Anderson’s POV“Babe?” I ask my mate.She blushes.“Yeah, he calls me Babe. I call him Dude,” she shrugs a little.“What the hell am I smelling? Ariella, are you alone?” I hear Dan coming up the stairs.I smirk, knowing with all the sex we have had in past 12 hours, the house must smell of nothing else.“At least he will know what we have been up to,” I lean in and kiss her deeply.“What are you going to do?” Ari pulls me back.“I’m just going to let him know that his services are no longer required,” I smile.“I never slept with him, Anderson. I never even touched his dick, we were going extremely slow,” She warns me.“Good to know, I like that,” I give her one more kiss before I open our door and stand there waiting for him.“Finley?” The young Gamma asks. “Wait, no, who are you?”“Anderson,” I answer, and I step forward. “Anderson Conrad, Ariella’s third chance.”Bear- Should have been first and sharing with our brothers, but you know, idiots.Dan looks angry.“Marked too?” He asks

Anderson’s POVBear- You should have just let it go and never mentioned that ring thing.Me- I get that now.I’m sitting in the corner of the yard holding a sleeping Monty. I don’t to move around as long as he is asleep on my chest, but at the same time I can feel Ari’s sadness. She must have believed Dad had bought the ring and thought of her when he bought it. I mean, I thought of her. I thought about the size of her hand, the way the yellow diamond would look against her brown skin. I thought about all of it. It was me, not Dad.“Hey, y’all fighting already?” Finley sits beside me and looks at Monty. “So what is he to you? Son? Brother? What?”“We are not fighting, he is my stepson,” I answer with a huff.“So why does Ari look like she did six months ago?” Finley raises his eyebrows.“Because I told her that Dad bought her ring from me and did not pick it out himself,” I look at my brother, who is trying not to laugh.“You are dumb as Hell!” Finley laughs. “Why would mention that?

Anderson’s POV“Hey Carter, just calling to check in. Grandpa mentioned a few rogue attacks. Wanted to remind you that Conrad Pack has your back. If you need anything, let us know,” I leave another voicemail for my brother.“Still nothing?” Finley asks as we sit in my office.“Yeah, two weeks, radio silence,” I tell him.I look around at my office. It’s still new but I’m getting there.Pack offices are in a building near the school. Ari’s office is next to mine with Turk, Romana, Finley, and Everly having offices as well. There are conference rooms and a small kitchen for meetings.For full pack meetings, we are using the arena. Ari did everything she could not to rebuild the packhouse. I think she did well.“He isn’t speaking to me either,” Finley breaks into my thoughts. “He is pissed as hell.”“At what?” I ask, exasperated.“You got Ari, man. I don’t care, personally. Everly is the best thing to ever happen to me and I don’t care if Ari knows it. I didn’t choose Everly out of despe

Anderson’s POV“Darlin, you feel so good,” I pant as Ari rides me in my office chair.“You like this?” Ari asks. She doesn’t let me answer, instead she captures my lips to soften her moans as she clenches and releases on top of me.I thrust up a few times and I’m spent.She stays sitting on me while we kiss and tease each other.There is a knock on the door, so we break apart. I do up my pants while she opens the window, after adjusting her dress. She sits back in my lap before I call for whomever to come in.“Hello, big Bro,” Finley walks in and doubles over in laughter. “A human could smell what you two have been up to. Remember, these offices are not soundproofed. But the bathrooms are. Just FYI.”“Alpha and Luna had fun,” Everly teases too, coming in.“Is everyone coming in?” I ask, holding Ari tight.“Yeah, Turk and Romana were in the bathroom. They need a second,” Finley jokes and pulls Everly to his lap. She giggles and snuggles into him. “We had our bathroom break just before

Finley’s POVBanjo- Our mate is so beautiful.Me- Yeah, man, you chose good.Banjo- You too man.“Be careful and come home to me and your pups,” Everly tells me, pulling me in for one more kiss.“I have to go next door and say goodbye to Anderson, then we leave. I will be home in three days,” I promise her. “Please be safe yourself.”Everly laughs.“There is not a werewolf dumb enough to mess with me,” She winks, and we share one more kiss before I leave through our back door to Anderson’s backdoor.“Fucking gross, again?” I whine, seeing Anderson’s bare ass through the door. It’s moving this time.OH, Shit! There is moaning and I see Ari’s hands. I turn around quickly and just send a mindlink.Me- Hey, Bro, I’m gone. Enjoy.No reply. I didn’t expect one.“All good, Fin?” Peter asks as I sprint to the SUV.“Just go. I need to burn an image out of my eyes,” I shake all over, hoping to forget the thrusting and the nails down the back. Eww, gross, nope, not going to thinking about it.Ba