*3 years later*"AHHH!" I jumped at the sound of a scream and ran down the hall towards the living room where I found Ashton withering on the ground as sweat covered his face and Benson along with a few other guys stood back and watched with wide eyes as Cameron and Dillon held him down."What's going on in here?" I asked making them look up at me"We don't know Alpha Beau. He was fine a moment ago" Benson replied. He was a good looking guy with soft caramel skin, full lips, black curly hair he always cropped and green eyes. He's one of the many patrol members and became friends with Ashton shortly after he arrived here with his siblings. "What happened?" Ashton asked a few moments later as he laid panting on the ground with Cameron and the others watching him with worried eyes "What do you mean what happened? You were just screaming fucking bloody murder" Cameron said with a frown looking down at his brother who furrowed his brows before sitting up rubbing his face, "and this isn't

Growing up, I always knew that I was different but my parents and brother -well pretty much the whole family- never treated me any differently. They always made sure that I had a perfect life, well as perfect as any kid that was born with Down syndrome can have. If I'm being honest with you, I never truly felt like I belonged in the pack since I was so different from everyone else, especially since the older and even younger pack kids treated me like I was the scum on the bottom of their shoe. Beau, our parents, and family always made sure that I was happy and that no harm ever came to me but I always knew that no matter how hard they tried to shield me from that, it will always happen. Even more so now that my brother found his mate. When Derek came into the picture, I won't lie and say that I liked him because I didn't. He came and took my best friend from me but as the more, I got to know him, the more I became aware of the type of person he was. He didn't treat me differently and

I was in the yard when my wolf, Loki, began to pace in my head whining making me frown. I sniffed the air and something caught my attention before I dashed towards the woods shifting on the way. Loki kept whining as the further we went. The further I went, the stronger the scent of pine and mint became stronger. I stopped in my tracks when my eyes landed on the most beautiful man I've ever laid eyes on. His head snapped up when he sensed me and I saw as a smile form in his lips but the moment I shifted to my human form, his smile banished and was replaced by disgust making my heart shatter. "I should've known it would be you who would turn out to be my mate" his scent thick with anger though I could see the conflict in his eyes as his wolf fought him. “I had smelled you but I never thought that it would be you of all people." The more he spoke the more my heart began to shatter knowing what he was about to say and I wasn't ready. I always knew that mates would accept each other rega

"Man your territory is huge," Axel exclaimed as we made our way inside after I had showed AJ and his friends around the territory with Papa's permission, "No pun intended by the way."I tilted my head while his friends and AJ rolled their eyes at his comment. I shrugged and led them towards the gym where I could hear Derek talking to Dillon who is also AJ's friend and who refused to tag along with us."Then he should leave him behind it's not like he's anything special. He's not a normal person like us. He got a deformity." Dillon replied and I bit the inside of my cheek at his words as I cast down my eyes and from beside me I felt AJ tense as his fist clenched at his sides before he made his presence known."I'm not forcing you or anyone for that matter to remain here, Dillon. If you wish to continue our journey to California you're more than welcomed to leave" Dillon froze as his eyes widened hearing AJ's voice and turned around to face us his eyes trained on his friends."I-I," Di

I felt a hand soothingly rub my back making me fall deeper into slumber."I know you're awake," the familiar voice of my mate murmured next to my ear making me shiver at his proximity. I opened my eyes and stared up into those eyes that had captivated me from the lemony I saw him and smiled raising a hand to move a strand of hair out of his eyes. He smiled closing his eyes and resting his cheek on my palm, "how are you feeling?"I titled my head at his question and shifted on the bed before wincing at the sudden discomfort on my lower back , "I'll take that as still sore."My face instantly began to burn as memories of the night before resurfaced. AJ was so gentle and patient with me that it had completely erased my fear of mating and marking each other. Everything about last night was perfect from the way he held me to the wha his lips felt against mine as we kissed. Is it supposed to hurt this much after mating? I asked and he shrugged making me raise a brow at his reply and he smi