Chapter 4

The moment I walked into the house, I scowled. “Helena?”

She stepped out of the kitchen, wide-eyed. “Sorry dear, I didn’t realize you would be home so early.”

“Get it out of here. You know I can’t stand that smell.”

Helena nodded. She took the Five Point Coffee cup and poured it down the drain. She rinsed out the drain and I took a deep breath, the smell of the hibiscus tea finally leaving my senses. I knew it was one of her and my daughter’s favorite teas. Hell, even my parents liked it. The smell of hibiscus, though, made me sick. I made sure it never was in the house while I was in the house. It was irrational but I hated the smell. One of the few rules I put my foot down.

“Where are Liam and Natalie?”

“At a friend’s house. I would say studying but you know that’s probably the last thing that’s happening.” She smiled.

I nodded. “I’m going to shower and do some work in the office.”

Helena came up to me and ran her hands down my chest. “Or you could not work. We could take a shower and then we could see how much torture I can endure.”

I chuckled. “You aren’t any fun. You crack at the smallest touch.”

“Come on, Alpha.” She put her wrists together, holding them out to me. “I broke a rule.”

I spun her around and slapped her on the ass so hard she yelped. “There. Punished.”

She looked back at me, tears in her eyes. “That hurt.”

I cackled and walked up the stairs to our bedroom. “You say torture but you mean playtime. Don’t tempt me or one of these days you will find yourself in my dungeon and no safe word to dig you out.”

She huffed and stomped back into the kitchen. Going into the room, I stripped down and got in the shower. Leaning my head back, I felt the water rinse away the dirt and sweat from the day. I looked down at my erection and sighed. I wanted to fuck her but I couldn’t bring myself to do it.

Helena, after two years of our marriage and her induction as Luna, had found her destined mate. It was one of the rogues that I had invited to join the pack. His name was Elijah and he was a damn good fighter. He wasn’t an Alpha, Beta or even a Gamma and would have been disgraced in her family if they found out.

How she thought I had yet to find out just showed that there was still a strip of blonde in her otherwise calculating mind. She didn’t reject him, the opposite actually. He ended up marking her and she would buy a potion brewed by the local witches that hid the mark from me. At first, I wanted to see how long she could go without telling me. We were now sixteen years in and she still hadn’t said a word. When I turned thirty-five I realized I didn’t care anymore.

Eli was a damn good fighter and I wasn’t about to throw him out. I had debated throwing Helena out. Especially in the early years but she was the villainess to my villainy. Didn’t I deserve that after losing my own mate? Plus, if anyone went after her trying to get me, they would be sorely disappointed.

My parents knew about it as well. I had told them she had a mate, that she continued to see him and fuck him behind my back. I would go over and complain about her actions the first few times I found out. It was the reason why they hated her so much and barely put up with her. The only time I ever let it throw me out of control was when she told me she was pregnant with Liam. I destroyed the pack house after she told me.

My dad would tell me the story that generations ago, one of our ancestries rejected his destined mate for a chosen one. The moon goddess had blessed that mate and was livid that the wolf had the audacity to reject her gift for him. So she cursed our line. Alphas would never be able to reproduce unless it was with their mate. I had tried to see if there was something medically to it and the doctor just said I was infertile, basically shooting blanks. My father said that would change when I would mark my mate but there was no mate to check that theory. So when Liam and Natalie came along, I knew they weren’t my biological kids. I had actually been about to tell Helena, who had been starting to get upset about not having children for so long, about my condition when she announced she was pregnant.

Victor had said multiple times that he preferred hearing about my life than watching novellas. I turned off the shower and grabbed my towel. Rubbing down my body, I wrapped the towel around my waist and walked into the bedroom. Helena was laid out on the bed in some red lingerie. She was eyeing my naked chest and she looked up at me, a smirk playing on her lips.

“Come on Alpha. You know you want to.”

I growled. “Helena, I said no. Not today.”

I knew the mate bond. I knew having sex with someone else caused pain to the mate. It blew my mind that Helena could do that to her own mate. Sometimes I wondered who the real monster was in our house. Eli had done a damn good job with the raid on Alpha James’ pack. Scott said he really stepped up and had nothing but glowing reviews. I wasn’t about to reward him by fucking his mate and causing him pain. Normally, I wouldn’t give a shit but he deserved a few days off.

Helena got up and I rolled my eyes. She wasn’t stopping and it was starting to piss me off. Her hands roamed my chest.

“Helena, I’m going to warn you one more time. I’m not going to…”

She reached down and grabbed my dick under the towel. My mouth turned into a scowl. Picking her up, I threw her onto the bed and pinned her down. Grabbing the restraints that hung off the bedposts, I clamped her wrists and ankles to the bed. She had a glint in her eyes, but I covered them with a blindfold, tying it tight so it wouldn’t come off not matter how much she would thrash. I got off her and went into the closet. Opening up one of the many drawers we had, I grabbed a large plug and one of the larger vibrators.

I first slipped the plug into her own juices to wet it before putting it in her butt. She moaned but it only served to turn me off even further. Turning on the vibrator, I connected to my phone and made sure it worked through the app. Once that was determined, I shoved the vibrator into her. She gasped and strained a little against the restraints. Getting off her, I went back into the closet and got dressed.

“Desmond?” She called out meekly.

In reply, I adjusted the level of the vibrator to max for a few second and listened as she let out a strangled cry. I smiled and brought it back down to a more manageable level. Opening up the door to the bedroom, I left it slightly cracked as I walked into my office. Setting down my phone next to me, I pulled out the paperwork that I needed to finish before the night was up. Every few minutes or so I would ramp up the vibrator through the app and would hear Helena scream or cry as she would come.

My paperwork was done in about an hour and I was finishing up the request to push the territory further north when Liam walked in the front door. Quickly, I dropped the level back down and Helena quieted. He took the stairs two at a time.

“Hey Dad.”

“Hey Liam, you’re home early.”

He nodded, the look on his face seemed troubled.

“Something you want to talk about?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

I nodded to him. “You know, I’m not just Alpha. I’m not going to jump down everyone’s throat. But if you say it’s nothing then it’s nothing.” I smiled.

“The guys went to go smoke in the forest. I didn’t want to come so they kicked me out of the house.”

Smiling, I knew the group he hung out with. He had been one of the younger players on the football team and being Alpha’s son, they naturally would invite him everywhere. Making a good impression was important but Liam was more introverted than he was extroverted. He also didn’t have an ounce of Alpha in him. He was smart and savvy but he was not a ‘bad boy’ by any stretch of the imagination.

“They are going to have to be careful. The Magis house sold to a human so they aren’t going to be enjoying their smoking up there anymore.” I looked back down at the request I was filling out. “If they get caught, there will be hell to pay.”

Liam chuckled. “Maybe I shouldn’t warn them, they deserve it.”

I smiled at my son. “Up to you but I’ve got more on my plate than a few teenagers being teenagers, Liam. You know you can talk to me about anything. I’m more than willing to listen.”

He nodded and shifted his bag on his back. “Thanks, Dad. Do you mind if I go over to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s? She made pie.”

I chuckled. “I think they would love that. Just take your homework with you. I don’t want you saying you didn’t get your work done because you were too busy shoving pie down.”

Liam went to his room, dressed in something a little more casual and took his book bag. As he started to make his way down the stairs, I called to him. “Back by 8pm. Don’t bother them too late. They are old folks. They need their rest.”

He laughed. “I’m gonna tell Grandpa you said that.”

“You better not.” I growled after him but he slammed the front door.

Shaking my head, I pulled out my phone again and cranked up the vibrator, hearing Helena scream after so long of just being at the lower level. I smiled and finished filling out the request. Signing my name, I put it in an envelope and placed it on the top of the pile. My back cracked as I stretched in the chair. Grimacing, I got up and walked back into the bedroom.

Helena was covered in a sheen of sweat and her body was shaking. I reached in and pulled the vibrator out. Pulling out the plug too, I washed them off before putting them back in the drawer. I undid the restraints and her body collapsed against the bed. I untied her blind fold and looked at her tear-filled eyes.

“Don’t fuck with me again Helena when I say no or next time I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that safe word and we could go until the kids come home again.” I growled at her, serious.

She nodded and I left her on the bed, this time closing the door to our room. Going down to the kitchen, I unbuttoned my cuffs and rolled up my sleeves. Taking out some ingredients from the refrigerator, I started on dinner for the night.

'Scott, please remind everyone that the north forest, specifically the Magis property, is off limits to everyone.'

'Yes Alpha.'

'Also, can we make sure that Ricky does his homework on this human. I don’t want to be blindsided when they move in and it turns out to be the people who just tear down the surrounding forest for their giant mansion.'

'Will do Alpha. I can’t believe you are actually agreeing to this in the first place.'

I shrugged. 'The shrewd businessman won over the werewolf in me.'

I heard him chuckle. At some point it would probably be more trouble than it was worth but I hoped that they would just deem the house a lost cause and leave. I already had too much on my plate as it was. Watching out for a human was not high on my priority list. Making sure the forest and my pack were left untouched were my priority. A hunter being in the area also didn’t bode well. Chopping the vegetables up, my mind wandered and the knife came down too hard and split the cutting board. I cursed. It did not bode well at all.