AVA
At the end of training, I walked back over to where the twins, Leo and Isabella were all waiting for me.
“That was amazing!” Isabella squealed, throwing her arms around me. “Now I see why you were training on your own!”
I grinned in response, “thanks guys.”
“Now I know why dad comes home looking like his ego has been hurt some nights, Ava,” Oscar, one of the Beta’s sons, laughed. Callum, his twin, just nodded in agreement.
“Yeah… I would apologise for that, but I’m not going to.”
“Are you joining us for dinner at the pack house tonight, Ava?” Oscar asked.
I very rarely did, but perhaps now I could? It would just mean I had to get through an evening of comments and questions about how I knocked Beta Alexander on his backside…
“Sure, why not,” I smiled. “I just need to shower and change, so I’ll meet you there in an hour?”
“Sounds like a plan,” Oscar replied, pulling me into a hug. Callum looked jealous, right up until he joined the hug from behind.
The Alpha twins looked left out, but they didn’t attempt to join in, fortunately. It was awkward enough being in between the Beta twins like that, I didn’t need the Alphas getting involved too.
“See you all in a bit,” I smiled, squeezing out from in between the twins and heading towards my house at a sprint.
“Hey mum, hey dad,” I called out as I burst through the door. I was adopted when I was younger, but they were the only parents I could really remember. They were amazing and always had been.
“Hey, sweetie,” my mum replied. “You’re back early, how was training?”
“I’m helping Beta Alexander train the pack now,” I smiled.
“How did the pack take it?”
“They weren’t convinced at first, but then I knocked four of them on their backsides and Beta Alexander too.”
She pulled me into a hug. “I’m proud of you, sweetie.”
“Thanks mum. I’m heading to the pack house for dinner tonight too.”
She nodded, kissing my forehead.
Forty five minutes later, I was ready to head to the pack house for dinner. Evidently Isabella and the twins thought I’d bail, because they were all standing outside my front door waiting for me.
“Ava!” my dad called out. “Kids outside waiting for you.”
“On my way, dad!”
I ran down the stairs, pulled my heeled boots on, and headed straight out the door.
“You came!” Isabella squealed.
“Of course I did, Izzie, I told you I would.”
She grinned, grabbing my hand and pulling me in the direction of the pack house, the boys all following close behind. I could feel eyes on me, and when I spun, it became pretty clear that the Alpha and Beta twins were watching me walk.
My cheeks tinged pink, but rather than letting myself get embarrassed, I wiggled my hips, giggling when their eyes went wide.
Before I could turn back, Noah had bent over and grabbed me around my waist, throwing me over his shoulder, laughing. He ran, with me still laughing over his shoulder, his hand running up and down the back of my legs.
As soon as he wasn’t expecting it, I tickled his ribs, before using his distraction to flip myself over his shoulder, landing perfectly behind him.
“That was a low blow, Ava!” he shouted, before running straight at me.
I laughed, running in the direction of the pack house, somehow faster than Noah even in heels.
When it became clear that Noah wasn’t going to catch me, Theo, Oscar and Callum all joined the chase, sprinting behind me, but they couldn’t catch me either.
It did feel good to laugh with people I could call friends, I didn’t do that often.
By the time we reached the pack house, the twins were still a good ten metres behind me. I’d started slowing down as we got closer, but they still couldn’t catch up.
Beta Alexander was standing on the front steps with a smile, he’d evidently heard the laughing and sound of footsteps coming towards him at speed.
“Hey, Beta.” I laughed as I worked to catch my breath.
“Ava, I’m glad you’re joining us tonight,” he wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a hug. We turned and walked into the pack house dining room, his arm still around my shoulders.
The room went silent. Most of the wolves here had seen me knock Beta Alexander on his backside during training, and those that didn’t see it had definitely heard about it.
“Ava, good to see you,” Luna Amelia smiled as she stepped towards me, pulling me into a hug. “I heard about Alexander,” she whispered in my ear. “Good on you, he needs knocking down a peg or two.”
“She knocks me on my backside regularly, Luna, this time there was just an audience.”
Luna Amelia laughed again, waving her mate, Alpha Jacob, over to meet us too. “Ava, I’m glad you could join us for dinner tonight.”
“Of course, Alpha. I should really come here more often than I do.”
“Try to get your parents to as well, Ava, we don’t see them enough.”
I nodded as Luna Amelia wound her arm through mine, dragging me over to her table. I glanced behind me to see the Beta, Alpha and then the twins, Leo and Isabella following behind us.
I sat next to Luna Amelia, but before I could get comfy, Theo wrapped his arms around my waist, moving me over a seat so he and Noah could sit on either side of me. Luna, Alpha and Beta all laughed, attempting to cover it with their hands but failing miserably.
“I prefer you in between us, Ava,” Theo whispered in my ear.
“Definitely pressed in between us,” Noah whispered in my other ear.
I blushed, smiling as I turned back to my food.
I jumped when their hands landed on my bare thighs, trying not to squirm when their hands moved up my legs towards my waistband.
I leaned into Theo’s ear, close enough that only he should be able to hear. “Hands to yourself, mister. I’ll have to knock you on your ass otherwise.”
It didn’t work, because Noah then leaned in on my other side. “Promises, promises, Princess,” he whispered back, leaving me shivering when his breath trailed along my neck.
I punched both of their thighs, trying not to laugh too loud when they both winced.
“You okay, Ava? Sounds like the boys are getting handsy” Luna Amelia’s voice came through the pack link.
“Of course, Luna.”
“Good, let me know if you want me to kick the boys’ backsides for you.”
“I’ve got this, Luna. You know I’ll knock them both on their backsides before the end of the night if it comes to it, you might want to be ready with bandages for their bruised egos.”
She laughed so hard she nearly choked on her dinner, the Alpha ending up rubbing her back. I grinned at her around Theo, seeing her wiping her eyes. “Are you okay, Luna?”
“Of course, Ava. I’m just so glad you could join us today.”
The six of us moved into the garden behind the pack house after dinner with beers in hand. The benefit of being a wolf meant our metabolisms were so good that the 18 age limit on alcohol didn’t really apply.
I was laying on the ground, watching the stars when a hot body suddenly appeared on either side of me.
“Boys,” I acknowledged. Theo was on my left, Noah on my right. Apparently they liked being that way around.
I sat up when I heard laughter, noticing that Isabella was sitting on Leo’s lap leaning against a tree. The Beta twins were looking at me longingly, scowling at Noah and Theo on either side of me.
Old, shy me would never have done what I was about to do, but the new confident me wanted to. I waved them both over, motioning for them to sit behind me so I ended up leaning against their chests with the Alpha twins leaning against my legs.
Being in between the four of them was more comfortable than I expected, it almost felt like home. Right up until they started arguing with each other.
“If you four are going to argue, I’m going to knock you all on your backsides and then go home,” I retorted.
“I’d like to see you take all four of us at once, Ava,” Theo whispered in my ear.
I heard laughter behind us; Alpha Jacob, Luna Amelia and Beta Alexander were standing on the steps, watching our interaction.
“Beta Alexander,” I called out. “Did you hear that challenge too?”
“I did indeed, Ava. Tomorrow at training?”
“Sounds like a plan.”
“I want to watch this, Ava,” Alpha Jacob called out.
“I’ll see you there, Alpha, you too if you want to watch, Luna.”
The four boys' faces dropped slightly, I don’t think they were expecting that.
NOAHHow we never truly noticed Ava before is beyond me.She’s stunning, both inside and out, and she’s unbelievably strong too. She has an air of having been through more than most people our age, and yet coming out stronger.I’m drawn to her in a way I would never have expected, especially since my 18th birthday is still a couple months away. What is even stranger still is that I know Theo, and even Oscar and Callum feel the same.All four of us cannot and do not want to keep our hands off her, and that’s just unexpected. Sure, Theo and I have shared girls in the past, and I knew Oscar and Callum had, but all four of us? That just sounded like a problem waiting to happen.When she challenged the four of us, all of our faces dropped. We all were very aware that if she could take down the Beta, she’d easily take down the four of us. We’d have to try to overwhelm her with numbers, but that would never work either.She was still smirking as she leaned back against Oscar and Callum’s che
AVAI got suspicious looks from my parents when I got home, but I guess that’s to be expected when your daughter rocks up late at night with her own clothes bundled under her arm just wearing a t-shirt that smells of one of the Alpha heirs.I did explain that we’d been to the lake after dinner and I’d just gotten wet, but they definitely didn’t believe that was all that happened.Fortunately, they just let me head to bed without asking awkward questions.Once I’d showered and changed, I flopped down in bed with a giggle as I thought about the night’s events, before my thoughts were disrupted by the sound of my phone pinging with the creation of a group chat with all four of the boys.The FiveCallum: I had a great time tonight, little one, and I know you did too.Oscar: I’m going to go to sleep thinking about how you feel in my arms.Noah: I hope you’re still wearing my t-shirt, Princess.Ava: Of course, I put it back on after my shower and everything. My parents did look at me funny
AVAThe FiveNoah: Good morning, Princess.Callum: We’re going to the club tonight, little one. Care to join us after you show us all up in training again?Ava: I wouldn’t miss it for the world.Noah: Good, you promised Theo and I an Ava sandwich.I snorted when I read that, my coffee coming out of my nose.Theo: And we plan to hold you to that promise.Ava: Of course, boys. You two can dance with me first.Theo: I call being in front.Noah: No fair!Ava: Tell you what. You two spar this afternoon, whoever wins, goes in front.Oscar: Or, the four of us spar, the winner is in front, the runner up behind.Ava: Maybe next time. You and Callum had me in between you last night, it's Theo and Noah’s turn.Artemis purring in my head distracted me from the chat. “I could go for all four of them fighting over me.”“Of course you could,” I retorted. “Not helpful, Artemis.”School blurred past, and before long, we were at the training ground. I was standing next to Beta Alexander, waiting for ev
AVA“Now both Oscar and Callum have touched you, it’s my turn, princess.”I turned to face Noah. “What are you planning?”“Nothing yet, princess. That’s for later.”“What about you, Theo?” He just smirked in response.“That’s on a need to know basis for now, Ava.”I raised one eyebrow at him, my eyes flicking between him and his brother. “Well then,” I whispered in Theo's ear. “Come and dance with me.”When Noah started to stand too, I shook my head, smirking at him. “Just Theo, you can have me later.” He grumbled under his breath, cursing.I took Theo’s hand, leading him towards the dance floor. He spun me around, before wrapping his arm across my shoulders and holding me against him so we were both facing the boys. His hips were grinding against me as he moved with me, his very hard length pressing against my ass.“Help me play with them,” I whispered in Theo’s ear. He nodded, a grin appearing on his face.I reached my right hand up behind me, running my fingers through his hair, le
AVAI rolled over as soon as those words left Theo’s mouth, bringing myself up on my hands and knees in front of Noah. I understood why Theo chose this position when he appeared in front of me, his hand running up and down his shaft that was now at the perfect level to thrust into my mouth.My breathing picked up as I watched Theo stroke himself, and it picked up even more when I saw Oscar sitting on the armchair, also gloriously naked, stroking himself.Oscar winked in my direction, but before I could return it, Noah pushed inside me. My eyes fell shut and I cried out as I stretched around him, feeling so deliciously full again.The second my mouth fell open, Theo’s cock was at my lips, requesting entrance. He slid straight to the back of my throat, stretching my lips and burying himself as deep as he could, groaning when he felt my throat contract around him. Noah and Theo started thrusting in sync, my body going between too empty and too full with each movement they made. My walls
AVA“Ava, Beta, you're back from your run early,” Alpha Jacob called out across the room.“I went out last night, Alpha, I didn't have enough sleep for a full run.”He gave me a smile. “We're only young once, Ava. I hope you and the boys had a good night.”I smiled, blushing slightly.“Alpha, that's not the whole truth,” I said in my mind, opening a link with him and the Beta. “We ran into rogues at the border whilst we were running.”“Rogues?” Alpha Jacob replied.“Yes, Alpha,” Beta Alexander added. “Three. They said they were looking for their boss’ mate.” Beta Alexander paused, glancing my way before continuing. “They were looking for a special girl with a special wolf. A special girl that they want to take home to their boss because she’s his mate.”I stabbed my fork into my pile of pancakes hard enough that I broke the plate. Fortunately the room wasn’t exactly full, so I could pretend that I’d just slipped. I thanked the member of staff that cleared it up for me, and wanted to hu
AVAA couple hours after that eventful breakfast, I found myself in the gym, kicking bags. The fight I’d had with Beta Alexander had become the talk of the pack, and both the Beta and Alpha referring to me as Artemis may have let it slip that I had my wolf already…“Fuck,” I growled under my breath, kicking the bag so hard it split.Footsteps suddenly stopping behind me had me spinning around, still trying to keep my temper and Artemis under control. It was the twins. As soon as I saw them, I turned back before they could notice Artemis in my eyes.“Ava… talk to us,” Callum begged. “What happened this morning?”“Just a dispute with your dad after our run, Callum. Nothing major.”“Ava, that didn’t sound like it wasn’t major,” Oscar added.“It’s fine, leave it,” I growled, kicking the bag again.“Ava, please, talk to us,” Noah begged. I turned to face them all, my eyes closed, willing Artemis to calm down.The looks on their faces when I opened my eyes said it didn’t work, and my eyes w
NOAH“And this is Artemis,” dad said, motioning towards the other side of the training grounds.A huge midnight black wolf trotted towards us with bright yellow eyes. Yellow eyes that we’d seen before…The wolf, Artemis, walked over to us, stopping directly in front of us before licking each of our faces in turn. My dad and Beta Alexander chuckled at the show, but the four of us just didn’t know how to react to a massive wolf licking our faces.We’d all seen wolves around the territory before, of course we have, but never quite this up close and personal. I definitely hadn’t been licked by one before.Typically, the first time kids in our pack get up close and personal with other wolves is when they shift for the first time.Unless there’s an emergency, our pack members aren’t permitted to run in wolf form through the middle of the most densely populated areas in daylight hours. We have a lot of young pups, so all possible steps need to be taken to make sure they don’t accidentally g
AVAThree days after the coronation, my Kings and I went to one of the Crown’s countryside properties to celebrate on our own. It was needed. With everything that happened in between us arresting Elijah and the coronation itself, we all needed to just unwind for a little while.We spent five perfect days enjoying each other’s company, swimming, relaxing by the lake, and just celebrating everything in our own way.We’d been through a lot in the last six months, and it was time we took the time to reflect, celebrate, and breathe a sigh of relief.The following weeks and months after we came back were chaotic.Of course, we had brief glimmers of normalcy when Theo and Oscar turned 18. We had to have a ball that the Kingdom could attend, but after, we hosted a party just for family and friends, and I spoiled the two of them rotten.My 18th birthday followed six weeks after theirs, and after the huge fuss that was my birthday for the Kingdo
Three weeks laterAVAThe three weeks following Elijah’s arrest were chaotic. The police had their work cut out for them, as did the courts. In the end, Elijah was sentenced to death for crimes against the Crown, as were some of Elijah and Matthew’s closest and most dedicated cronies.As for the rest of them, they were locked up, and most of them would stay in prison for a very long time. A few were genuinely forced to cooperate by Elijah, and so had to undergo a lengthy rehabilitation programme to make sure no traces of his influence remained.I even succeeded in charging Minister Byron for encouraging the breaking of laws that were fundamental to the safety of millions of women and girls. He’d spend the rest of his life locked up too.
AVAWe had a time and we had a place. A time and a place that as far as we knew, Paula believed to be correct. Of course, we weren’t going to put all of our eggs in one basket, I didn’t trust her that much after everything she’s done, but… we had to try.We moved kids, the elderly and anyone else who couldn’t fight, including my parents straight to the safe room as soon as we finished talking through a plan. I couldn’t risk it any longer. I needed them safe.I needed my mum safe. Since it reduced the chances of me trading myself for her, everyone else was on board with that plan too. I assigned four members of my Queen’s guard to look after the safe room, and Jacob had assigned another six of his own warriors.
AVAThe whole thing with Paula… was a shock, and it wasn’t a shock I really knew what to do with. I'd known and loved this woman for a long time; she was key in helping me feel at home here, or, at least I believed she was.And now, to find out she betrayed me, my family and everything we stand for? No. That was a fact neither Artemis or I really knew what to do with. We needed closure, but how do you get closure when someone has maliciously tried to stop you ever having children of your own?I hardly slept that night. I just kept remembering my mum's face as she sobbed on the floor and the look of utter disgust that my dad gave Paula.The morning after, I got a frantic link from Alex. Far too early in the morning for problems to be coming up.
AVAMy stress levels were still through the roof the next morning. We had an appointment with the doctor to talk about the chemicals that he’d found in my bloodstream, to see if we could work out what the long term effects might be.My four Kings made a point of truly worshipping my body… but it didn’t help, not really. No amount of explosive orgasms was going to distract me for that long.When we reached the hospital, it was crystal clear from the doctor’s face that it wasn’t good news.Once we’d all sat down and exchanged pleasantries, he ran off a list of chemicals and compounds that were used to make this poison that was in my blood. It was a long list.“We have people running simulations, my Queen, a
AVAProblems are like buses.For a while, everything is all hunky dory and there are no problems for anyone to worry about (apart from Paula being MIA, which she now had been for a week). But they are like buses. So after a period of calm… three come at once.We were woken up in the middle of the night by an emergency alert across the pack. Rogues.“Ava, you need to get to the safe room,” Jacob insisted. “They’re here for you, you know that.”“I’m not hiding, Jacob,” I replied as I ran around pulling shorts and a t-shirt on, before sprinting out of the room with my Kings behind me, the six members of my Queen’s Guard who were on duty quickly catching up. The other six were out look
CALLUM“Paula. Paula let Matthew out,” I growled. “Ava trusts her.”“I know,” dad replied, his voice pained as he winced under the weight of my aura. Realising that… I forced Ares to tone it back, but he was not calm, and he really wanted me to know that.“We need to talk to Ava’s parents.” Noah sounded just as pissed as I felt.I nodded. “You’re right. They’re close to Paula too.” I linked Jeremiah and then Ava’s parents, bringing them all to Jacob’s office as quickly as possible.
AVAThe next morning, I made a point of distracting myself from as many problems as I could. I went for a run with Alex, swam in the lake with my Kings, and made cookies with Paula.I needed to clear my mind of nonsense to give myself a chance to solve some of the pressing questions that were floating around my mind. What better way to solve a problem than to not think about the problem?It was shortly after the cookies went in the oven that I realised something. Something… big.Why wasn’t I pregnant?I had been having a lot of sex, unprotected sex, with four men for months. I had my usual monthly cycles, and everything seemed normal. But sure
AVAWe all needed to unwind with the party, but of course, we were still caught up in the middle of an absolute shitfest, so the happiness and chill-vibes were never going to last forever.I sat at the desk in my office, staring at the map of the Kingdom I had pinned to my whiteboard. My Kings, Jacob, Alex and Jeremiah were all with me, and we had extra guards on both my office and the packhouse door. I refused to get caught short again.Jeremiah and Alex between them were marking all the locations where there had been known rogue attacks and where there had been encounters with either Matthew or Elijah over the last few months so we could try to work out where either of them would be hiding. Was it going well? No.