Elder Collins speaks up. "The elders sometimes have secret missions where we have someone prepared to sneak in with the hunters to get inside information for us if we have an idea that they're planning to hurt a member of our pack.""So Geece's brother, Talfie, had done these secret missions for them in the past and he'd gotten really good, so the elders always went to him first when they needed to do things like this. One time, we had gotten word from another pack that a hunter had gotten onto their property a few weeks prior, and as they had been trackingthem, they realized that they were coming towards our camp so they wanted to warn us, Austin explained."Okay, so he pretended to be a hunter and joined the group of them that were coming close to the pack?" l asked, still extremely confused.Robert nodded his head, finally speakingup for the first time since Geece's name had been brought up. "Yeah, we prepared him for about a week before sending him in to pretend to be a hunter t
I shake my head. "My dad won't understand, Archie. He won't care how we tell him or where or why or whatever, all he'll see is that I'm still gay while still dating a man that he will now think of as a predator. He'll start to question me about everything and just make everything worse and-" Archie cuts me off by pulling me into a hug as he starts to see me work myself into a panic attack. I grip his shirt in my hands as I try to calm myself down from everything just crashing down around me. Not only will there be a whole pack of angry wolves looking for me and my boyfriend, but now my dad will start to see me as an even worse person because of the man I chose to be with.Archie's hands run through my hair to emit sparks throughout my head. "It's okay, I'm here. I'll always be here." After we're able to calm me down, I start the drive back to my house, but the entire time, there's this voice in the back of my head that's just telling me to turn around. About 100 times during the rest
I nod my head. "I know." He looked down at the ground and I realized that this wasn't the only thing he wanted to talk about and by his face, it didn't look like something that would make me happy. "I'm going to get used to you being with a guy, but the guy isn't Archie." My eyes widen and I shake my head. Dad, but the guy is Archie."No, I don't want you to be seeing Joey anymore because the fact that he's this magical creature is too much for any of us to handle" he tells me, shaking his head."No, Dad, you don't understand. If I'm not with him, then I can start, but he interrupts me by putting his hand inmy face to shush me."I don't care, I've made my decision and if you respect me enough, then you won't tell your mother about this conversation of ours," he tells me as he stands up. When his hand reaches for the doorknob, I speak up. "What if I don't listen to you and I continue to be with Archie anyway?"He turns towards me with his arms crossed while he leans against the wall n
I walked into English class the next day, noticing how the three people I usually sit next to were staring and gazing at me as I sat on the opposite side of the classroom. After I get out my notebook and start scribbling along the white page, a hand comes down on my shoulder, making me jump back in surprise as I look up to see a beautiful African American girl and I realize that it's Ria, the girl who's my partner forthe dance routine that I had gotten the lead for."Oh, hey, Ria, what's up?" l ask, looking back down as my pen makes random lines on the paper and I can still feel the stares from the people across the room. My palms start to sweat as the feeling of being watched catches up to me and I have to run my hands down my joggers to get rid of the sticky feeling."I was wondering if l could sit with you? I don't have too many friends in this class and since you're sitting alone, I assumed that we could get to know each other since we're dance partners and all" she says to me l
"Ria Tyler ?" Nicole asks as she writes something on the clipboard before handing the card back to me as I give it back to the girl who sits in my passenger seat. The gate opens and the rest of the guards wave at me as I drive through the opening. As I get down the road, I see the huge quarter house sitting on the left side of the road while a bunch of other houses line up onboth sides of the road on the right. I ignore the house that I usually park at to go down the road I've never even been down before to wait for instructions from Ria about where to go.She points to a cute, light brown house that sits on the right side of the road with a huge front yard with a tree sitting in the front yard as it looms over the house. I park in the driveway that already has a car sitting in it that seems to be an old car that must've been restored by someone in thehouse."This is cute, "I tell her as get out. I admire the house with its wooden door matched with the wooden floor of the porch that
I shake my head, too angry at myself and the world to even respond right now. I keep walking towards my car, but I can still hear her footsteps behind me until Robert's face comes to stand in front of me and when I try to go around him, he grabs me to keep me in place as the anger pulsing within me starts to sting my eyes, making me look like a baby since I've cried the past few days in a row because of everything going on.Jenny comes back over to me to stand next to her boyfriend she crosses her arms as we stand in the cold. "What's happening? Why are you being like this to Archie? He didn't do anything to you."Something within me snaps and I pull myself out of Robert's grip, surprising him by my strength as I take a few steps back to contain my anger before looking back at them with this fierceness in my eyes. "No, he didn't do anything, but this isn't about him.This isn't even about you, all right? It's none of your goddamn business and you can't just scare me into staying here
I think for a few minutes because Jasmine still has no idea that Archie's a werewolf or that werewolf even exist in this world. "I'll tell you later, I promise."Mom scoffs. "Brody, just because Archie is what he is doesn't mean he's going to hurt our son. It just means that he's going to be a better protector than anyone that could ever possibly come into his life. I know you want to be our son's whole world, but we can't be. We need to let him go and let him be happy."Dad shakes his head. "I'm not allowing him to be in that relationship."I take a step forward, leaning my hands on the table again. "You don't need to allow me to do anything. I'm 18, I can make my own decisions.""You live under my goddamn roof! You'll listen to me," Dad yells at me, taking a step forward to point a menacing finger at me that almost makes me coward back, but I know that I need to stand my ground right now as Mom looks between the two of us to figure out what to do."Henry, what did he say to you?" Mo
I grabbed his arm and he looked down at me, setting the bag on the floor to give me his full attention. "I'm so sorry, Archie, you don't understand how sorry I am. I should've stood up for myself and I should've stood up for you better and I'm just so incredibly sorry for all of this bullshit."He shakes his head. "It's okay, baby, I understand. You're going through a lot. I smile, wrapping my hand around his neck to pull his lips down to mine to have the first kiss we've had in the past week or however many days. His tongue ran over mine and I realized that the 15 minutes was almost up of the time we had to get our stuff before we had to leave, so I had to pull away, making him whine before trying to connect our lips again."I know, but we have to leave soon, right? We're taking them to the guest house" I ask him against his lips. He nods his head, going back into alpha mode to pick up the bag on the floor to continue putting stuff into it. My hand runs over the back of his jeans, ma
I was woken up by my husband , but l turned onto my stomach, not wanting to deal with his hard dick since that was usually what he woke me up for in the middle of the night. I was shaken again, still ignoring it since he usually gave up eventually. "Henry, I know you don't want to get up, but Jelilah just called and she's in labor so we gotta go to the hospital."I immediately shoot up in bed as he tells me the news and I'm instantly way too excited now that I knew that my baby boy is coming today in possibly just a few hours. Archie chuckles, throwing a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt at me as he changed into real people clothes for the first time in a few days since we've just been relaxing before we were elbows deep in diapers and formula. "Is she already at the hospital?"He nods his head. "Yeah, it took awhile for me to answer my phone because I was dead asleep. She's been there for about an hour already." I nod my head, way too excited to even be mad that she's already been th
"Welcome, family, friends, pack members, and loved ones. We gather here today to celebrate the wedding of Archie and Henry. You have come here to share in this formal commitment they make to one another, to offer your love and support to this union, and to allow Archie and Henry to start their married life together surrounded by the people dearest and most important to them." I tighten my grip on Archie's hand as tears form in my eyes, making his eyes soften when he sees that I'm about to start crying. A single tear falls and he reaches up, using the pad of his thumb to wipe it away, making some of the pack members in the back awe."Marriage is perhaps the greatest and most challenging adventure of human relationships. No ceremony can create your marriage; only you can do that through love and patience; dedication and perseverance; talking and listening, helping and supporting and believing in each other; tenderness and laughter;through learning to forgive, learning to appreciate you
I smile, holding the letter to my chest as my eyes start to get watery again at the idea that I'm marrying my best friend in, like, two hours. I hid the paper on the bedside table before starting to get dressed. I put on the dark grey pants first, loving how slimming they made me look. I slip on the white button-up shirt before tying the maroon tie around my neck, securing it with a silver tie clip that my dad wore when he married my mom.I decided to do the whole "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" thing because it's supposed to bring good luck. My dad's tie clip was then something borrowed, then something old was a book that Elder Collins will be using for the ceremony that the elders have been using for centuries, which changed every few years to accommodate the change of time. The new thing was me changing my last name to Brooks-Henry since I didn't think I could part with my last name. My mom said that I had to incorporate the name somewhere, so the
"Everyone's still out there"' he forces out it's okay, they'll figure out we're busy, l tell him. I keep placing soft kisses on his neck before getting rougher and starting to suck on the sensitive skin, making him buck his hips up to clash with mine.He surprises me by pushing me off of him and shooting up to grab his backpack. He pulls out the clear bottle before throwing it at me while he focuses on pulling his pants off.I lay on my back, pulling my pants down to let my dick out before rubbing some of the liquid onto it. Henry crawls back on the bed before straddling me to quickly lower himself on me, letting out a moan. I reach up, covering his mouth since we were one door away from our families.He leans back, setting his hands on my knees as he lifts his hips before coming back down on my cock. My head rolls back as the pleasure consumes me as he builds up a rhythm to satisfy both of us. I make sure to keep my hand on his mouth because I would be so embarrassed if someone heard
"Henry, I'm so sorry, but we have to go, Lila whispers, running her hands over my shoulders. I hated my thoughts at the moment because all I could think was that Jenny and Lila had so much time with their mates and I felt like I hadn't had any. I just wanted to go away somewhere and hold him in my arms forever. I wanted to live my life with him by my side where something like this would never, ever happen. I wanted to grow old,watching our kids shift into little wolves for the first time. I just wanted him forever. I felt myself being pulled off of Archie and I couldn't hold in my breakdown anymore.I turned in Lila's arms, crying into her shoulder. She holds me tight as I hear footsteps behind me, telling me that they are leaving. Jenny set her hand on my back, ushering us out of the house and into the car so we could go to the hotel. I sat in the back with Jenny, laying my head in her lap as I held her hand in silent support.Once we got to the hotel, we went up to the room since m
I look at my parents who were sitting with Lila and Austin to help them get their shoes on and I'm immediately hit with a wave of gratitude that they are good friends now. I don't know what I would've done if my parents didn't like them because these memories we're all creating together really were the best for me. Jasmine comes to stand next to me, taking me out of my trance to pull me towards the ice."You ready?" I ask Joey, who looks pretty nervous to take his first step."Yeah, he says and I make sure Robert's okay with Jenny since he hasn't ever been skating before either and would need to learn a few things before he got too confident. I grab hold of the side before taking a step, gliding with ease against the ice. Archie's next and when his foot hits the ground, his knee buckles and he almost trips, caught by my sister and I. We laugh, helping him to stand on the ice so he can get used to the feeling.I intertwine my fingers with him in a tight grip as Jasmine does the same s
I know he's just trying to keep everyone calm, but I can tell that he's also trying to get the best out of the time we have in case something bad happens during the rogue raid. I look around to see everyone nodding, agreeing with what he was saying. Lila stands up, pulling her shirt down. "That sounds like a wonderful idea. Let's leave in two hours, so everyone go get ready, maybe talk through some things if you need, and then we'll get going."We all get up to go to our own rooms and I just hope that Robert and Jenny work through their problems because I can tell how much stress all of this is putting on their relationship. When Archie and l's bedroom door closes, he turns to me, grabbing the collar of my shirt to pull me into a passionate kiss. I take a step backwards as he pushes me against the wall and I can feel the need in his actions as he grabs my waist. I place my hands on his chest, lightly pushing him away.As soon as I look at his face, I see the tears falling down his fac
I let out a yell before my head goes under. I feel Archie's hands slide up my legs as he rushes to the surface to get a breath of air. I come back up too before slapping his arm as he lets out a laugh before looking at me. What was that for?"He wraps his arm around my waist, kissing my cheek. "Just thought it would be funny, which it was." We all relax in the water, swimming around while we wait for the rest of our friends to show up. I notice the people in the water are looking at us while whispering something that I couldn't quite hear.I was taken out of my trance when Archie went back underwater before swimming underneath me to scoop me onto his shoulders. When he stands up, I yelp, grabbing a hold of his hands that are on my thighs to balance myself."Archie, no!" I scream as he moves around to make sure I don't fall over. His hands slide down to hold onto my ankles while mine tangles in his hair, lightly pulling on the wet strands. I notice that Jenny's on her boyfriend's back w
"l always assumed that you and Robert would get engaged before Archie and I. I mean, you two have been together forever, it just makes sense. Do you think he'll propose soon?" She lets out a sigh. "I don't know. I'm hoping that seeing his best friend get engaged will resonate with him, but I don't know if it will. We've talked about it before and he seems open to the idea, but I think our age has a lot to do with why he hasn't popped thequestion. He just thinks we're so young.""But come on, you two already know you'll be together forever since you're mates, so you're going to get engaged eventually, why not just do it now? I mean, it's his choice, but if you know that you'll be with someone forever, don't you want to just promise that to each other as soon as possible?"Jenny nods her head. "Yeah, that's my thinking too, but he just doesn't think that's a good idea. He still wants to wait, most likely, which is alright, I guess. It just means I'll have to be open to the idea of wai