ALEXANDER POV ~~~~Pulling up at Avery's apothecary shop, I look over the back seat. Both Tyson and Ace were fast asleep. I grab Ace's shoulder, shaking him. His eyes open to look back at me."What?" He asks before wiping his drool off his chin."I have to go see Aamon and Avery, wait in the car I won't be long. You step one foot from this car, you or Tyson you will be pulling my shoe from your ass for the next week"He swats my hand away. "Whatever" he growls going back to sleep. I growl at him but he rolls nestling back into his position and using the window as a pillow. Sitting up, I find my mate staring at them."You are no good at obeying orders,” I tell her and she looks away. "I was only looking""Well don't, now follow me"I tell her hopping out of the car. I stood stretching when I realize she still hadn't gotten out of the car. I roll my eyes, seriously? This girl has issues. I walk around to her side, opening the door."See this, you pull it and the door will open. Magic,” I
ASHINA POV ~~~~~The dark-haired man named Aamon took me into the shop. It smelled funny here, so many scents overwhelmed me. We stood there awkwardly as I peered around at everything."Do you like Alexander?" He asks, his voice making me jump in the dark room."He scares me," I answer. Aamon nods."He scares me too sometimes, what does your wolf say about him though?""Says mates are bad, they will kill him,” I tell him while observing him. "So she doesn't like him?""She doesn't want him to die,” I tell him."You think he will?" I shrug, he seems strong so I was unsure. My brows furrow at his question."You're very odd," he states."So are you, you smell funny" he chuckles. "What does Alexander smell like?""Good, why do you keep asking about him? He is your"- I didn't know what this man was to him. They aren't family though, they weren't the same species."Because I am hoping he won't kill you like Danika""Danika?" I ask him wondering who this person was everyone keeps mentionin
ALEXANDER POV ~~~~By the time we got home, I was completely exhausted. Tyson was still banging on the boot lid. Getting out, I walk to the trunk, popping it open. His cranky face staring up at me amused me. “I have been stuck in here for hours, jerk,” he says climbing out.“Next time don’t piss me off, be grateful I fed you. Now get your rubbish out of my boot,” I tell him. He grunts annoyed but does as he is told before stomping into the house like the defiant little shit he is. Walking to the back door. I jostle Ace awake.“Come on buddy we are home now, go inside,” I tell him. Zane hearing us pull up comes out.“Thank god I can finally go home, I thought you had left for good,” he says.“You’re right to leave thank you for watching over everything.”“That’s my job, you don't need to thank me,” he says before noticing the extra person in the car.“Hey, Zane,” Ace waves as he walks past him Zane walks down the steps to see who else was in the car.“Who’s that?” He asks, confused.“M
ASHINA POV ~~~~His body was different, I had seen a man naked before but never in the light and never this close where everything was on display. Even when I saw him in the forest naked I never truly paid attention to how different we were, to me it was just skin but now seeing him relaxed I noticed more, he had hair in places I didn’t, his skin looked harder than mine and he was bigger than me. A lot bigger than me....“Alphas are meant to look scary,” My wolf tells me. He turns me around obviously not liking me staring at him. Was it wrong to stare?I wet my hair, the water was hot, nicer than the streams or the cold buckets of water at home. The water is not making our teeth chatter.“I need to take your measurements later, if you're staying here you need clothes. I won't have you walking around naked,” he says, making me turn to look back at him. He was rinsing soap from his hair, his eyes closed as the water ran down his face. My eyes marveled over the strangeness of his body.
ASHINA POV ~~~~He stops at a door opening it, I look inside. "Main bathroom," He says, showing me inside before tugging me to another door near the end of the long hallway before the corner turns.“My office, if you can’t find me. I am usually in here, but until you can be trusted you remain with me,” he says looking down at me. He tugs me around the corner leading onto another hall, the house seemed never- ending. He stops at a glass door before pushing it open. “Infirmary,” he says, showing me inside. My heart skips a beat when I see the steel table in the middle of the room, jars of different liquid on the shelves reminding me of the table they would strap us to before injecting multiple things into us or removing things from us. Adrenaline hits me as my heart races. My wolf lurches forward a growl escaping me as she presses forward ready to attack when he stops trying to pull me in the room. Instead, he's looking down at me.He closes the door and I feel my wolf relax and my b
ASHINA POV ~~~~Then silence remained for most of the day. Alexander acknowledged my existence and was still angry from breakfast. when his brothers came home from wherever they went they walked into his office with annoyed expressions on their faces.Alexander looks at them. I watched their silent exchange and I could see they were doing that mind talking Alexander told me about. I had sat in the same position on the small chair all day watching him glare at his computer screen and the numerous papers on his desk.Alexander suddenly stands up before realizing I was in the room. “Get up, I need to sort something,” he says, and I hurriedly get to my feet, eager to be able to get off this damn chair that turned my bum numb.“We can watch her,” Tyson says, looking at me.“I wouldn’t trust you even to watch a goldfish,” Alexander tells him. The boy growls at him and Alexander motions for me to follow with his hand when the other boy speaks up.“We can watch her, you won’t run will you as
ASHINA POV ~~~~Over the afternoon, Alexander discovered they pooped in the toilet tank and he made Tyson clean it out with his bare hands. while Ace snickered at his brother with hands in his shit. Alexander watched making sure they cleaned everything, every little piece out. While I watched disgusted and feeling ill at the disgustingness that was his brothers.“Anything else,” Alexander asks Ace, who shakes his head.“Ace put your toothbrush on his private parts,” I tell him and Alexander glares at him.“Traitor you helped, it was your idea,” Tyson says pouting and pointing his finger at me.“I didn’t help, I just watched.”“You watched them do all that and didn't say anything to try to stop them.”“They said they would blame it on me and that you would believe them,” I tell him and he turns on his heel glaring at them before stalking toward them.They both do a runner from the room and Alexander sighs giving up. Before flopping on his bed only to sniff the air when his head hits t
ASHINA POV ~~~~~"Can I leave?" I ask him, needing to get out of this confined space. "Yes, clothes are in the walk-in closet in the blue bag," He says, turning to face me. I dart out of the room, the towel tightly wound around me as I walk into the walk-in. I look for the bag but can’t see it when I hear the water shut off. Alexander walked in behind me before reaching above my head and passing me the bag.I take it back into the bedroom before rummaging through it and almost groan when I realize they were the same sort of pants Lana lent me, the tight uncomfortable ones. I sat on the bed trying to maneuver them up my legs which were still slightly wet.“Why do people wear these? They are so uncomfortable,” I mutter to myself.“They are jeans, the most basic of clothes,” Alexander answers as I squeeze myself into them.“Well, they are uncomfortable and stick to me,” I tell him. “They are supposed to.”“Your clothes aren't this tight,” I tell him trying to close the top that keeps