guess his last name is appropriate for him since I bet that he's a thorn in a lot of people's sides. I wouldn't trust Mr. Thornwood to dog sit my dog for 30 minutes and he is a dog both literally and figuratively."

I can't do this. I can't stand here any longer while there are assholes out there threatening my girl. So, I turned it to leave while everyone was watching with intensity or in an argument. But an ear-piercing whistle from Lauren made everyone stopped in their tracks, including me.

"Bo, don't you dare walk out that door alone. Grant, I want you to go with Bo to keep her safe since I know she won't be able to sit still. I'll stay here with Hale, Kenzi and Dyson. I have plenty of work to do here anyway and I'll be safer here more than I will be at home even if they came with me. Nobody goes anywhere alone and when I say nobody I mean nobody."

Lauren and I had a brief intense staredown before I finally submitted to her demand. My succubus on the other hand practically submitted right away, she's so whipped.

"So are you, and at least unlike you I know when it's better not to challenge with our mate. Especially when she's with twins. Our twins."

After our stare down, Lauren gave Grant a somewhat pleading look causing Grant to release a frozen Dyson and sigh in defeat. "Alright, but I'd like a room with Mr. Thornwood before we all part ways. However, it'd just be easier if Mr. Thornwood and I grab a room. You all can stay here."

Grant and Dyson disappeared and a TV replaced their position in the room. It showed the two of them in an unfamiliar plain white room and we were all just glued to the TV. "Mr. Thornwood, I brought you here so we could talk without interruption because I don't trust you with Dr. Lewis mainly because you're still in love with Ms. Dennis. So, let's just talk things out, shall we?"

Dyson charged at Grant response but of course easily disappeared and reappeared behind him. "You do you understand that you can only touch me if I want you to and frankly I don't want you to touch me because I don't know where you've been and for all I know you have rabies. Actually, rabies would explain your attitude problem. Now, you can continue to suck me dry with your wolf teeth or punch me or whatever or at least try to and fail or we can communicate and waste no more time than we need to. And yes this is necessary for me to at least begin to maybe trust you with essentially two of my charges. Four, if you count the twins which I do."

Dyson crossed his arms in puffed his chest as he stared at Grant, trying to look like he still has somewhat control of the situation he's in. "What the hell do you want?"

"To make sure you don't try to meddle in their relationship again. You do understand that you have no chance with Ms. Dennis, don't you? And I'm not saying this because they're mated it now. I'm saying this because even if Dr. Lewis was still one hundred percent human, you would never be Bo's true love."

Dyson snorted, "All I would have to do was be there after she died and Bo would fall for me all over again eventually. She says that she wouldn't but eventually, she would."

Grant chuckled, "Dr. Lewis would pass away and you know what would happen. Let me be honest with you even if Ms. Dennis let you back in her bed after centuries of mourning you would be nothing but a bed warmer. She would not feel guilty about being with other people. You would just be a nostalgic reminder of the past. A past where Dr. Lewis was still alive."

"That's not true! That's enou-"

"Honestly man and I use that term very loosely when in reference to you, how can you be so blind? Bo is a leader. You are a soldier through and through. Leaders can never find their true love in a soldier. Leaders only find bed warmers in a soldier."

Grant paused and looked at a quiet Dyson with a puzzled expression.

"I honestly don't understand you. You are centuries years old. You should be filled to the brim with maturity, wisdom and at least some common sense. Yet…you act like a 20 something-year-old human and that's being generous. You follow Trick's orders to the T like a good little dog or should I say, soldier. If you love Bo the way you say you to, the way that you think you do. You wouldn't have kept secrets from her because her grandfather ordered you to while bedding her. You wouldn't have been hot and cold with her like a teenage boy who wanted to play with her whenever someone else wanted to play with her or when it was just convenient for you to have her like the dog in heat that you are. You wouldn't have strung along her emotions again, and again, teenage boy. I mean come on man, you would get mad when she would be with other people and then tell her that you guys can't be together. You guys can be Bed Buddies but you guys can't be exclusive. And then again like a dog, you claim that you mated with her; that your wolf mated with her. When she found that out she felt guilty like you knew she would. Now again, this is because you don't want to share her with other people. Now, we both know that wolves only truly mate when it's mutual. Ms. Dennis nor did her succubus ever mate with you or your wolf. Oh, another thing… back to your technical age, you're hundreds of years old and yet you treat humans like crap especially Dr. Lewis because you knew deep down inside that she would and did take away Ms. Dennis from you. Not that you ever really had a chance with or without the doctor in her life. Dr. Lewis literally saved your kind and you repay her by treating her like crap and trying to make her sound like the enemy primarily because you don't like humans and because you wanted to keep Ms. Dennis away from her. Centuries years old and you've never once tried to think outside the box, outside of tradition. Centuries years old and all you've managed to do is follow orders like a good little pup…like a good little soldier. Not to mention again but the only human that you ever have tolerated is Ms. Malikov and that only started off because again you wanted in Ms. Dennis's bed. Please just…for Heaven's sake…How in the world do you think you would be a good mate for anybody? How in the world do you believe you're entitled to true love? How in the world do you think you are a man or even a wolf?"

Grant obviously didn't realize he was pacing back and forth during his speech as Dyson just stood there listening to everything he said. But when he finally realized he was pacing he stopped immediately and stood right in front of Dyson just a few inches away.

"I'm sorry for my rant. I seemed to have extremely underestimated my distaste for you. I obviously got a little carried away. But I'm not sorry for what I said, everything is true and if you reflect upon yourself with honesty then you would know that it's true and that you need some serious changes in your behavior. You need to do some serious self-reflecting. The time for your evolution has been long overdue Mr. Thornwood."

Dyson visibly clenched and unclenched his jaw as he looked like he wanted to punch Grant and after a long minute, he finally spoke.

"You said your peace. Can we go now? We both have work to do." Then, suddenly, Dyson smiled as he rubbed his chin. "And by the way, it sounds like you're the one in love with Lauren. Perhaps...even more than Bo is?"

My succubus let out a very amused chuckle. I, myself, couldn't believe that Dyson was trying to goat him into something...? Grant, of course, wasn't bothered by the accusation at all. He just briefly looked down before looking Dyson right in the eyes with a small laugh.

"I do love Dr. Lewis, Mr. Thornwood, but not in that way. You see, because without Dr. Lewis I would have lost the woman that gives my existence a purpose. My wife is fae Mr. Thornwood, she's actually crossed paths with you, but that's for her to elaborate on, not I. Anyway, while I was on a rather hard to reach plane of existence I didn't know that my wife was infected, near death's door with the very same virus that Dr. Lewis saved your kind from in the Congo. You see, Mr. Thornwood...Unlike you, I show love, kindness, respect, admiration and gratitude to those that selflessly help any and all living beings even when they or in this case should I say, you don't deserve it, Mr. Thornwood."

Grant just looked at him for another moment before he continued.

"Now, I believe I've said all that I needed to be said and then some. So, I will take us back to the group now but Mr. Thornwood, know that I will be watching you when your with Dr. Lewis and if you let anything happen to her, if you let your personal feelings get in the way of keeping everyone as safe as possible then you will answer to me and believe me when I say that you do not want me as your enemy. I am a much bigger threat than all of the fae combined including the Blood King. I've seen Dr. Lewis go through more than her fair share suffering because of your kind; because of you and I will not stand for any more of it. So Mr. Thornwood, I highly recommend that you start acting your age either by being a respectable living being or by human standards being dead…Or maybe in your case playing dead. Whichever you prefer, just don't test me, it'll be an irreversible regret on your part, trust me."

"…I know we're mated and that this is so wrong for several reasons, but I am so hot for him right now." I rolled my eyes at my succubus. It's a good thing Lauren didn't hear that because I know for a fact if she did, she would definitely unwillingly have a reaction.

"Are you trying to get us to sleep on the couch tonight?"

"…No, sorry…Just saying…That was so hot…" I groaned at my small sounding, clearly guilty succubus. One of the cons to having a succubus; a mated succubus at that as your inner other half ladies and gentlemen.