She reached up to grab his hand as he draped the blanket around her shoulders, giving it a reassuring squeeze.  It saddened her to hear about how he seemed to already feel that the pack was going to kill him.  A small part of Amaris was still holding out hope that some part of Rex would remain rational and be willing to find some sort of solution to this that left everyone somewhat happy.  Amaris thanked his mother for the coffee and picked up the mug to take a sip.  "You're not going to die today, not if I have anything to say about it."  Still, it was hard not to let the doubt tickle the back of her mind.  After another sip of coffee, she set the cup down and stood up, pulling the blanket around her shoulders.  The nudity didn't bother her but Blake seemed to want her covered up; modesty seemed to be a human thing.  His mother's presence didn't bother her as she pressed her body tightly against him, grabbed the front of his shirt, and pulled him down for a lingering kiss.  She broke away to whisper against his lips, "You should bring Sofie inside.  Rex is outside."<br/><br/>Amaris stepped out of the embrace and let the blanket fall to the floor in a puddle.  She was going to go outside and try to talk to Rex first.  She offered her human lover a smile then strode out the door.  Her alpha had seen her naked plenty of times so she thought nothing of it.  Plus, being unencumbered by the blanket would make it easier should she have to defend herself.  Confident steps carried her out the door and off the porch to where Rex waited by Blake's truck.  Her shoulders were back and she was carrying herself as if everything was peachy keen.  Based on body language, the conversation was intense.  They weren't yelling but there were points where voices raised and hands punctuated statements.  Finally, Amaris turned back towards the house where she knew Blake had been watching.  She gestured for him to come outside.<br/><br/>When the human male approached, Rex huffed and crossed his arms over his chest.  "I don't know what you've done to my girl here, boy, but she's quite determined to stand up for you."  The older man's nose lifted and a smirk formed.  "I can smell you all over each other.  You've been..intimate, haven't you?"  He laughed, already knowing the answer.  He could smell it all over them.  "So little Amaris tells me that you don't want to kill any of us.  I'm not sure that's really a threat seeing as how we have the advantage of numbers.  Sure, you may have guns and you may be able to take some of us out but we're good hunters and we can easily overwhelm you.  Plus, it would be quite easy to take all the fight out of you by simply taking your mother, your pet, and your woman captive.  You don't have a lot to work with here, boy."<br/><br/>Amaris's upper lip curled into a silent snarl as she stepped protectively in front of Blake.  "I already told you what the easiest solution is, Rex.  Don't be a total asshole.  His mother's too old to have more children so once he's dealt with, the human line comes to an end.  All you have to do is just agree."  She turned around and took Blake's face in her hands so he'd be forced to look at her.  "I told him you're willing to change..to let me bite you.  Then it won't matter anymore.  You won't be truly human anymore."  Her eyes searched his, almost pleading with him to go along with her plan.  "We can stay here with the pack or we can leave and form our own. Either way, no one has to die."