I frowned watching as Ajax sniffed and looked around the yard before bolting into the woods as if he smelt something alluring. I went to follow him but a hand grabbed me making me look over my shoulder to see Ryker looking out the window in the direction that Ajax had gone in a few moments ago."Don't. There is a reason why my son ran off that way, Derek" he said making me frown "Isn't it dangerous for him to be out there after the witches and rogues attacking?" I asked but he shook his head "There hasn't been any more sighting of any witches or rogues since last month's attack. You should know that by now seeing as you and Beau have doubled patrol and there hasn't been any word from the teams on each border about rogues or any other creature for the matter at the borders" he replied and I sighed nodding"Do you think he may have found his mate?" I asked "Nothing would make Preston and I happier than knowing our son had found his mate, Derek" he answered and I looked back out the w
"Ready A?" Papa asked as we gathered in the woods and I looked over at my brother who nodded though he looked hurt and pained. I grabbed his hand a gave it a gentle squeeze letting him know that we were all here for him and he looked over and gave me a soft smile squeezing my hand. Even though most people with Down syndrome don't usually communicate or show emotion, Ajax was different. When he was hurt he cried, when he was happy he laughs and dances around and when he's angry he throws things and hit his head or when he's mad at someone he won't talk to them until they apologized for whatever they had done to get him mad. Ajax is a very open when it comes to his emotions hence why I knew he was scared and hurt.I stood back with the rest of the family and Ashton's siblings as both Ajax and Ashton walked to the center of the clearing standing in front of my parents. "Lift up your left hand" papa instructed and both lifted their hands and flinched when Papa sliced their palm and the
"Hey" I grabbed the punching bag as it flung back at me and looked over to the door and saw one of AJ's friends standing in the doorway and nodded "Hey" "Um do you know where AJ went? I haven't seen him for the past couple hours" he said and I nodded "He's with Ajax. He's showing him and the others around the territory" I replied and he nodded"I don't see why he would do that since AJ has already made his mind up about leaving Canada" he muttered and I raised a brow "My brother in law likes showing people around and I'm pretty sure AJ wouldn't leave Ajax" I told Dillon who shrugged "Then he should leave him behind it's not like he's anything special. He's not a normal person like us. He got a deformity" Dillon replied and I clenched my jaw "I'm not forcing you or anyone for that matter to remain here, Dillon. If you wish to continue our journey to California you're more than welcomed to leave" Dillon froze as his eyes widened hearing AJ's voice and turned around to find his fri
*3 years later*"AHHH!" I jumped at the sound of a scream and ran down the hall towards the living room where I found Ashton withering on the ground as sweat covered his face and Benson along with a few other guys stood back and watched with wide eyes as Cameron and Dillon held him down."What's going on in here?" I asked making them look up at me"We don't know Alpha Beau. He was fine a moment ago" Benson replied. He was a good looking guy with soft caramel skin, full lips, black curly hair he always cropped and green eyes. He's one of the many patrol members and became friends with Ashton shortly after he arrived here with his siblings. "What happened?" Ashton asked a few moments later as he laid panting on the ground with Cameron and the others watching him with worried eyes "What do you mean what happened? You were just screaming fucking bloody murder" Cameron said with a frown looking down at his brother who furrowed his brows before sitting up rubbing his face, "and this isn't
"How is Ashton doing now that he found his mate?" I asked Cameron who was standing at the window staring outside where his brother and Braxton's friend, Camden, were talking. Turned out that Braxton wasn't alone when we met a couple of hours ago. He told Beau and me that he was traveling with three other people who were his childhood friends and pack mates. We had gone to search for them when Ashton ran ahead of us towards the woods in the direction of where Braxton had left his friends. Braxton explained that his father who was the leader of their pack/coven had disowned him as his successor because he didn't have a mate and his friends followed him ignoring their parents' protests. "I didn't want them following after me because I didn't want them getting hurt," he said as we sat in the living room talking about his reason to come onto our territory."Are they hybrids like you?" I asked and he shook his head"Camden is a werewolf while Pearl and Soledad are vampires, I'm the only hy
Growing up, I always knew that I was different but my parents and brother -well pretty much the whole family- never treated me any differently. They always made sure that I had a perfect life, well as perfect as any kid that was born with Down syndrome can have. If I'm being honest with you, I never truly felt like I belonged in the pack since I was so different from everyone else, especially since the older and even younger pack kids treated me like I was the scum on the bottom of their shoe. Beau, our parents, and family always made sure that I was happy and that no harm ever came to me but I always knew that no matter how hard they tried to shield me from that, it will always happen. Even more so now that my brother found his mate. When Derek came into the picture, I won't lie and say that I liked him because I didn't. He came and took my best friend from me but as the more, I got to know him, the more I became aware of the type of person he was. He didn't treat me differently and
I closed my eyes and let my other senses be my guide and I moved as I felt a light breeze and smirked when my friend, Dillon, cursed."How the fuck do you that?" He asked as I open my eyes to see him glaring at me making me chuckle."I let my other senses be my guide," I replied shrugging and he rolled his eyes."Whatever," he huffed making me laugh, "anyway, have you decided when you're going to tell your dad about you being gay?" I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair and looked at the sky."To be honest, not really. You know how he is in regards of same sex coupling ,hell even mating. He'll have an aneurysm if he learns that his son is gay." I muttered and he gave me an understanding smile. My father as the biggest homophobe I've ever met in my entire life and I know for a fact that he would refuse to hand me the alpha titile is he knew that I was gay.I had watched my father throw my sister and her mate out of the pack because of being gay. He kicked three of my uncles and c
I was in the yard when my wolf, Loki, began to pace in my head whining making me frown. I sniffed the air and something caught my attention before I dashed towards the woods shifting on the way. Loki kept whining as the further we went. The further I went, the stronger the scent of pine and mint became stronger. I stopped in my tracks when my eyes landed on the most beautiful man I've ever laid eyes on. His head snapped up when he sensed me and I saw as a smile form in his lips but the moment I shifted to my human form, his smile banished and was replaced by disgust making my heart shatter. "I should've known it would be you who would turn out to be my mate" his scent thick with anger though I could see the conflict in his eyes as his wolf fought him. “I had smelled you but I never thought that it would be you of all people." The more he spoke the more my heart began to shatter knowing what he was about to say and I wasn't ready. I always knew that mates would accept each other rega