Shaking her head, Cara chuckled at the question. Well, she couldn’t blame her for wanting to know about them if she would be living with one, and an alpha at that. Alex nodded then she said. “After breakfast, do you think that you can show me?” it was a question that Cara understood, but she pretended not to, not sure that was all right. It was true that Alex was her best friend, and the most decent human she had ever had the chance to come across, but she was skeptical about showing herself to her in her true form because it was really risky. “I want you to show me how you change into a wolf. At least, I’ve heard a little about it, so maybe showing me would ease my worries about you guys.” She said. Sighing, Cara said. “Fine. I’ll do it, but you can’t tell anyone. I’ll do it in the woods where Gabe usually runs.” She promised. They sat down to eat breakfast ten minutes later with Max at the table as well. He had come into the kitchen after she was done cooking. It took them less
After that show, Cara turned back into her human form, then she wore her cloth, and then they went back to the house. “That was scary, but it was also really fascinating,” Alex said as they got to the house. Cara shrugged with a smile. “It’s nothing to be scared or skeptical about. We’re half humans after all.” She said. Nodding in agreement, Alex pushed the front door of the house open, her eyes immediately going to the wall clock that was against the wall out in the hall. She realized that they had been gone for an hour. That had gone by quickly. She was surely not even putting the time they spent there at heart, so she had been pulled into the world of the unknown, a world that was not known to her even a few days ago, even though she had briefly heard about it from her once drunk friend one night. She walked to the living room with Cara right behind her. She sat on the couch where her best friend had placed the clothes she brought in front of, and then she picked up one of the
When he got home, Cara was still there, and he heard her laughing with Alex in her room. He cursed, not liking the fact that Alex could hide behind her this evening. He walked down the corridor to her room, and he realized that their laughter was this loud because the door was slightly opened. They must be so invested in whatever it was they were saying or doing that they didn’t hear his car come home, or maybe they just decided to ignore it. “You look good in it, Alex, not like a cow as you’ve put it. I don’t know why you wouldn’t even believe how beautiful you are.” Cara said. He stood there and peeked into the room through the slit in the door, and he saw Cara sitting on her bed. Alex wasn’t in view, but he could tell she was in front of Cara. If only he could open the door a little, then he would see her. He wanted to see for himself how she looked in whatever it was Cara was referring to. She had probably bought her clothes again, seeing the bags that were at the foot of the
It’s been two days since Cara visited and she was still trying her best to avoid Gabe, or make sure never to be caught alone with him.Working for him seemed nice enough, but she still couldn’t get rid of the way she felt whenever she was close to him and that wasn’t acceptable. He was, after all, her boss. It was getting worse, and it was starting to scare her. She had started to feel his eyes on her body even when he was not there. The day Cara was here and they had been in her room, she had been trying on some of the clothes Cara brought when suddenly it felt as if someone's eyes were on him, besides Cara's and because of the way she felt, she concluded that it was Gabe's eyes she was feeling even though he was not there. Before they went upstairs to her room, he wasn’t back from work so it couldn’t have been possible that he was there. She had even at a time looking at the door, but no one was there. The heat she had felt that day made her realize that it was getting worse, how
Alex stood there frozen, waiting for what he was going to do next. There was no way that he was going to hurt her anyway, but that wasn’t her fear right now. She was staring at a man who was again, looking at her as if she was a bowl of hot snack. He was a playboy, according to what she could pull or gather from Cara's statement. She had warned her as little as she could without alarming her, after all, Gabe was his brother's best friend, a man who was also like an older brother to her. She had warned her though, so all of this was up to her. Her lips twitched from the anticipation of what could happen, and her heart was starting to hammer fast against her ribcage. Gabriel grinned, looking down at her, and Alex wanted to disappear then and there. He probably knew how he made her feel so he was probably doing this to her on purpose and just to get a reaction out of her. She shouldn’t make him get that satisfaction but she really doesn’t have the will to do that. She knew that if he
“You're really hard working, Alex. I can’t believe you could clean this whole place.” Max said as they say on the front porch of the guest house. “When you offered, I thought you were just feeling obligated. Alex grinned, showing him her lovely set of teeth. Max smiled back at her, loving the way her teeth were. She was a beautiful woman, too bad their boss had his eyes on her, and he was confused that she might be his mate. “It’s not really a big deal. I’m used to doing house chores and cleaning as well.”“I see.” He chuckled. Alex had only done the cleaning because she wanted to do something. She had been thinking about Gabe more often than she should and she concluded that it was because she had been“Do you want something? I want to go inside to get a glass of iced lemonade.” He said.“Yeah,” she gave him a thumbs up and nodded. “That’s good too. Thank you.” She said. She needed it because she suddenly felt her throat all dried up, and it had nothing to do with the fact that s
Getting down from the car, he waited for it to be parked before following Fabio around the house to the guest house. Gabe had forgotten a file at the office last night and he had been the one to go back to retrieve it, only he had not been able to collect it from him since then. Thankfully, it was only needed now. He could have easily asked him to bring it over to the mansion, but he thought it better to not stress the older ma any further about it. It was late in the evening, but the sky was still a little bit brighter than it usually should, but it didn’t last. The birds were calling at one another, and everywhere was starting to feel like dusk. As they rounded the corner that led to the front porch of the guest house, Gabe froze. There in the light in front of the house, sat Max and Alex, and she had her head thrown back in laughter, at whatever Max had said. He wondered so many things at that point in time, wondering what she was doing her, what they were talking about, and w
“Drinking this much won’t make things fine you know,” Dean said, looking at his best friend as he took another sip of his drink. He had just flown into America two days ago from his business trip and Gabe had called him, and they were now at their usual bar. He had brought him up to date, telling him about Alex, the woman his sister had brought to him, her best friend from college or so. He knew that Gabriel wasn’t really looking for his mate, but he had known that he would only want to settle for her when the time came. Now, he had found her and she was human. He still doesn’t understand why an alpha was getting a human mate. Had they ever gotten a human before but they never knew about it? Anyway, that wasn’t the point. It was his best friend that he was worried about. “You know drinking this much won’t do your health any good, right?” he asked, but Gabe refuse to answer. “Fuck!” He muttered. This was one of the times he wished that Gabe's parents were still alive or that his br
Epilogue Three years Later “Gaby, go call your papa for dinner. He should be in his room.” Alex told her three year old daughter. Little Gaby shook her head and said. "No, mommy. Papa is being a wolf outside with Alex.” she pointed to the door of the kitchen that led to the backyard. Alex had two beautiful daughters, twins, Gabrielle and Alexis. They were her life, and she loved them so much. Nodding, she smiled at the girl and shook her head at her as she licked her lollipop. She kept telling them both it was going for their teeth, but their father would sneak it to them. She could tell the only reason Gaby wasn't hiding her candy lollipop was that she was carried away. "Gaby, what's that you have in your hand?” she asked her. “Huh,” she removed the lollipop from her mouth and started at it for a second, then she quickly hid it behind her. Smiling, Alex shook her head.Soon, she heard footsteps coming towards the kitchen door and Gabe stepped inside, Alexis behind him. She al
Alex slept for two hours straight and she had just woken up five minutes ago. She was standing in the kitchen with Gabe standing at the end of the table watching her as she moved around, slicing this and salting that.Mrs. Teddy just arrived ten minutes earlier with the ingredient she had listed off at the hospital, and he had instructed her to wash them and get them all ready and sorted for her. That made Alex's job easier for her. She was making brown rice, fried salmon, and chicken soup. She already had the pot in the cooker and she had put in all the vegetables she chopped into it; including the spinach and broccoli. They are low in calories, and they are a great source of calcium, iron, vitamin C, and heart-healthy antioxidants. She allowed the vegetables to cook on medium heat until they were soft. She stir-fry the vegetables for a little while before she added the boiled chicken and seasoning to it. She was cooking it in the special way her mother had taught her how to. She
After bringing the coffee, Tim asked them to wait outside, and not to go home until they were able to see the cute little baby that just joined the family. Sitting outside with his wife, Gabe wrapped his hand around Alex's shoulder and pulled her to him so that she would rest against him. “Do you think we should stay? You look tired.” “I am, but we should wait.” She said. Thankfully, Tim soon poked his head out of the hospital room's door, and he said to Gabe. "Come on, Gabe. You can now see the baby." He said.With a nod, he stood up. "Will you stay here?” “I'll come with you.” She said and he nodded. They proceeded to the room and followed Tim to the side of Cara's bed. Cara was carrying her daughter and she used a pink blanket to wrap around her. Gabe could have sworn that the baby was as pink as the blanket itself.She was so beautiful and she had chubby cheeks. She was closing her eyes so Gabe couldn't see the color of they were but he knew that they would be beautiful. Cara
Alex was all happy, smiling and nodding at everything Cara said. She had had a peek at the baby before she was taken away so that they could clean her properly. She was so pink and so beautiful that Alex's heart swelled with pride and happiness for her friend. This was what people called a bundle of joy. She was going to be experiencing it soon, in a few months, and she couldn't wait. Although, she had also seen the pain that came with it, and that scared her, but the happiness in her heart at the moment didn't allow her to dwell on it. This was the first time that Alex witnessed childbirth, and so far she feared and loved the experience, the feeling she got. She bent down to whisper into Cara's ear and told her that she was going out to see Gabe.“I'm so happy for you both.” She wanted to say, but she could see that Cara was already so tired. Telling her that would make her all pumped up to talk more about her own feeling and how happy she was. “Okay, you should do that.” She said
Getting out of the car even before Gabe parked it made him so angry he wanted to yell at her, slamming on the brake before she could jump out. Why the hell was she acting so reckless all of a sudden when she could as well calm down and still get to her sister in the end? He gave her a look that could have melted her head off if that was possible and gritted his teeth. "That was dangerous, Alex. Why did you think it was okay to open the car door when I haven't even stopped the car?”“I'm sorry.” She said, her voice a little bit low. Her phone had been ringing off the hook since they were on their way here. She had picked it every time, and Cara kept telling her to get herself there if she didn't want her to kill her. “You could have been killed if I didn't stop the car. You almost got down from the car if I didn't stop you.” “I wasn't thinking straight.” She said. She had been so distracted, thinking about the kind of pain that her sister must be going through, with the pain that
Alex had just woken up a little minutes past six o'clock in the morning when her phone rang. She had been sleeping with her body half across Gabe's body so she tried to get off him but his hand tightened his hold around her waist. He moaned and moved even closer to her, pushing his face into the crack of her neck. He sniffed and moaned again. He was probably dreaming about her, or at least, that was what she thought was happening.“Gabe,” she called softly. "let me get up, okay.” She said. She wasn't sure he heard her but she would try. She was tired but her phone was ringing, and for someone to be calling at that time, it must be something important.“Gabe, remove your hand off me. I need to get to my phone.” She said again. She tried raising his hand that was across her belly but he was not bulging. She raised her head to look up at him to see his eyes were now wide open, with no residual of sleep on his face. He had been watching her sleep, and she wondered for how long that had
"Alex, finish the bowl," Gabe instructed and Alex made a sour face, not liking the situation at all. She wondered what she had gotten herself into and how she would get herself out of it. "Gabe, I am done. I am not hungry anymore." She whined and pushed the tray away. She held her breath as she said that, hoping that would work and he would leave her the heck alone. "Finish it. You are pregnant. You need to take care of your diet now. I don't want you to black out as you did after the honeymoon." He said and picked up the bowl. He was determined to make sure she finished the food, and if that required him spoon-feeding her himself, then that was exactly what he would do. Filling the spoon with the soup, he raised his hand and extended it towards her mouth, opening his in a gesture for her to go the same. Groaning in a complaint, she finally opened her mouth and allowed him to slide the food inside.“I won't black out again, you know. The doctor already examined me.” She said and he
"And I take her to be my lawfully mated wife,” Gabe said, and the elder that officiated their marriage said. "You may kiss the bride.”Alex knew that she would always remember Gabe's sweet reaction when he turned to kiss her as the elder had said. He was smiling brightly, his eyes laced with tears of joy. She could tell he was as happy as she was even though she had been getting cold feet at the beginning of the day, up until the start of the ceremony itself. He caught her lips as he kissed her passionately, her searing hot mouth making her want more than the kiss he was giving, but she couldn't have. They were outside after all, with a lot of people present, and she wasn't about to give them a free show. That would be doing something nasty. As Alex lost herself in the kiss, it was the loud cheer of the people around them that drew her back a little. She could tell that they were all so happy for them. At least, most of them. There was no way everyone around a person will completel
Today was one of the happiest days of Alex's life, no doubt. She was not just happy though, she was elated, or any other word she could use to describe the way she felt at this very moment. It also happened to be the day she had been waiting for and dreaming about since she became a grown woman. She had basically prepared her mind for this very day and now that it was here, she was glad, feeling ten folds of the happiness she had always dreamt of. She couldn’t wait to be addressed as Mrs. Berkeley, and today was the day she was going to say “I do” to the man that she loved so much, even though it was just going to be one of the wedding ceremonies, it was as important as the one they would do at the pack house to have them officially mated. It was more or less a joining of some sort. She had always dreamt of spending the rest of her lifetime with the man that loved and cared for her and her family this way. She was just too happy to express her joy. She realized that the way she was