Erik POV
Sitting here in front of Alpha Luca I’m beginning to get impatient waiting. Alpha Thomson is running his mouth over and over about whether we should give him the land.
“Enough, we are waiting for my daughter to arrive, she is filling in for her brother while he’s gone taking care of a rogue attack that happened on one of my other territories. I’m currently getting him ready for taking over as alpha.” Alpha Luca explains I can’t be mad at him, he’s just doing what he needs for his pack.
“ She's almost 40 minutes late. Can’t you just take notes for your son?” Alpha Thomson
Just as he asks the smell of palm trees and honeydew turning around the most beautiful woman stomps into the room. She’s all pouty and looks irritated as she rolls her eyes. The way she talks to her father makes me want to bend her over my leg and spank her. She walks around me to Alpha Lucas' side. I resist the urge to growl, I know that’s her father but she's acting like she doesn’t notice me.
“ No, now sit.” Alpha Luca commands her. A growl leaves my mouth, holding Asher back is really hard right now. He’s distracted by how amazing she looks. Her hair pulled up,the way her clothes fit tight against her body, her tan skin standing out from the bright red flannel she is wearing.
Clearing my throat I nod in apology for my behavior, not taking my eyes off her she asks her father about it. Why is she acting as if she doesn’t feel the mate bond between us?
“ How old are you?” I blurted out
“Why do you care? She snapped, The attitude all over her face is adorable.
“ She's 17” her dad responded.
17? That means she doesn’t know or understand who I am, well the part I’m her mate anyways. I watch while her father explains to her what is going on. However her reaction confuses me.
“What’s wrong pup?” I ask as she holds her stomach in a pit full of laughter. I could listen to her laugh all day long but this isn’t something that is funny.
Her sassy mouth has no limits even when she knows she’s in the presents of three Alphas. She slumps down into her chair next to Alpha Luca crossing her arms across her chest.
“ Stop pouting.” I tell her as she's sticking her bottom lip out as she rolls her eyes for what feels like the third time. Between her attitude and the annoying pouting from Alpha Thomson she snaps on not only me but on him, putting him in his place, making me proud.
“Come here” I commanded smirking I look at her in awe
“No.”
Asher purrs but I growl at the disrespect she is showing. Which as expected earns me a growl from her father.
Sitting back in the chair I listen to her talk herself out of the rest of the meeting. I couldn’t resist being closer to her. I stand up grabbing her arm as she passes by me
“Be good pup” I whisper in her ear, earning myself more attitude.
Watching her walk out the door I turn back around to face Alpha Luca.
“ Thank you for having me and solving this dilemma with the land.” I announce signing the paper he hands me.
“ What agreement? I didn’t agree to anything? What about my land?” Alpha Thomson whines
“ Papers are already signed, man give it up.” bowing, I leave.
Who is that girl? I didn’t even get her name
“Well that was interesting boss” Hunter mocked
“ What are you yammering about Hunter?”
“ Oh just about how Alpha Luca’s daughter is your mate who doesn’t understand that yet and wait she already hates you.” he chuckled getting punched in the arm by Andrew
“ Ouch what the hell is that for?”
“ for being stupid! That's your future Luna you are talking about.” Andrew growled
“ yeah but obviously you missed the part where she laughed in the boss's face about being his mate.” Matt shrugged
“ Would you two shut the fuck up?! I’m not saving you when the boss kicks both of your asses for running your mouth!” Andrew yelled
“ Alright! Yes it does appear she doesn’t take a liking to me, which just could be because she can’t feel the mate bond yet. However Andrew is right shut the fuck up before I rip your heads off. But besides we have other matters to attend to at the moment. Andrew, I want you to go and speak to Alpha Luca and find out everything you can about her, her name, favorite color, movie, candy, etc! Everything,I want to know everything he can tell me about her. Also I know her mother is part angel, I need you to find out if she inherited that gene as well. If so, the moment she turns 18 she is to leave for our territory immediately so I can protect her.” I finished
“ woah woah woah!” matt gasped
“ Did you just say angel? Like with wings and a halo type angel?”
“ Yes, is that an issue?” I asked raising an eyebrow
“ no thats got to be so fucking cool! I wonder if she’d let me fly with her! like a parachute that doesn't have to land on the ground!” Matt said excitedly
“ Were you dropped on your head as a baby?” Hunter asked we all chuckled as Matt gasped and acted offended at his comment
We walked out of the packhouse to the cars when that same girl was standing on the porch with another guy. A growl leaves my lips earning me the eyes of the male on me.
“ Is there an issue Alpha Erik?” he asked
“ Who are you? I just haven’t seen your face here before.” I said crossing my arms against my chest.
“ oh well I’m Alexander sir! The next in line for Alpha of this pack.” he explained
“ I hope my little sister didn’t give you guys too much trouble replacing me in my appsense” he assured nudging her.
So this is the future alpha? He’s a skinny tan boy with crazy short black hair on his head. He's pretty tall for his age. Given that he’s a few inches taller than me I’m glad he still shows respect!
“ uhh what might be her name? She never told us in the meeting.” I asked
“ you didn’t even introduce yourself? You want to be an Alpha female so badly but yet you constantly act like a brat instead! When you find your mate you are gonna have a rude awakening if he happens to be an Alpha!” He hissed at her
Damn even her brother is tired of her shit
“ I apologize for my sister, she’s a little how do I put this.. stubborn” he added
“ It's okay uh her name?” I reminded him
“ Oh right Alpha Erik, meet my annoying little sister Briella.” He smirked tapping his hand on her shoulder
She looks more annoyed that he told me her name than the fact that he’s been giving her shit this whole time.
“ You don’t need to know my name Erik! I’m none of your concern nor is this mate bond you keep talking about! So go back to your precious land and stay there!” Her attitude rolled over her in waves as she pushed past us and walked into the house
“ mate? Ohh you're my sister's mate! Yeah I feel sorry for you bud cuz she isn’t going to agree to that easily.”Alexander chuckled tapping me on the shoulder shaking his head as he headed inside as well
“ See, I told you she hates you! It’s that dang cold look you always have on your face the creepy way you stare at her I bet!” Matt announced hopping down the stairs
“ what?” Hunter asked
“ Have you not noticed the way he looks all the time!? When was the last time you saw him smile? Hmm, anyone?” He questioned
“ yeah he’s kind of right man!” Andrew said
“ man?” I asked raising an eyebrow
“ hey she got away with just calling your Erik!” He pouted
“ So you want to act like her now? And be disrespectful? She’s my mate. And where do you think it’ll get you? Hmm? Or do you want that ass whooping in front of another Alphas house?” I mocked
“ sir I..”
“ exactly. Now let’s go before he offers us to stay for dinner.” I commanded
The last thing I need is to sit at the table with all of them and listen more to her rudeness and disrespect. Once she turns 18 she’ll understand more, but right now, she’s lucky I haven’t bent her over my knee and spanked her for that mouth of hers.
Briella POV
Getting up for school this morning would have been what I’d be doing if my father wasn’t such a dick! Yes I know what I said about me rather wanting to train all week then go to school. But at least at school I get to sit down! Everytime I try to take a break he’s barking more orders at me. Like yeah I get it I was late to school! Big deal! I’m late all the time! I bet the other wolves that are late from other packs don’t deal with this! Stomping downstairs for breakfast, I smell bacon, eggs and hashbrowns coming from the kitchen. oooo how I love me some hash browns!! I decided on wearing a sports black bra with a cut off grey t- shirt and some black spandex shorts with sneakers with my hair into two French braids. Which I had my best friend Samantha help me do. Shut up, it's okay not to know how to do it!! Plus my hair is really long! Swinging open the kitchen door everyone looks at me in surprise
“ Okay, what is everyone looking at?”
“ you dip shit! We are surprised you got up early enough so you're not late this time.” My brother mocked
“ Oh shut up!” I rolled my eyes heading for the kitchen to get a plate
Grabbing three hashbrowns, 5 pieces of bacon and two big scoops of scrambled eggs on my plate I walked over to the table and sat next to mom.
“ dang sis did you save enough food for the rest of the pack?”
“ You know what, you are suck a dick! When you find your mate, I hope she gives you hell!”
“ hey watch your mouth young lady!” My mom warns
“ oh so I get in trouble for saying dick but he doesn’t get in trouble for calling me fat?” I whined
“ I didn’t say that!” He groaned
“ yeah you did!”
“ OKAY! You two knock it off! Briella, eat your food so you can start doing laps!” My father commanded me, sitting down next to mom.
Rolling my eyes I do as he says and finish eating my food. Placing my plate into the sink, I walk out the back door not saying another word.
They always take his side! Which is totally unfair! I know I can be a brat sometimes, and some of it is on purpose! But he’s a dick all the time!
Briella POVAfter almost fainting from all the laps dad made me do, my body feels like jello. I was going to take Ethan up on his offer to carry me back to the back yard for hand to hand combat, but of course the boss said no. Sitting on the ground I wait for him to call names, and start pairing people. But he didn’t say anything till Alpha Erik stepped out of the house with his two goons following behind him. Okay what the hell is he doing here? I had enough of him and dealing with his constant staring at me at the meeting. I watched as he looked around the field till his eyes landed on mine. He scanned me as if I was his prey. Gross. Groaning, looking away from him, getting up and walking over to Ethan and Samantha.“ Can you believe who's here?” I mocked
Wiping the tears from my eyes as I fly makes everything else feel so real. Who does he think he is? To tell me I’m not strong enough!? Landing on the ground, I walk listening to the crunch of the leaves under my feet. I come here when the world doesn’t seem to understand me. Which is pretty often. It’s the most beautiful part of our territory. My dad said he built it when I was a little girl for me to be able to release my wings and learn how to fly one day. But once I got my wings he was too busy to teach me anything, so now I just come here by myself. Sitting on the big rock by a tree I look out to the field covered in daisies and wildflowers, there’s also a little lake to the right that has a waterfall. My father said he chose this place because when he showed me it for the first time he never saw my face light up so bright. It’s such a beautiful sight to see, being here makes it easy to forget the rest of the world. I’m not like other she- wolves
Briella POV After my outburst on Erik my father finally let up on all the training and back off to school. I hate myself for going off on him like I did but sometimes I can’t help it, and he knows exactly what buttons to push. When I got back to the house last night as usual mom and dad were waiting for me in the kitchen along with him this time. I didn’t look at him or give him a single amount of my attention. He brought out the one part of me I’ve been working so hard to hide from everyone. So, I’ve declared to ignore him at all times and hope he’ll just go away. I turn 18 soon and if it really turns out he is my mate I don’t know what I’m going to do yet. Getting out of bed I walk into the bathroom for a shower, this time I set my alarm for two hours early so I can snooze for an hour before actually getting up.Turning the shower on, I brush my teeth and pee while I wait for the water to warm up.
My one nightmare is for me to lose control in front of the whole school. They already don’t like me so the last thing I need is to give them another reason to call me a freak. My angel side is a secret to everyone who isn’t in this pack except for my best friends of course. My parents have made it very clear how dangerous for the world to know is, life threatening. But what’s more dangerous than a school full of people picking on you all day just for being an alpha female then going to a school full of people who would not only hate me but be too scared to even have me there. My freak out in front of Erik wasn’t even as bad as it could get. Controlling it has gotten easier, it’s when I black out that makes it hard. I don’t understand who I am, no one does. How would they? When I’m not even supposed to exist? Sometimes I think I’m alone, not because I am but because there’s no one else in this world that can tell me what I’m supposed to do. Have
Taking a deep breath while I let what I agreed with last night sink in. I can’t help but think it’s a trap to get me to leave here to be with him. I’m not ready for that. I don't turn 18 for another week but here I am agreeing to shit that only sticks me being closer to him. He’s like a lighting bug who won’t leave you alone while you try to watch the stars. Rolling out of bed I get ready for the day. Throwing on some blue jean shorts and a black cut off t-shirt, pulling my hair into a ponytail I slip on my shoes and walk out the door. Heading over to the packhouse I see a line of black SUVs outside. Confused, I run inside and bumped into a man in a black suit. “ dad?” I yell “ Briella finally you are here, please let her by” my dad commands The men in the black suits step aside and my dad and E
“ Grandma? Are you home?” I yelled “ Grandma?” “ I’m in here dear.” I walked into the living room and she was sitting on the couch drinking her tea and doodling in her crossword book “ Are you here alone?” I asked “ Yes Raymond went to the store and to talk to your father who is looking for you by the way.” she tells me, raising an eyebrow at me. “ I know I just can’t be there right now.” I sighed sitting down next to her “ Is there a reason you can’t talk to your mom about whatever is bothering you?” “ No, she’ll just agree with dad. It’s like they have the
The sun shines through the cracks of the curtains, pulling the blanket over my head. I grew up at the thought of getting up. I had so much confidence last night that now I have to but now I have to put my actions where my mouth is. Rubbing my eyes I scoot out of bed. I wrapped my hair up into a bun and threw on a t - shirt and sweatpants. Rubbing the crust off my eyes I head down stairs for some coffee. When I get to the kitchen my dad and mom are sitting at the table with my brother, I swear they get up before the sun does, they aren’t normal. Walking over to the counter I grab a coffee mug and pour coffee into it. Adding cream and vanilla, I grab a banana nut muffin off the stove and sit down next to mom. She looks at me with worry in her eyes, they all do. “ So are you all just going to look at me like I’m going to turn into dust in the next few minutes or are you going to tell me what's going on?” I g
Once we arrived everyone greeted me with open arms, some even gave me a hug. The goons were cracking me up. I couldn't stop laughing Hunter and Andrew wouldn’t stop arguing over the last slice of pizza for lunch and honestly made me glad I wasn’t the only one that cared about food. Erik showed me around and showed me where he is setting up the training room my dad told him he needed. I just rolled my eyes as if I’ll even need it. I think he wanted to start me off easy because it took me 2 seconds to knock out the guy I trained with today. Well maybe not exactly 2 seconds but you get what I mean. I had to beg him to let me start training before the room was finished and promised that If I got too angry I would excuse myself and go to my special place before anything bad happened. He did ask if I’d show him my special place and got an attitude when I told him no. After dinner I headed up to the guest room that I made perfectly cl
“ Of course father. Let’s talk.” Aurther hissed“ Please you guys can have a private conversation in my office.” Erik announced making his voice louder than theirs. Andrew and Hunter showed them to Erik’s office I waited until the kitchen door closed behind them before turning my eyes back on Erik.“ what? Why are you giving me that look?“ he sighed knowing already what I was going to say.“Really do you need me to explain? You just gave him up as if you didn’t care what was going to happen next.” I yelled throwing my hands up in the air“ Whatever he would of did to Aurther would of been a lot better than him taking his anger out of our pack” he admitted
I woke up this morning enjoying the two bundles of joy inside my stomach. I woke up this morning happy. We picked out our house and I love it, it’s huge and has plenty of room for everyone. Then reality sets in. James is on his way here. I don’t know what he is going to do or if everyone here will make it out alive after it’s all over. What if he is coming for war? And the talk he wants to have with me and Erik is just a distraction. But what if he doesn’t want to fight and we push him towards it by throwing Amanda in his face? How do I know what I’m doing is the right thing? Pushing myself out of bed I freeze. I freeze with my feet pressed against the ground.“ He’s here” rings through my head. I repeat this to myself over and over again as if I can’t seem to let it sink in the way it should.&l
“ sir? What do you want us to?” He asked me over and over again but I wasn’t quite sure how I wanted to go about this. If Aurther is alive and kicking would Liam be? No, that's impossible. I buried him myself. Rubbing the back of my neck with my hand I paced back and forth in my office. I can’t help but wonder what all Aurther heard. Has he been able to read mh thoughts all these years? I remember what happened that night Liam died. And that night Aurther ran away for good. He was so angry with me without letting me explain. His foolishness ended with his brother's death. Not that I’m surprised he’s never cared about this pack or anyone else other than himself. Stopping in one spot by the book case when the office door opens up and my head warrior walks in again probably to ask what we are doing. “ trucks are ready sir” was all he said. I’ll admit I was kind of surprised they took matters into their
“ YOU DID WHAT??” He yelled at me over and over again. I don’t think he meant it in a way to hurt my feelings more or in a way to show how angry he was about me telling Aurther to alert his father without discussing it with him first. I just sat here listening to everything he had to say. All his worries and concerns. He even expressed to me how he was worried that if I did get hurt in battle I'd even notice because of my reaction from the glass cutting my stomach. And if I’m being completely honest I haven’t thought about that at all. It was odd that I didn’t notice, maybe it was because of the twins' powers. I haven’t even considered them in the situation of getting hurt either. I know that has to make me sound like a bad mom. But with the way they are protecting themselves I’m sure they will be fine. Right? But I also believe even being this far along that I can still protect myself. I haven’t h
Later that yesterday afternoon, Erik and I decided we needed to move out of the pack house. With two kids coming we knew they would be trouble and the pack house is made for business. After deciding this I couldn’t stop thinking about it, honestly I haven’t been shopping for the babies at all either. I mean I’ve gotten a few things here and there when we go to the store for other things but I haven’t been really shopping for them for all the big things. He agreed that we would go and look at houses after all of this is over, so I might ask to go shopping some as well. Sitting in the bathroom on the toilet I work up the courage to get up on my own. Only being a few months pregnant they are already twice the size a normal baby would be by now. One loves to press against my bladder at all ends of the night. Pulling my pants up I wobble over to the sink to wash my hands and face. My face is all broken out and my feet are so swollen
“ So what's the plan?” Amanda asked, holding an ice pack to her face. Just a few minutes Alora saw her flirting it up with one of the pack members and didn’t hesitate to let her know how she felt about it. It’s been years since they’ve been together but obviously Alora isn’t over it even though she was married to Liam. I wonder if she actually loved Liam then?“ Aurther still has a connection to his father, but he says he has a wall up so his father has no idea. Just hearing from Aurther like that could make him furious. Which will spark the flame and lead him right here. That’s where you come in.” I answered by passing over a cup of coffee to her. With getting punched in the face by her ex I felt like they needed it. Her hair is bright red and skin is fair. Her eyes are bright light brown color almost like honey. I let her borrow some clothes from girl
We got back to the hotel room. I'm surprised no one flinched seeing the big dude carrying a girl who seemed to be struggling and in need of help. Erik held on to her as Hunter grabbed the desk chair from one of the rooms and rope that I didn’t know we brought with us. With Hunter and Andrew standing by the chair he placed her in the chair. In the blink of an eye she was tied to it like a prisoner.“ We aren't going to hurt you” I said, trying to soothe the situation.“ Oh really?? Then why did your men kidnap me and tie me up like a wild animal?” She hissed yanking on her arms.“ Because we need to talk and you are obviously a flight risk.” Andrew explained placing a bottle of water to her lips as if she’s been sitting there for hours now.
The plane finally landed and I decided to keep what I read to myself till we got to the hotel. We still aren’t sure where Amanda is but I’m sure they have a lead on where she could be. We took a cab to the hotel which felt longer than the plane ride. Once we got there I still wasn’t allowed to help carry anything so I talked to the guy at the front desks to check us in. He was nice enough to give us a room here on the first floor since the elevator seemed to be down. Which is my luck since that happened at the last hotel we were at. Opening our hotel room I was amazed at how big it was. And the view was just as beautiful.“ Hey, I got to tell you something.” I mumbled into his head he looked me up and down making sure I was okay before responding.“ yeah?” He kept eye contact with me making it more and more
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