Ghost is running up and down the hall playing with her new ball. She takes it in her mouth and then throws it. She'll watch it roll away and then go after it happily. I'm here for the show she's putting on. I love the way her huge floppy ears just whip back and forth. She doesn't know she's a big-ass dog and it's hilarious.
I promised Jayk that I would go out and make my presence known. We needed to bait the Beta house and I have to be the bait.
"I got you something," I looked up at Micca and Miles who walked in with a few boxes in their arms.
"You mean some things?" I ask.
They set the baby blue gift-wrapped boxes with black bows in front of me. The two stand there with their arms crossed looking
Jaykob "You're really going to let the twins sleep in the same room as your sister? Both of them?" Leelie asks as some of the guys bring my things into what used to be Dagmar's room. "They're her mates. She's not rejecting them," I shrug. I make my way to the kitchen. I'm not exactly hungry but I can use something sweet. "Jay, you know I'm all for giving the three of them what they want but pushing them into this is not how we should approach it. Especially with Micca. He's-" she lets out a heavy sigh. "You've been really hard on him from the start, Jay. The kid has some pretty ugly habits. Exposing Mars to that-" "Leelie, they're not kids anymore," I dismiss her. "The full moon is tonight. Dagmar will shift and this discussion will be pointless," Micca storms down the stairs and drops into the black leather couch in the living room. The scent of anger follows. Miles comes in with Ghost prancing behind
A little past ten p.m. my heart started racing for no reason and it hasn't slowed. I'm sitting outside alone with only my thoughts to accompany me. Jaykob isn't sure how violent my shift will be and thought it would be best if they weren't too close while it happened. I am a few minutes away from coming of age. I should be worried about my shift, but I can't stop thinking about what Jaykob said to me earlier tonight. Micca is an omega. A trait inherited by one of his parents, most likely his mother as her firstborn. Male omegas are rare nowadays. They were the first to be killed off when the world went to shit. The packs only kept the females to use them as breeders. High-rank females don't often make it through their pregnancies, but omega females can have kids back to back throughout their life spans without any problems. Male omegas were used for a completely different reason. They have this irresistible charm about them. From the way they look down to
Jaykob's wolf is a huge silverback. I'd never seen him shift before and it isn't very comforting. His aura screams alpha more than it had before. I feel it now. The power radiating off him is terrifying. Warheads were never supposed to be able to take rank. We were experiments created by wolves who had once been human. When they realized that former humans couldn't rise in rank the way born wolves do, they did what humans do best. They took things too far. The first group of Warheads was called The Plague. Unlike us, these wolves weren't genetically created through our parents. They were altered as teenagers just before their first shift and it broke something inside of them. They became machines used to hunt down alphas and omegas. They weren't sentient. At least, not in their wolf form. And they only answered to their creator. Dr. Ahamed Patel.The leading specialist in former shifter genetics. He became a target by the first pack alliance ever c
Fog sets over the wet grass in the late hours of the night. The lights aren't as bright as they had been when Jayk first brought me here. I feel the morning dew damping my fur and I know that I have to head back soon. I figure I can find my way back on my own. The reason for it is because I know what I'm going home to. I've been mentally preparing for it for a while now and I can easily say that I don't know if I'm ready. Yet, I feel a little excited. More than that, I feel eager to see Miles. We've gotten close lately. He holds back because he has so much to tell me. Things that include Micca and he wants him to be there for that. As the dominant of the three of us, I don't know how our relationship is going to work. Especially now that I know that Micca is an omega. I was worried before, but now I feel it more. I understand why he did what he did, I just don't understand why he fucking did it in the room across from me. He and I are going to bump heads
"This is a map of our territory," Jayk turns to face the dining room table. There's a huge map of the city stretched out from end to end. There are marbles from my old mancala game in a circle formation just outside the city limits. We are right in the center of it. He used an earpiece to mark our location. I look up at him impressed with the size of the territory. The little smirk on his dumb face tells me he's pleased with himself. "These," Leelie tosses some marbles in her hand before she puts a few of them down inside the circles. "Are the villas we use to house the rest of the pack," "How many members in total?" I ask. "Forty-six. Including you," Ashton answers. "We're not very good at recruiting," Jayk sighs. "But we do need to raise our numbers," "What are you planning to do with all this?" I ask. "I don't know yet, but right now. The money flow is going down and it's not good for business,"
Miles is in the shower when I get back up to my room. Ashton made meatloaf and I was starving. He and I are officially friends. He told me this insane story about him catching the deer he used to make the ground beef he used to make tonight's dinner. It is slightly disturbing and interesting with the amount of detail he uses. "Hey," Miles greets me. I sit up to find him dressed in a pair of basketball shorts while he is drying his hair with a towel. I instantly feel my face flare with heat as I fall back on the bed. I have so many questions about mates. First, I think I would like to ask Danica how the fuck she fought this if she knew Jayk was her mate from the moment he climbed out of that car when Gwen and I were fighting. His scent alone is getting a rise out of me. It has been from the moment I stepped into the backyard, but having him in front of me now. I have zero self-control. There is no way I am going to be able to lay here next to
The sound of metal lightly tapping against glass wakes me. Jayk is sitting on the other side of the glass coffee table tapping the tip of the custom pen Lydia gave him last year for his birthday. The words Big Daddy are engraved into it. I hate that pen and especially hate waking up to him tapping it on the glass coffee table. "Why the fuck are you sleeping on the couch, Mars? I didn't drop ten Gs on your stupid custom bed with an adjustable base to see you sleeping on the couch I know Ashton found in a dumpster," he retorts. I sit up and arch my back. It pops in several spots. When I rotate my shoulders and roll my head more pops bounce around in the darkness of the living room. Leelie is sitting in the armchair on the other side of me. Her legs are propped up on the armrest where my head had been. "What time is it?" I ask fixing my tank top. I am so glad I am wearing a sports bra under. "It's eight," Leelie answers. "In the morni
"Why are you wearing a hat?" Leelie asks when we arrive at the school. "To blend in," I look her over. "You're gonna stand out," "You're the beta. You do the talking," she huffs. She glances back at Miles. "Miles, go with her. I'll stay put," "Fuck," he grunts. Before we could get out of the car she reaches for him and pulls him into her. "You are not her mate yet. That means you're going to follow orders as if Jaykob himself is giving them to you. Keep your little sounds to yourself. She might let them slide, but I'm not. Show a little respect, motherfucker," she shoves him and straightens herself up to look out the window. I get out of the car and slip my backpack on. I want to laugh, but I don't want to undermine her opinion. After all, that's what this whole mating is lacking. "We're going to talk to them first," I say when he goes around to the back. He pulls his hoodie over his head and motions me to lead th
Jayk "How much of that did you hear?" Lydia sighs as she pushes herself off the floormat. "All of it," I answer honestly. "She's right you know. We have literally anything you can think of here at the moment," "Best pre-workouts," she holds up her water bottle. "You were just going to leave?" I ask. "Yes," she gives me the same honesty. "I would rather go feral than stay here and watch your fuckery," "I don't want that for you," her honesty always hurts, but I don't know how to talk to her anymore. Not without hurting her feelings. "Now that you're the alpha, what you want is the only thing that matters, huh?" she sits on the bench behind her. No matter what I say to her, even if I sugarcoat it for her, it doesn't change a thing. "What you feel for me is nothing compared to what a mate bond feels like," I sit across from her. "You can love someone with you
Lydia is sitting in the middle of the gym alone with a fifty-pound weight on her chest while she does sit-ups. The lights are off and I can hear Watch The World Burn from her headset as she breathes out heavily every time she lifts her body. I've never been this upset about anything and I'm not going to pretend I know what she's going through. One thing I do know is that I don't want her to go away. She practically raised me. I don't know what to offer her or what to say that would be enough for her to stop thinking about running away. Lydia loved my brother before he became anything. I don't think she understands that Jayk isn't with those girls because he loves them. Something inside of him broke when Danica rejected him. I doubt my brother is ever going to love anyone ever again and he doesn't know how to explain that to her. "You have a very loud presence," she pants but doesn't stop. I make my way over to her and take the heads
My brother is sitting at the breakfast table with Every, Lucille, and Sloane. All of them are fussing over him and talking to one another like they're best friends. There is no sign of Leelie or Lydia. It's just the eight of us. Ashton and Micca bring out the breakfast and set it in the center of the table. "What the fuck?" Miles whispers when he takes a seat to my right. Micca sits to my left. "I don't know," I shrug and reach for a biscuit. Micca hands me the fried potatoes and Miles pours the buttermilk gravy. "Good morning, guys," Lucille finally greets us. Jayk and others look up at me. "I'm sure it is," Ashton sits next to Micca. We laugh when Jayk rolls his eyes. "Will Lie and Lydia be joining us this morning, sir?" "Nah, they're at the Beta house," Jayk takes a bite out of his pancakes. He sets his fork down and stares at me. It makes me a little uncomfortable, but I don't say anything. We've been fighting over
Jayk "What do you want?" he asks me. "Leelie almost died last week," I inform him. He sits back. "You're not like us, Jet. You don't know what it's like to have a ticking time bomb inside of you. One that goes off when you least expect it. It's not easy being on our own," I clear the itch in my throat. "Having a mate after years of being alone is taxing," "Is that why you killed Dani?" he sneers. "Yes," I nod. "Danica's death is my fault. I'm new to this alpha shit. I didn't know the power of a command until just recently. I wanted her to be something she could never be. The closer we got, the more she hated me for putting a responsibility she wasn't prepared for on her shoulders.It wasn't all hate. We had our moments and it's those small instances that make me miss her the most. Did you know that Arthur compelled her to father his heir?" "No," he shakes his head. "He convinced her that it
Jayk Seeing Dagmar upset the way she is, isn't easy. I underestimated the power I have over her and now I get why the alphas lost control of the very things they created. It was why I had put the rules in place. They gave me a sense of control. I had promised myself and my sister that I wouldn't let this get to me, but it's already started to bleed into everything we've been working for. I don't know how to fix this and now that Dagmar is home, everyone seems to be more at ease. "Jayk?" Micca walks in our makshift office space and sits in Miles's chair across from me. "What's up?" I say giving him my attention. He scratches the back of his head nervously. Micca has never been a man of many words. When it comes to anything regarding our business, he lets his work do the talking for him. It's why I love having him around. He's always been eager to prove that he deserves Dagmar. "I didn't think thi
"What did you do to him?" Jayk asks as the two of us watch Micca reading a book down by the lake behind Sloane's house. It took him a while to calm down, but once he did the emptiness slowly started to drift away and he slept for a good six hours. "Where is Sloane?" I shoot right back. He grins and turns around to walk back inside. I follow. "Miles said you had news?" "Lucille will be moving into the cotton farms as planned. Since you and Miles are going to be going to school in that region anyway, I was thinking of leaving you in charge of the entire vicinity," "And Micca," I add. He sighs. "You're letting Micca stay with me. He's my mate," "He's an essential part of my pack," "We all are, but Micca belongs to me," I remind him. "I knew you were going to be difficult about this," "Jayk-" "I can't just let him stay in one place, Mars," "Then no," I shake my h
Miles and I have been together a few times now and I thought I knew what I was getting myself into, but Micca is an Omega. He is engineered by centuries of werewolf breeding genetics specifically for this. I once read that those who have Omega mates, their mates somehow know exactly what they need and for a while now, I've been asking myself what it is he thinks I need. I can tell it terrifies him and from what I've seen in his mind, I probably should be too. His arm wraps around me as he stands taking all my weight to lift me off the floor without breaking our kiss. I suddenly feel like we're falling and my back is hitting the softness of the bed. I gasp for air when he pulls away scraping his teeth over my cheek and down my neck. He growls canines extended, eyes pitch black, and his body is turning. He's fighting his urge to shift, just barely, but the pain seems to be keeping him grounded. His tongue is attentive to my wounds. He's slowly lapping at th
The smell of his blood is triggering my red vision. His eyes are pitch black and completely focused on me. Miles excuses himself after telling him that if he got to have me on our own he at least owed him that. Micca has pushed me to this. I don't want this to be our life. I can't only have half of him. He belongs to me and I need all of him even if he refuses to offer anything up. I'm going to have to take it from this fucking Omega asshole. I retract my claws and shove him. He stumbles back and falls into the chair Miles at him in. "Mars, I can't-" he presses his hand to the side of his head trying to keep himself in check. I pull his hand away from his face and straddle him. "Please, please," he begs and it's a really good look on him. He's fighting the shift. I don't want him to shift, but if we have to. We will. "I can't," "Micca," I lean into him pressing my lips to his. He tries not to kiss me back. I growl and bite down on his bottom
Miles They're basically the same person. Both prideful and resentful. It's not like I don't understand where she's coming from. Micca is so detached from everything that he's formed these iron-clad walls all the way around him and she's right. She's been trying to go easy on him and he's done his best to push her away. This feels like the last straw. The last time she snapped, she ended up marking him against his will. I still remember the bliss he felt from the severe pain he was in for days. Even after all these years, I still don't know how to get through to him. Talking rarely helps. All he understands is violence. I thought he was getting better. I can't be having this fight with Dagmar every time he has a fucking fit. It's not fair to either of us. Dagmar went up to the room we're staying in after angrily informing me she was on the third floor the second door to the right. Leelie, Ashton, and Micca show up after a couple of