Forever Is Not Enough [Council Enforcers 2] (Siren Publishing Classic)

there.”
    Ben felt Jacqi go stiff next to him as she started trembling. He felt his anger rise at the fact that the bastard still had the ability to scare his mate even through the phone. He wondered how the man had even found them in the first place.
    “I don’t know what you’re talki—” Mitch was cut off before he could finish.
    “Now it’s your turn to, how did you put it? Oh yes, cut the shit, Enforcer Ericson. I know she’s there with you. In fact, she’s probably standing right next to you listening at the moment. My dear daughter, I have only one thing to say to you.” Percival paused and Ben held his breath. “I’m coming for you.”
    The line went dead at the same time Jacqi gasped. Ben had the urged to go hunt Percival down and rip his throat out for what he was putting his mate through.
    “Where’s my bag? I need to go.” Jacqi tried to pull away from him.
    Ben held on tight. There was no way he was letting her go. “You can’t run, little mate. That’s exactly what you father wants you to do.”
    “No, he said he’s coming for me. He called here. That means he knows exactly where I am. I have to leave. I can’t put any of you in danger. My father won’t care that Tessa is pregnant or that there is a child here. He will come for me, and if any of you stand in his way, then he won’t hesitate to kill you.”
    “That’s exactly why you need to stay. You have four of the best enforcers guarding you here. Your father called and threatened you because he knows exactly what you will do. He wants you to run so he can be waiting to catch you. If he knows you’re here, then that means he has a way of tracking you. It won’t matter if you stay here or go somewhere else, he will find you.”
    “Ben is right,” Ken said as he came up behind them. “Let Percival come to us. Here, we know the land, and we can be ready for him. Out there, we would be constantly on guard, not knowing when or where he would attack us.”
    “There is no we. I’ll go, and you guys can stay here.”
    Ken crossed his large arms over his chest and glared at Jacqi. “If you go, then we go. We aren’t letting you go alone.”
    “Why?” Jacqueline asked, confused.
    Ben pulled his mate into his arms and hugged her. “You are my mate. That means you’re family, and it makes everyone in this room your family as well. The guys will protect you with their lives now, just as I would Tessa and Nico or Ken and Ryan’s mate when they find her.”
    Jacqi looked over at Ken and Ryan and frowned. “I thought they were mated to each other.”
    Ben chuckled and lifted his brow at the pair waiting for them to explain.
    “We are, but Ken and I both feel there is a third out there for us. Neither of us had ever been with a man when we met and realized we were mates, and we both feel like there is a woman out there meant for the both of us. Or mating is incomplete until we find her.”
    Ben could tell his mate wanted to ask more questions, instead Jacqi nodded. “Okay, I’ll stay, but the instant it looks like one of you could get hurt on my behalf, then I’m out the door.”
    There was no way Ben was letting her go anywhere without him, but he kept quiet. His little mate would soon find out that family stuck together, no matter what. He looked over at the guys, and they all nodded, knowing exactly what he was thinking and all agreeing. He led Jacqi over to a chair and pulled her into his lap.
    “Okay, first, my mate has something to discuss, then we need to come up with a plan to guard this place. We also need to figure out how Percival even knew we were here. Either he is a really good bluffer or my guess is he has a way of tracking Jacqi.” Ben ignored the elbow to his ribs and his mate muttering Jacqueline under her breath.
    Mitch and Ryan started joking about how they’d bet Ben couldn’t wait to perform a strip search on his mate to find the tracker while Ken sat back and watched them all quietly. Ben wouldn’t admit it out loud, but he was looking forward to searching every inch of his mate’s body as well. He would definitely be the one to do it because there was no way he was letting one of the other guys lay a finger on Jacqi. Ben’s thoughts and the joking were interrupted when his mate suddenly sat forward on his lap.
    “Ben is going to die in less than three months if I don’t find a way to finish the antidote to the rogue serum.”
    The room was silent for about thirty seconds before everyone