Once my laughter ceased, I glanced up at Olivia. She stood in front of me with her hands on her hips and a completely unimpressed look on her face. I sat upright and composed myself.
“What’s so damn funny?” She snapped at me, and I found it hard not to chuckle again.
I decided to wind her up, I couldn’t help it, she looked like such a cute little angry woman.
“What if I don’t want to?”
“Huh?” She asked in confusion.
I stood up and strolled towards her. I slipped my hand around her waist, resting it on the small of her back, before yanking her body close to mine. With my other hand I swept her long blonde hair behind her ear as I leaned in. As my breath brushed against her cheek, I could hear her heart speeding up, her breathing became labored, and I knew she was attracted to me on some level.
I made sure my voice was low and smooth as I said,
“What if I say no. What reason could you possibly have to reject me?”
“I... Um...” She stuttered.
“Unless you can give me a valid reason as to why I should call this whole thing off, I can’t see why I shouldn’t mark you right here, right now...” I whispered in a husky tone as I moved my lips closer to her skin. “I know you’re attracted to me. Your body is screaming out for me to bite you.”
“No!... No, it’s not... Mmmm,” her protesting quickly turned into a delicious moan when my lips met the delicate spot of flesh between her neck and her shoulder. As a Scion, she was instinctively attracted to future or current Alphas, Sires, and Kings. It was her bodies way of making sure only the best would father her children.
In all honesty, I was being an asshole, taking advantage of her body’s natural instincts. If I was going to let my father and pack down, and hers, I needed a very good reason to. Not just because she demanded it. I also doubted that she would openly tell me that she was in a relationship with that shifter, so I needed a way of coaxing it out of her. Also, I won’t lie, it was fun to tease her a little. My bad-boy antics had all but ceased lately, and it was exciting to play the role again, even if it was only for a short while.
“Well, if there is nothing to stop me, I guess I’ll just give your body what it wants.”
I opened my mouth, making her body shudder as my lips brushed against her skin. I extended my canines and as they scraped along her flesh I began to panic, shit, is she not gonna stop me? Crap! I tilted my head back as my canines extended to their fullest, by now my wolf instinct had taken over and I couldn’t stop myself.
I let out a growl as I threw my head forward, ready to plunge my teeth into her neck. With my eyes closed I didn’t see her fist flying toward my face. It cracked me in the side of the head, making me lose my footing and crash to the floor.
“Shit, why'd you do that?”
“Why do you think? You were gonna mark me, you son of a bitch!” She growled while giving me a swift kick to the gut.
As I exhaled heavily, I couldn’t help but begin to chuckle again.
“Now why are you laughing? Do you need me to kick the crap out of you, you damn creep?” She pulled her leg back ready to kick me again, and as funny as the situation was, I didn’t like where her foot was aimed.
I quickly covered my crown jewels with one hand and waved the other in the air,
“No. No stop. It was a joke, I swear.”
She lowered her foot to the ground and with a little stamp replied,
“A joke? Well, forgive me for not seeing the funny side of you marking me against my wishes.”
She was angry and she had every right to be. If I was in her position, I guess I wouldn’t have been best pleased either. “Christ, what sort of pack are you from? My father said you were from a respectful and caring pack. I guess he got that completely wrong,” she mumbled as she made her way over to the couch.
I dragged myself off the floor while she took a seat. Rubbing my jaw, I replied,
“No, he didn’t. We are a good pack, and I’m not all that bad, I promise.”
“Then why pull a stunt like that? You were acting like a damn Neanderthal.”
“I was just playing, I wanted to know if what I saw was correct,” I explained while sitting down on the couch opposite her.
With a confused expression, she asked,
“What did you see?”
“You, being in love with that human shifter.”
“Shhh!” She protested in a panic as she rushed over towards me. “Please, don’t let them hear you,” she begged while roughly grabbing my face.
I sat there in shock, and just nodded in agreement. She let out a sigh of relief then slumped back onto the couch. “I knew today was a bad idea. We always say that we’re gonna control ourselves, but it never works out. I can’t believe we were so stupid.” She sat back up and gazed into my eyes, I could see tears filling up her own. “Please, I’m begging you, don’t tell anyone. My father will kill us.”
The sadness in her face threw me. She really loved the shifter, and I couldn’t understand why her father wouldn’t let the pair of them be together.
“I won’t, I swear. But why can’t you be together? I know your father wants you to be with an Alpha, but surely if you’re in love, he can make an exception for a King?”
She sighed again.
“If only it were that simple. She isn’t a King, or Queen for that matter. She is just a normal tribe member.” She sat back and covered her face. “It’s such a mess. We've loved each other for years. I have tried everything I could to put off meeting any of the future mates my father had picked out for me. And I’ve tried everything to pave the way to coming out to him, and explaining what, and who I want, but he’s so traditional and set in his ways.”
“I’m so sorry Olivia, I had no idea.”
“It’s okay, you weren’t supposed to know. I’m just sorry you’ve had a wasted journey.”
I sat back against the couch and turned my head to face her.
“Maybe I haven’t?” She turned her head and glanced at me with a questioning look. “Maybe I can help you?”
She sat up, giving me her full attention.
“How?”
“Maybe we can come up with a plan that benefits us both? My family will get off my back for a while, and you can finally be with your shifter.”
“Claudia,” she stated. “I’m listening. What do you have in mind?”
“Maybe we should discuss this somewhere away from our parents?”
“Oh. Agreed.”
We had dinner with our parents, and afterwards, we told them that we needed to get to know each other better. Olivia told them that she was going to be showing me the nightlife around town. Our parents didn’t suspect a thing and actually seemed excited for us. Little did they know, we’d soon be playing them all.
We got ready as if we were going dancing, and I have to say Olivia looked amazing. If this wasn’t all a lie, she would definitely be someone I could see myself with. She stashed a bag in her car which had a spare set of clothes and pajamas for us both. We were going to be calling her father later and letting him know that we were too drunk to come home and that we'd be staying at a hotel.
We said our goodbyes and headed off to the hotel. We had already booked a room and Claudia would be meeting us there. I had a few ideas about how to help them, and to be honest, it would help me in the long run. My dad would back off and leave me to it, thinking I was courting Olivia. I still loved Aubrey. Being away from her was hurting more and more with every passing hour.
Having Olivia and Claudia to focus on, helped me keep her out of my thoughts for a while. Maybe bringing two people together would calm my broken heart a little. I didn’t know what the future held, but I knew I’d do everything I could to make sure these two women could build a future together. Love should always come first. I just wished that Aubrey wanted me enough to risk it all.
All three of us had changed into our pajamas. If someone walked in right now, I’m sure they'd assume we were some sort of throuple. Olivia had booked the penthouse suite, so we had two bedrooms a living room, little kitchen, and two bathrooms. I swear it was bigger than most people’s apartments. Not that I was complaining. We ordered in Chinese and sat down to discuss their lives and my plan.They told me how they met, how they fell in love, and although it warmed my heart, it made me miss Aubrey even more. I sat there noticing every little giggle, or look that they gave each other, every delicate touch, they were so in love. I tried to remember if Aubrey ever acted like that with me, and I couldn’t remember a single time.She'd never looked at me like that, sure she'd blush or bite her lip, but that was more sexual chemistry. What these guys had was pure love. While Claudia and Olivia were chatting, I stood up and made my way toward the kitchen. I op
That night at the hotel we talked for hours, going through plans, throwing ideas out there, and smoothing them out. We made our way back to Olivia's house the next day, after dropping Claudia off with her tribe. We convinced our parents that we wanted a courting period. It wasn’t an unusual request; a lot of Scions chose to date a potential mate for a while before making a permanent decision.Luckily for me, my parents had no reason to suspect anything, and Olivia's were just happy that she was finally showing an interest in a future Alpha. My parents went home, while I was moved into a spare room within the Stonefeather household. Claudia had agreed to stay away for a few weeks at least. In the early stages of this, we couldn’t risk any suspicion.A faint tap on my bedroom door stirred me a little. I groaned and rolled over in bed. It was a few seconds before another tap wrapped on the door. This time it was louder and more urgent. I sat up in bed and turn
“Chase? Chase, are you okay?” Olivia's faint voice called out to me.My head was thumping, like I had a hangover or something. I gradually opened my eyes and tried to sit up, but my body was weak. I barely lifted my head an inch off of the pillow before collapsing back down.“Hold his head up,” a woman’s voice ordered. I recognized her from the chanting.A hand slid under my neck and gently pulled my head up slightly. Someone placed a glass to my lips, and the stench of the liquid made me gag. I tried to pull my head away, but a set of strong hands held my head in place. Another hand pinched my nose closed as the disgusting liquid was poured into my mouth.I gulped and gagged as the thick sludge slipped down my throat. Once it was all gone, my head was rested back onto the pillow, but it didn’t stay there long. I twisted to the side and vomited all over the floor. As I coughed and spluttered, a fresh glass of water came
Six weeks went by and our plan to fool Olivia’s parents was going well. They had pretty much adopted me as their son. We had worked out a plan with the Tintagel triplets to be able to get Olivia and Claudia married, without implicating myself or my pack. We had a few more meetings scheduled so that we could run over the finer details some more.Today was one of those meetings. As far as Charles and Theia were aware, Olivia and I were heading off for a romantic long weekend. What we were really doing was going to the triplet’s house for the night, then Olivia and Claudia were going away for two days to celebrate their three-year anniversary. I’d be staying behind at Irene and her brother’s house until the girls got back.I had already packed my bag and had a shower. I got dressed and dried my hair. While styling it with some gel there was a tap in the door.“Come in.”“Oh my God, it smells like you’ve showere
After drinking way too much beer, eating way too much pizza, and watching a bunch of crappy horror films, I’d finally crawled down the hall towards my room. Olivia had gone to bed upstairs hours ago, but me and the guys stayed up. I must have fallen asleep at some point, and when I woke my body was aching from the strange position I’d fallen asleep in.Leaving the guys sleeping in the living room, I continued to make my way down the hall. As my hand grabbed hold of the door handle to my room a delicious and irresistible scent hit my nose. A growl began to rumble in my chest as my hand squeezed tightly around the door handle. I frantically sniffed at the air, and as I turned to follow it, I ripped the door handle clean off of the door.The noise must have woken the guys because when I began to sprint towards a door at the end of the hall, I heard chanting behind me. I took no notice and picked up my speed. I needed to get to that scent. It was like my body h
I spent all day asking Irene questions. Her brothers had long given up and headed to bed, and Olivia had left for her weekend with Claudia. It was just me and Irene, and I couldn’t deny that it felt so natural being around her. We'd ordered in some food, eaten it, and we now sat on the couch together having a drink.The triplet’s story was a dark one, to say the least. Irene explained that her mom was a young werewolf who had been kidnapped by a black magic coven. They were the worst of the worst in the magic community and kept themselves well hidden. They had a prophecy that said if they were able to impregnate a werewolf that was the seventh daughter of the seventh son, they would bring forth a litter of the strongest witches the world had ever seen.Needless to say, their plan worked, and Irene’s mom was soon pregnant. She went through the beginning of the pregnancy held captive by the coven, but then managed to escape. She found the protection of
I'd had the best night and morning of my life, but my heart was broken. This was how I wanted every night to end and every morning to begin, with Aubrey's head resting on my chest and her arm draped around my waist. Although, I knew it couldn’t last. She was a Scion and I couldn't keep stop other Alpha's if they wanted to take her from me. Sure, I was strong, and the son of an Alpha, but that wasn’t enough. If I wanted to be with her forever, I needed to become an Alpha. Be a man that could fulfil her every need, and most of all, be strong enough to protect her and our future children. I sighed, trying my best not to wake my sleeping beauty. I needed a plan and I knew I had to speak to my dad. He’d know exactly what to do. I wished that I’d never thrown the Alpha fight with Chase all those years ago, but I didn’t want to eventually have to fight my father to the death. Werewolf traditions were ridiculous. Why in the hell we needed to kill the current Alpha, I just didn’t understand. I
I awoke in the hospital, with beeping machines and doctors chattering away. The anaesthetic was still coursing through my veins and joining the journey was a big drip bag of morphine. I won’t say that I wasn’t enjoying the head-floaty feeling, but I wanted to be more clear-headed and listen to what the doctors were saying to my parents. I tried to lift my head but it felt so heavy like it was strapped down even though knew it wasn’t. As much as I tried, I couldn’t stay awake and fell back asleep. When I finally did wake up again, someone had closed the drapes and dimmed the lights in my room. I turned to the side and saw my mom asleep in the chair beside my bed. She looked so peaceful I didn’t have the heart to wake her. The morphine had worn off and my head was clear now, but I needed to speak to my father urgently. I groaned when I tried to sit up, but with another push with my arms and I was sitting upright.“Jesus, Jesse, what are you doing?” My mom yelled at me while rushing over