"Meryn, can this actually work?" Aiden looked down at his mate with a serious expression.

She nodded and met his eyes. "Yes. I have my first two trainees right here. I'll get them up to speed and then train others. I'm sure there must be more men or even women that will want to join the program." Meryn looked up at Aiden resolve written on her face for everyone to see.

"Not to speak out of turn, but I'd be interested in learning as well, sir. Even when we were at the academy there were times we were laid up for a few days healing. If I could spend that time watching out for my brother warriors I would rather do that than stare at the TV waiting for bones to mend," Lennox said taking the initiative to speak. Behind him all the trainees nodded.

"Okay, Menace. You create this program and make it airtight and I will get the support of the other councils. If you and Elizabeth feel this strongly about it, then I can do no less than make it happen," Aiden said.

Meryn bounced out of her seat and jumped up and down trying to kiss his face.

Laughing, Aiden picked her up. "Why do you hop around like that, you know you can't reach?"

"But I can reach, I just need your help." She peppered his face with kisses.

Blushing, he cleared his throat and turned to the trainees. "Time to start drills."

Grinning at each other the trainees nodded. "Yes Sir!" they called out and jogged for the front door.

Aiden groaned, his badass image tarnished. Meryn laughed and nuzzled her nose against his. "My teddy bear."

Colton made the mistake of laughing. Aiden's head swung to him. "Alpha Unit to join the trainees. Let's show them how it's done gentlemen, we go until they drop," he said, smiling at Colton's chagrin.

Gavriel shook his head and turned to her. "Try not to take over the world while we poor grunts are training."

She flipped her hair off her shoulder. "We make no promises."

She sat back down and picked up her champagne, they were definitely living in interesting times.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Elizabeth listened in as Meryn started describing the different operating systems and computer languages that her new 'minions' would have to learn. She jumped from topic to topic excitedly. After an hour Elizabeth took pity on Jaxon and Noah who had started to look a little shell shocked and put a halt to Meryn's 'teaching'.

She stood and clapped her hands together, all three looked up at her.

"How about this? Since the two of you will be moving in let's make arrangements to get your things here. I'll put together a rough curriculum with reading materials and Meryn will be on hand for any questions." She almost laughed out loud at the enthusiastic nodding from the men.

"Sounds good to me, I'm not very good at organizing stuff," Meryn admitted. Elizabeth watched as both men looked away, not saying a word.

Bless their hearts.

Noah looked at Jaxon. "We don't have much. I can run to the apartment and get our stuff and come back. We pay monthly so we don't have to worry about breaking a lease."

Jaxon frowned and looked down at his chair before sighing. "I wish I could help."

Noah shrugged. "It's not a lot."

"Maybe Sydney and Justice can help. They live in the city." Meryn interjected.

"Sydney Fairfax and Justice O'Malley?" Noah squeaked, turning pink.

Jaxon laughed. "They're Noah's idols; he admires them for living their life on their own terms."

"Plus they're both hot." Noah mumbled.

Elizabeth looked from Jaxon to Noah and back again. "Are the two of you lovers?"

Noah shook his head frantically. "No, Jaxon is my best friend."

Jaxon ruffled Noah's hair. "I'm straight, but even if I weren't, I'm too ugly. Noah likes pretty boys," he teased.

Noah turned to Jaxon, "You're not ugly and there's nothing wrong with liking pretty boys," he countered.

Elizabeth agreed, "You're absolutely right Noah, they're my favorite too." She winked at him and he smiled, then frowned. "But you're mated."

"Mated honey, not dead. Besides you've met my mate, a girl would have to be crazy to do more than window shop with a mate like that," Elizabeth sighed happily.

"He is very handsome," Noah admitted.

Meryn laughed staring down at her phone, her tiny fingers moving a mile a minute. She looked up and gave a thumbs up to Noah. "Justice said he can help you move out. I'll give you his number so you can text him the address." Meryn wrote down the number on a piece of paper and handed it to Noah.

Noah took the piece of paper and held it as if it were the Holy Grail.

"I have Justice O'Malley's phone number in my hand," he whispered.

"And the sooner you use it, the sooner you can get our stuff and the sooner we can move in," Jaxon prompted, nudging Noah.

Noah stood and nodded. "Right. Be back later." Beaming, he practically ran for the door.

When he left, Jaxon shook his head. "It'll be a miracle if our stuff gets here in one piece he's so excited."

"He seems very young," Elizabeth observed.

Jaxon nodded. "We're both one hundred years old. But he's always been like that. Even though we're the same age he always seemed like a little brother to me. Since paranormals view our one hundredth year as the year we become legal adults, Noah and I were promptly kicked out of our homes on our birthdays. My parents no longer wanted to be associated with a son who was broken and Noah's parents don't believe in same sex matings."