Ted’s POV
“Douglas,” the King's command makes everything stop.Douglas gently helps Lynn fix her dress, and they hold hands as they walk toward us.I am finally able to stand with Carl’s support.“Ted,” She whimpers as she sees me. “He chose me. I’m going to be a Duchess.”He leans in and kisses her neck again, making me unstable.Carl and King Joseph hold me in a standing position.Douglas looks down and fixes his pants. “Brother, let me explain.”“There is nothing you can say. You are a disgrace to this family,” Joseph tells him.“I’ll reject Ted that way he can have a second chance. I won’t be mated anymore, and Douglas will be free to choose me,” Lynn giggles. “See, easy fix.”King Joseph tilts his head to one side as he stares at Lynn.“Alpha, what do you want?” King Joseph asks me.My wolf is growling and snarling.“I, Alpha Theodore Sol, reject Lynn Sol as my mate and Luna,” I manage to say, but I have to lean on King Joseph. He holds me up.“That took a lot of strength,” I hear Queen Amelia say. “Your pack is lucky, Alpha Sol, to have an Alpha as strong as you. I pray the goddess bring you a second chance worthy of you.”“As for you, Douglas,” King Joseph says, turning to his brother. “You and your, whatever she is, are banished from the palace. Take her and go. I forbid her from returning to Sol pack until her son is 18. She loses all claim to him and to anything she left at the pack. Leave now. Gamma Carl, take your Alpha home. He needs to rest. I need his brain and strength for the fights ahead.”“Wait, what?” Lynn squeals. “We are banished, as in not, allowed to live here?”Does she even care that she is rejected?“Accept the rejection, or find yourself killed,” King Joseph tells her.“Accept it, Lynn,” Douglas tells her.“I, Lynn Sol, accept the rejection,” Lynn shrugs as another wave of pain hits me. “So, I’m free again, right?”“You are faithless. Stop dirtying my home with your presence,” Queen Amelia orders. “Go, both of you.”Douglas pulls Lynn away. I hear her scream in pain, and I am numb to it.“She finally feels it,” King Joseph shakes his head.“Let’s get you home, Alpha,” Carl says.“Out the side,” Queen Amelia tells us. “I had your car brought around there. No cameras.”Carl gets me in the car and starts to drive. I hear him mumbling into his phone. As everything fades to black.“Alpha?” I hear a familiar voice. “Alpha, can you hear me?”I blink and see the sun. I’m in a hospital bed and it’s Bill talking to me.“What the hell?” I groan as I try to move but everything hurts.“Yeah, just lay still for a bit,” Bill tells me. “Lynn is the talk to the werewolf world. The cheating Luna.”“Do I still bear her mark?” I ask.“No, we think that is why you passed out. Photos of her leaving the party with Douglas, no longer a Duke, show hers is gone too.”“I bet everyone thinks I’m a weak Alpha,” I say with a huff.“Oh, it is very opposite,” Crystal tells me. “Queen Amelia and King Joseph are commenting on your strength and intelligence. Not to mention your class for not interrupting the party. You came out smelling like roses. We left out the passed out for two days part.”“I was out for two days?” I ask.“Yeah,” Crystal nods.“Zach?” I ask, moving, not worried about the pain.“Is well cared for,” Bill promises. “He is in in the nursery with his two best friends. Daisy and Tony.”“Tony?” I ask, leaning back. Then, it clicks, “Betty had the baby! Our next Beta!”Bill beams with pride. “He is a handsome devil. Looks like his Dad.”I smile. “Man, that is wonderful. I am sorry Lynn managed to ruin what should have been a great day.”“Betty is all too happy to see her never return here,” Crystal smiles. “I can say we all are. The pack is rallied around you. They want you as Alpha and will accept no substitutes.”I nod. “I want to get back to work. I just need to wrap my head around what happened that night,” I tell them. “Where is Carl?”“Training the littles. I’ll have him come up here,” Crystal tells me.“Thanks,” I nod.It took four days and Carl telling me the story six times before I got my head wrapped completely around the idea. I don’t have a plan to survive yet, but I know for my son, I have to pull it together. I can’t let a faithless female keep me down.“Good to have you back in the office, Alpha,” Stacey, an Omega in the packhouse, tells me as she brings me coffee.“Thank you, Stacey,” I tell her with a smile.“I know losing a mate is difficult. Let me know if you need anything at all,” Stacey smiles as she leans over my desk a little. I can see she has her top three buttons undone. She is giving me a great view.“Thank you for understanding,” I smirk at her over my coffee cup. “I am not ready for……’comfort’ just yet.”Stacey smiles at me. “When you are ready, I will be here.”She leaves as Bill comes in with raised eyebrows.“Well, well, well Alpha, seems you can have your pick of the pack,” Bill jokes.“Yeah, it seems so. What are you bringing me?” I ask as he hands me a file.“The final treaties with Onslaught Rage,” Bill takes a seat. “Why do Hunters name their groups such awful names?”I laugh as I read, “I have no idea.”“Anyway. We got everything we wanted and so did they. So, I guess it’s just waiting for your signature,” Bill tells me.I read over the documents and agree these are what we talked about.“Does Yoel know about my change in situation?” I ask.“How does it affect the treaties?” Bill shrugs. “You are still the leader. No one is challenging you.”I nod, and then sign.I guess life goes on.Sabrina’s POVI hear Sophie again. I get up and feed her again.“Hey sis, you okay?” Solen asks, coming into my room.“Just tired. She is a hungry girl,” I smile as she suckles happily.“You don’t have to start work today,” he starts again. “I make enough to support you and Sophie.”“Hey, you are my brother, not my husband. You need to live a little too. I can’t keep holding you back,” I smile at him. “It’s a new year, time for a new you, and a new me.”Solen smiles at me as Sophie starts to fall asleep at my chest.“You do look good since starting your workouts,” Solen nods. “Has it helped?”I look up and him and nod. “Yeah, I never saw fighting as an outlet for anger. I thought it was the losers way out. But these self-defense classes have been really working for me.”Solen nods with a big smile.I start working at Sol Royal and it doesn’t take long at all, I am promoted. I see Bill and Crystal around the hotel sometimes, but they don’t stop and chat. I have never been able to prope
Sabrina’s POV“So, I can’t fire you because you have skills that pay bills, but I can write you up for lack of standard work,” I tell her. “And once the boss is done playing with you, understand you will be fired.”“Really, because Stacey is still her,” Evelyn scoffs.“Stacey works her ass off and keeps her shit up to standards. You can’t be bothered to try. So once your golden pussy has run out of lives, you will be fired,” I tell her.Crystal is standing behind me with a steel like expression.Evelyn rolls her eyes. “Whatever, once I marry my Teddy, you are fired.”I scoff, “You think he is going to marry you?”“Evelyn, you are delusional,” Crystal says, behind me.“I gave him my virginity. Even if we aren’t mates, he owes me now. I will make it to that master bedroom, wait and see,” Evelyn seems to snap.I laugh, “You gave your virginity to a man who sleeps around publicly and talk about being ‘mates’ aren’t mates nothing more than friends?”“Oh, and I’m the delusional one?” Evelyn
Ted’s POV“Hey,” I feel someone bump into my leg. “Don’t touch my mommy!”I look down at the beautiful woman in my arms. She looks a little dazed, but we both come back quickly.“I’m so sorry,” I say, stunned at what just happened. I release her and step back.“Who do you think you are? You can’t kiss someone without consent!” This woman is human and PISSED!“Yeah, you kissed my mommy. That’s not nice mister!” The tiny copy of my mate has the same pissed expression on her face, hands on her hips, so damn cute.“He couldn’t help it,” Zach fires at the little girl.“Zach, stop, I should have had better control. I’m sorry…” I wait for my mate to give me her name.“Sabrina, why did I tell you that?” She looks angry with me and herself.“Sabrina, I’m Ted Sol and this is my son, Zach. I should have controlled myself more. I was overtaken by how beautiful you are. I need to set a better example for him. I’m extremely sorry.”“Sorry doesn’t begin to cover it. Back up,” she demands, and I do.
Ted's POVMy mate nods. “You met me three, maybe four, minutes ago and you are taking about forever?”“Okay, I get that this is pretty strange to you. But give me half a chance and you will see it’s really not,” I smile at her.“I don’t know why I feel so comfortable around you so suddenly,” She looks more afraid then comfortable, but hey, it is what it is.“I guess this is going to come as a full-on shock to you, but I feel very comfortable around you too,” I tell her. “What can I do to convince you that I’m okay, you are okay, and having lunch with me and my friends is all okay?”“You are the owner of the hotel I work at. I know you like to sleep around. How do you know I am not just going with you to keep my job, so I don’t have to look for another one?” She asks me and now I get to smile.“Because I am aware that three other hotels here in Dallas have already tried to poach you and you could have another job in a second,” I tell her. “I’m out of touch, but not really.”“I don’t kn
Sabrina’s POVEveryone is eating and the conversation has stopped. Every once and a while, I touch Ted, skin to skin. The fireworks feel amazing. I'm trying not to be obvious, he seems to be touching me too.I ordered my favorite wine for me and Betty. She seems to really enjoy it. Mama brought a second bottle and Betty was not shy about drinking.I smile at myself as everyone seems to really enjoy the choices.The kids are enjoying Pizza and spaghetti while us adults have steak and fresh tomato salads. I ordered the guys a locally brewed IPA. Both really liked the pairing and order a few.When the dishes are cleaned, the kids all look like they are about to fall asleep from being full. Sophie leans on me, I play in her hair. I can't help but grin at how Tony and Zach are both looking at her with affection. They seem to really like her. Hard not to, she is perfect in my opinion.“Okay, you order from now on,” Bill says, drinking the last of his beer.“I am glad you all enjoyed it,” I
Sabrina's POVHe lays down, then the brown wolf follows suit.“It’s just my dad,” Zach says, climbing on top of the black wolf. “Want a ride, Sophie?”“She is going to ride my dad with me,” Tony says, climbing on the brown wolf.“Mommy, put me down,” Sophie wiggles until I release her. She runs straight to Tony and the brown wolf.“Sabrina,” Betty says, coming around. “I know this is a lot to take in, but Ted, Bill, I, well the entire pack. We will not hurt you, ever. Sophie either. You are important to us. Crystal and I can teach you everything.”“Crystal is one too,” I say, watching Sophie laugh on the brown wolf. She looks so happy. “Is everyone a werewolf?”Betty giggles a little. “No. Just about 2000 of us in Dallas. With over 1.3 million people in Dallas, it’s not that many. Zero-point one percent of the population.”I look at her, taking my eyes off Sophie for a second.“That is only a little funny,” I tell her. I look back and Sophie is laughing joyfully. “Why is Sophie so com
Ted’s POV“Sabrina, just come in,” I tell her. Normally, after mates meet, they spend 48 hours making love over and over. But I can tell I am going to have to take this very slow.“Come on, Mommy,” Sophie pulls Sabrina toward the house. “We can see it.”“I can show you my room,” Tony tells Sophie. “I have bunk beds.”“Come on, Mommy,” Sophie keeps pulling.Betty drives up and Sabrina almost runs toward her.“Hey, it’s okay, breath,” Betty tells her, after Sabrina explains her concerns. “Come inside, you and I will talk. The kids can play. It will be okay.”Betty helps Sabrina into the house. I mindlink her to tell me what is being said, but Betty tells me it is girl talk and not even if I order her will she break her Luna’s trust.“Come on,” Tony takes Sophie’s hand and pulls her toward the house.“What happened?” Bill asked me.I make sure no one is around.“She doesn’t want to have sex,” I tell him.Bill burst out laughing. “I’m sorry bro, but you must have been a horrible person in
Ted’s POVI reach for her again and she steps back. Her chin is trembling. I can’t take the idea that she thinks I will ever betray her. Killing Sedit Zenith is looking better and better every day. “Never,” I pull back and hold her face in both my hands, meeting her eyes. “I will never touch another female as long as you never reject me.”“I don’t want to reject you, but I am not sure I can be what you need,” She confesses.“I don’t believe the goddess would have brought us together if you were not capable. She has faith in you and so do I. Give us a chance and you will see it. We can deal with the sex stuff later,” I kiss her lips again, enjoying the sensation.She smiles at me before getting in the car for Betty to drive her and Sophie home.“Bye, Tony,” Sophie waves out of her window.“Bye, Sophie,” Tony waves from the porch.Sabrina rolls down her window and we hold hands. Our fingers hold on as they drive away.“Betty is going to work on her during the drive. Any luck, when Be