AVAJacob and Alex never did really calm down enough to talk about the rogue problem like grownups. I tried, but Alex and I just had an argument again.Now, I just wanted to drown my sorrows in alcohol, and there were six lovely people I wanted to do that with.The Super SevenAva: I feel like dancing. Who wants to come to the club with me tonight?Izzie: I’ll be there! I miss you, sweetcheeks.Callum: Of course we’ll be there, little one.Theo: Dinner at the pack house first?Ava: I’d rather not, I’ll be honest.Oscar: We can help keep dad and Alpha Jacob away from you if you want us to, Ava.Ava: Oscar, I’m not asking any of you to join the side of an argument against Alpha Jacob and Beta Alexander. If you do that, you’re declaring for me, and there’s no going back from that.That would give them something to think about. At this point, the Alpha and Beta of this pack had acknowledged me as an Alpha in my own right, and therefore our wolves really would see this as taking sides. Sin
AVAThe relief I felt at having made up with Beta Alexander was enormous. Having your second in command fighting with someone that is your equal and like your daughter can’t be easy. As much as Alpha Jacob did need to apologise too, my biggest problem was definitely Beta Alexander.“Ava,” Callum called out from behind me. I turned to see the entire group on the front steps of the pack house. “Are you ready to go?”I nodded, turning back to Alpha Jacob and Beta Alexander. “I’ll catch up with you two tomorrow,” I said, voice low enough that the twins, Leo and Izzie couldn’t hear. “We need to work out how to deal with those rogues before someone gets hurt in the crossfire.”They both nodded. “I agree, Alpha,” Alpha Jacob replied. “Have fun tonight, tomorrow, we’ll crack on with this.”I gave them both a small smile before turning to walk towards the group.Callum and Oscar immediately threw their arms around my shoulders, wedging me in between them. Of course Noah and Theo were jealous,
CALLUMI couldn’t believe that not only was I dancing with Ava on my own and that she had specifically asked for just me, but that she’d trusted me enough to bite her mating spot.When she whimpered as my teeth sunk into her neck, the scent of her arousal suddenly hit me, leaving me harder than I’ve ever been, my cock now pressing against her ass. Her breathing was heavy as she let her head fall back on my shoulder, her neck still exposed beautifully to me. I ran my tongue over the bite mark that was already healing, enjoying how much she squirmed against me as I teased the sensitive flesh.I moved my hands back to her hips, encouraging her to start dancing in front of me again. OSCARNothing had ever driven me crazy like the sight of my brother biting Ava’s mating spot; Theo and Noah were definitely in the same position.I stalked towards them where they danced, enjoying the blissed out look on Ava’s face and the smug smirk on Callum’s.Ava’s eyes widened when I appeared in front o
AVAAlex was sitting in the living room when Oscar, Callum and I got back to theirs. “You better be up for training tomorrow morning, Ava!” he shouted after me as we walked past.“Of course, Alex. Knocking you on your ass is the highlight of my day.”He snorted with laughter.He swapped to the mindlink before replying. “Please shut the door this time, I don’t need to see that again.”As soon as we were in the twins bedroom, Callum had me pressed against the wall, his mouth teasing its way down my neck with teeth, tongue and lips. I groaned when he licked over his bite mark from earlier, and cried out in pleasure when he pinched my nipples through my dress.“You’re going to have to be quieter than that, little one,” Callum whispered. “I’d hate for someone to hear when we make you scream.”“If you can make me scream,” I whispered, my voice breathy.“Is that a challenge, Alpha?” he growled in my ear. “Like you, I don’t back down from a challenge.”“Well then,” I replied. “Make me scream
AVAI was still sore the next morning when I got up for my run with Alex. At least this time he knew I was there from the beginning, so he even had a cup of coffee waiting for me.I took it gladly. “This is why you’re my favourite, Alex,” I sighed contently as I sipped the coffee.“I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that, Princess,” Callum had suddenly appeared behind me, Oscar just behind him.I turned and smirked in their direction. “Are you two joining us for training this morning?”They both nodded. “Theo and Noah are meeting us at the training ground too, and Izzie and Leo might be, depending on what time Leo wakes up.”I rolled my eyes, before turning back to Alex. “Shall we run to the training grounds, Alex?”He raised one eyebrow. “All fours or by foot?”“Mmmm…” I pretended to think about it. “All fours.”“That’s not fair!” Callum shouted.“All’s fair in love and war.” I stood, pressing a chaste kiss to his lips before turning to leave the room, winking at Oscar on my way past.A
THEOSeeing Ava like that broke my heart. It made the Alpha in me want to wrap her up and protect her, despite the fact I knew she was more than capable of defending herself, and that she was already a much stronger Alpha than I’d ever be.I could see the same pained expression on everyone else’s faces as we waited for the doctor to finish cleaning out the bite on Ava’s arm and discharge her. By the time it was done, every other bruise and cut on her body had healed. Even her ribs were well on the way to being healed; according to the doctor, they probably would be within 24 hours.Once Ava was discharged and dressed, we all headed off to Beta Alex’s room. He was in worse shape than Ava, he didn’t heal as well.“Fuck, Alex,” Ava whispered, sitting on his bed next to him. “I heal better than you, why did you jump into that?! You could have just picked them off from the outside, you didn’t need to jump right into the middle of the bundle.”“I couldn’t leave you to do it on your own, Ava
AVAI winced at Callum’s voice. I knew the situation couldn’t be avoided, we had to talk about it sooner or later. But that didn’t mean I wanted to.I let my eyes fall closed as I sat back in my chair.“You’ve now all seen the scars on my back and my legs,” I started, voice low. “Since I’ve had my wolf since I was thirteen, I assume you’ve all put two and two together to say that the scars are from before I had Artemis.”They all nodded.“I came here as an orphan when I was nine, as you all know. Even then, Artemis was protecting us by hiding her scent. Even before you shift for the first time, all werewolves smell like werewolves, it’s just less distinctive. Because Artemis can shield our scent, it was like I didn’t have one. That led to people assuming that actually my adoptive parents had taken in a human or a cursed child. I was bullied incessantly for that, and it’s not like Artemis or I could do anything about it because I couldn’t talk to her until I was thirteen.”I stood, wal
AVAI hated the look of pity on people’s faces, and that was exactly what was currently staring at me.Pity.They didn’t need to pity me. I just needed people that would have my back and be on my side now and in the future. “That’s enough of the pity, people,” I said, my voice exasperated. “Pity won’t change the past. I need you all to have my back now and in the future.”They all snapped out of it, like they’d been in a trance.“Wait Ava…” Izzie started. “You’re a Lycan?”I nodded. “I’m heir to the Eclipse Mountain pack.”Her mouth fell open. “But you can run as a wolf?”I nodded.“The Legend of the Alpha Queen?”“You’ve heard it, Izzie?”“I grew up with it as a bedtime story.”“Have you got Lycan heritage?”“My maternal great, great, great grandma was Lycan, but there hasn’t been enough Lycan DNA in my family to have a baby born as a Lycan in a long time now,” Izzie replied. “They all grew up with the more positive Legends being told as bedtime stories, and I grew up on the Legend