Josy The place is clean, but I hadn't expected anything less from Conan and Kanoa. I even find a list of items that need to be ordered, and Kanoa even did my monthly inventory for me; looks like it will be a normal day for me. After I place the order, I walk back into the diner and I start placing everything on the tables. Morning passes quickly, and then the lunch rush hits us; I love the noises and commotion from the Warriors. They come in here when they are on patrol; they come in two shifts to make sure our borders are always protected, and they give us their orders through the mind-link before they show up at the diner. It saves them time, time that they need on border patrol. Colton came up with the idea, and he asked me how I felt about it; I had asked him to explain to me why he wanted the Warriors to order through the mind-link. After he explained it to me, I realized he had thought about it and his request was more than reasonable, so I agreed with him. "Conan, how did it go with visitors?" I ask, knowing that one of the females I worry about had her family visit two days ago. "They called off the visit; their Alpha is stepping down and they needed to help out with the ceremony. They rescheduled it to the end of this week," Conan answers. I am surprised to hear that; her family was constantly begging her to come home and to take her place as the Pack's Luna. Her family is still unaware of the way her Mate treated her, that he rejected her after he cheated on her for months and had her convicted on bogus charges. It took her a few weeks to confide in me, and I promised her that there would always be someone to keep an eye on her family. It was one of the changes we made after Alpha Lakota found out about my concerns, and in the past year we have seen a change in the families that visit. "Let's just hope that it means they will finally accept that she is not moving back," I state as I clear off the table, and I look up as I hear the bell chime. "Conan, what is he doing here?" I ask through the mind-link. Every Warrior is looking at the male in the doorway, but it doesn't seem to faze him at all. "Tell my Mate I am here to take her home," he says as he looks at me. "Have a seat, Alpha. Can I get you anything?" I reply, and after he orders a coffee I walk over to the counter. "Josy, I am on my way," Alpha Lakota says in my head, and I smile to myself as I make the Alpha his coffee. Warriors that are finished with their lunch slowly get up to drop their plates and glasses on the counter, and then they make their way outside. I know they aren't going anywhere; some of them will check the area for his Pack-members and the rest will surround the diner. They will make sure that no one else gets into the diner."Kanoa, can you bring the Alpha his coffee?" I ask; I am not going anywhere near him. I don't trust him, and I don't want to get caught in the middle of anything. Conan helps me to clear the counter, while those that are still eating their lunch have slowed down and they keep glancing at the Alpha. The bell chimes again and this time Jazzy and Tychon walk in; they are talking about their cottage. They don't pay the Alpha any attention and sit down at the table next to him, still arguing about how many rooms they will need. They started this argument the moment they had asked Peter to build their cottage, and it had been fun listening to them argue, but they settled this argument weeks ago. The Alpha glances at them from time to time and the argument seems to annoy the hell out of him. "Tychon, just agree with your Mate," Conan says as he places their coffee in front of them. "She is going to get her way, no matter what. You better stay on her good side or you might end up on the couch one of these days." Jazzy laughs as Tychon looks shocked between Conan and Jazzy; he knows she would force him to sleep in another room or she would come to my Quarters if he refused. We have seen it happen in the past year; sometimes Jazzy finally gave in, but most of the time Tychon was the one to give in to his Mate. Another chime of the bell lets me know that Alpha Lakota just walked in, and I smile brightly when Argos walks in behind her. He chose me as his baby Sister because his own baby Sister doesn't need him to protect her, and at first it had annoyed the hell out of me, especially after I started running the diner. He would be here when my shift ended to walk me home, something he still does after all these years, and I doubt he will ever stop doing it until the day I find my fated Mate. Argos made it clear he will put my fated Mate through a third degree interrogation, making sure that my Mate understands he has to deal with Argos if he ever hurts me. "Alpha, what are you doing here?" Lakota asks, and I see a surprised look on his face. "I am here to get my Mate, not that it is any of your business, little girl," he replies, and Argos takes a step towards the counter, placing himself between me and the Alpha. "It is my business when you claim that one of my Pack-members is your Mate. I know that none of my members is mated to an Alpha, and I believe it is custom for an Alpha to announce a visit to another Alpha's territory," Lakota rebuttals. "As far as I know, I didn't receive any message stating that an Alpha would be visiting my Pack."