I wake up with a searing pain in my stomach about two days after the rogue attack happens as my head pounds and makes my sight see spots as my stomach throbs like it's being ripped open by a knife. I hold my breath to try and stop myself from screaming out loud as the pain continues to soar through my body l blindly reach out to shake Archie awake, needing him to do something to make all this stop."Hm?" He hums awake before he realizes how bad I'm squeezing his hand and he sits up on his elbow as he throws the blanket off my body to slowly lift my shirt to reveal a pinkish tint around the wound as it's lightly covered in gauze that Dr Ash changed this morning. He grabbed his phone with his other hand as he textedhis mom that there was an emergency and we needed her."What's going on?" I whispered in gasps as my eyes opened to look at his face as he set his phone on the bed, next to him."it's infected' he told me, kissing the side of my head as we waited for his mother to run in the
I nod my head. "I'm okay, it still hurts, but it's not too bad anymore." Archie reaches down to grab my coffee cup that's sitting next to my bookbag on the floor before setting it in front of me. I look at him with so much appreciation for reminding me that I brought my love with me to school today and when I take a sip of it, it's like I'm in heaven. I lean back in my seat, holding the travel mug to my head as I let my eyes drift close to savor the taste."You're so weird," Jenny said, lightly kicking me under the table as I chuckled before setting my head against Archie's shoulder to get comfortable when the teacher walked in as the final bell rang throughout the school.At lunch, I'm even more tired than I was this morning and as we sit at the table with Ria, Robert, and Jenny, I have my leg swung over Archie's leg as I lay my head on his shoulder to get my eyes away from the harsh lights that were starting to give me a massive headache.During the rest of the table's conversation,
He nods his head. "Yeah, but my best friend is in the grade under us, so he didn't have this lunch. I've been sitting alone for the past few months to just read for a bit, but some jocks stole my table.""l mean, you're more than welcome to sit with us, but if you want your table back, I could force Joey to get it back for you"' I tell him and he laughs, shaking his head. "No, I rather not be a loser that sits by himself to read. I mean, being friends with the alphas has to have some perks, right?"I playfully glared at him. "Oh, is that all we're good for, huh?" He places his hand on his chest as he lets out a soft laugh. "Not, I've always admired you and Archie for coming out and I've been meaning to tell you that, but I was always too nervous.""I'm the least intimidating person ever, you don't ever have to worry about being nervous to talk to us. But, thank you, coming out to everyone is probably the most stressful thing Archie and l could've ever done" I tell him, leaning back ag
He turns on the bench to face me, reaching out to place his hand on my neck to pull our lips together as a tear falls down his face. I tighten my grip on his hair, never wanting to let go of him. He pulls apart, setting his forehead against mine as he sniffles slightly as wet trails continue to drip down his cheeks. "I love you so much." I smile, giving him another soft kiss.No, I love you so much.""Why us?" He blurts out after a minute of silence. I shrug my shoulders, continuing to rub my fingers through his hair. "Like thebook said, we were perfectly suited for each other. We don't have to let this be a bad thing, there are some good things about it." He smiles. "Like what?""Well, we have a better mind link when we touch, it'll make both of us feel better," I tell him as I let the tips of my fingers lightly run over his arms to make goosebumps appear on his skin. "we'll have better sex."He lightly chuckles, giving me another kiss. "Well, we already do that." And it also means
To where Robert and Jenny were probably already."The elders and I both think that they'll take a break from the pack because they hurt the alpha and they know that the whole pack will be searching for blood for that, so I don't think we need to worry about them anytime soon. We have another tracker trying to find their hideout and, hopefully, we can finally know where they are and have the upper hand," he says, trying to keep his voice down so no humans can hear."Well, I'm perfectly fine with that," I say with a long sigh. I turn a corner and suddenly see Stephen rushing over to me to throw his arms around my body. "Oh my god, hi"' he whispers as he gives me a tight hug."Hi," I whisper as he pulls away to look at my body, specifically at the boot that's covering my leg. I notice the guilty look on his face when he sees it along with my crutches before he looks back up at me and Archie."I'm so sorry I didn't come visit you. My mom wouldn't even let me leave the house, she was so sc
Putting all of us at risk, Archie says before moving on from that topic. The meeting lasts an hour and once it's over, we all make our way to the quarter house as everyone else moves back towards their own houses in groups. When we walk into the house, Lila lets out a sigh as she falls back onto the couch. "Well, that went well.""Yeah, it did, I'm pretty surprised no one made too big of a deal over the hunting thing" Jenny says, sitting down on the couch next to her boyfriend. Robert wrapped his arm around his girlfriend before letting out a sigh.Well, they were about to until we stopped them. I don't even wanna know how that would've turned out. My phone started vibrating in my pocket and when I saw that it was my mom, I went into Archie's room and put the phone up to my ear. I sat up on the bed, pressing accept before holdingthe phone up to my ear. "Hey, Mom, how are you"She interrupted me instantly as she heard my voice through the phone. "Henry, something happened." I was caug
Walking over to us. "Jenny said that the pants might be a little long, but you can always roll them up if you need to. There are more options if you don't like this, so just let us know."She looked over at me. "Can I shower too?" I nodded at her, standing up and guiding her to the bathroom. I turned on the shower for her before pointing to the cabinet next to the sink. "There are towels in there and I'm pretty sure on the bottom shelf are different choices of conditioner.Use whatever you need and come back outside when you're done, okay?" She nodded, coming over to me to hug me. "Thank you.""Of course, Em. If you ever need to get out of the house, you can always come here. You know that I love having you around, it's always a good time." She smiles at me before letting me go. "I'll keep that in mind.""I think Archie's mom is making dinner in a bit and we'll watch movies or something, whatever you want and just know that we're here if you need to talk too, okay?""I know, that's wh
"Yeah," I tell him as the door opens and Elder Gee, the head of the elders, comes in. He gives me a soft smile as he comes into my view. He looks over at the machines to inspect them and make sure everything is in order."Brody, can you get the chat up on the TV so we can all see it?" He asks the man in the lab coat and he sits down at a desk in front of a computer to type some stuff up.Something is pulled up on a TV hanging on the wall, but the text is so small that I'm not able to see it.I look up at Dr. Kate who is writing on a clipboard. "Have you ever done something like this?"She looks down at me and shakes her head. "Nothing with this much experimentation. We haven't seen a pair of true mates in so long that I never thought I would ever get the chance to do this.I know it must seem super scary, Henry, but this is a good idea because the future generations should learn more about true mates so they can be fully prepared when it happens again.""Yeah, that's what they told us
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