Jacke's POVAs I continued showing Pete around the basement, answering his questions as they came, I realized that I had come a long way since the times when I first placed these items here. If you had asked me a century ago if I would be willing to show this room to anyone outside my family, I would've choked you with your own hands for asking a stupid question. Yet, here I was, showing Pete these artifacts from my past as if I had known the man my whole life. We continued going through the room with many questions asked and answered, and finally arrived at the most recent artifacts I had stored down here."This is the sword that belonged to a nobleman I had killed a decade or so ago, he had a significant bounty on his head, and I was bored that day. I grabbed two of my family members, got in one of my trucks, and flew out to Europe; He had been abusing his money and political influence to further his ends, without any care in the world for how it had affected his 'subjects'," I said
Laying on my bed at six in the morning because I couldn't sleep was how I started my day, but it picked up pace pretty quickly. I got up and walked to the kitchen, everyone else was asleep so I could cook and listen to music without getting harassed to "turn it down". I grabbed a pound of beef and a carton of eggs from the fridge and turned on the stove, cooking was a way for me to focus and think even if I got teased by my friends because it's "not what a demon would do". After thirty minutes I had a beef, egg, and onion hash with two pieces of toast and a can of Johnny's homemade Cola, the guy can drive a big rig and make a mean Cola, so I gave him a section of the basement to mass-produce it for me and the rest of the family. "Well well, who's up at the crack o' dawn?" "Yeah yeah, couldn't fuckin sleep, so what?" I replied to Johnny with a mouthful of Hash in my mouth "Why're you up early, couldn't sleep after riding yo daddy for an hour last night?" I knew he had a daddy kink an
We had stopped at a motel a few hours later to sleep, you know the ones you wouldn't trust with anything but maybe a meth deal? Yeah, it was one of those shit holes. We pulled in and parked the truck in the back, and Jack summoned our dog, Jameson, he's a hell hound, to guard the truck. We got into our room and Johnny fell asleep instantly after falling on his bed, I grabbed a blanket and took off my jacket and used it, with a pillowcase, as a pillow so that Jack could use the other bed, and after thirty, give or take, minutes he passed out too. I couldn't sleep, it was midnight so I stood up, took my jacket out of the pillowcase, and threw it on before stepping outside for a walk, I locked the door and immediately felt a cold wind blow and make my face numb. I shifted forms so my entire body was ablaze, and I walked towards the truck to check on Jameson. When I got to the truck I saw that J was asleep with a dart in his ass, 'that can't be comfortable' I opened a portal to hell and c
When we got to Mesa, we stopped at a hotel and Nicki took out a map of Arizona, and we started talking about strategies for the attack on the cartel, and the base south of Phoenix. Jack and Johnny thought it would be a good idea to divide and conquer, the three of us take on the cartel, and Nicki and Jade start the fight with the Military, making sure not to kill too many, if any, of them while making their ways towards the trucks. Nicki and Jade thought it would be better if we worked as a unit, taking on the cartel, then storming the military base, killing anyone that got in the way of the trucks. I vetoed both ideas, they were both decent plans, but they both had their flaws that were pretty obvious."Priests...and tanks," I mentioned, I was tired and didn't want to spend more time in Mesa than I had to, so I drew a small battle plan. I'd call Alexandria and find out if she was serious about giving us a hand, and see what we could do from there. I stepped outside and told them to r
We met next to the cab and Johnny looked like he was about to pass out, so I did what any rational, logic-using, friend would do to help a panicked friend relax...I slapped him silly."Ow, OW, OWW! STOP!" He yelled after 3 slaps, and Jack chuckled beside me, looking at Alexandria in a way that made me want to talk to him later."You calm now, poof?""Yes, listen if you're serious about doing this, you have to be careful. Those hunters she was talking about? They're the most ruthless gang of demon hunters in the world, the leader has gone so far as to rape those he likes." That made Jack flare up, and I wasn't far behind him, rape was a sensitive subject for both of us, and we didn't let those that did it, or god forbid enjoyed it, get off with a warning. My hair and eyes were ablaze and I grabbed Johnny by the collar and told him to get home and fast, I told the rest of the gang to go back to the hotel, and that I'd meet up with them when I was done. When they left, Dylan and Mark had
"What do you mean you 'Got some help'?""You know Alexandria? Alpha of a certain well-known pack in the west?""Mhmm, I had a run-in with one of her yapping beanies babies a while back," Jack and I laughed at that, if you could only give Derek credit, for one thing, it was that he was good with insults."Yeah, she lent us a hand cuz we helped her out with something.""A raid?""Yeah, why?""That was my first guess, just keep your eyes on her, I don't want to hear about how y'all died on your way back here," Derek said and hung up, I mumbled something along the lines of Jack eyeing Alex whenever she isn't looking and got another sock to the jaw because of it."Shut up, cunt nugget.""Very original insult my friend, very original," I said and started eating my burger, just in time for the waitress to swing by with Jack's steak, she set the bill down and took my glass to refill my drink. We finished our food and I paid for the grub, remembering to tip thirty percent for her humor, and we
I woke up the next morning to see Jack sleeping on the floor and Alex staring off into space in the same place she fell asleep, I stood up and woke up Jay, Nicki, and Jade and told them to get dressed, I punched Jack awake before walking back outside and pulling our motorcycles out front. Jack walked out front with Alex and Jay behind him, Mark and Dylan came from their hotel room, with Mark's hair looking like a mess, and stood beside Alex. Jack told me that Nicki and Jade were getting dressed, Jay looked like he was only half awake so I signaled for him to come to where I was standing. When he got to where I was I told him to go sit on my motorcycle, pointing to which one was mine, and wait for everyone else to be ready. Dylan and Mark were talking to Alex, and judging from the glares she was giving them, they were making fun of her or something like that. Nicki and Jade walked out with Nicki blushing and Jade looking smug, and I did not need to know what they were doing in there, s
"The other day, Jack and I caught Alex stalking us," I said as I grabbed a beer from the cooler next to Lucifer, who was reloading his clip. He looked at me with anticipation, signaling for me to continue, so I explained JJ, the tank, and how Jack had watched Alex sleeping the other night. When I brought up Jack he started laughing, and I joined him after a while because it was pretty funny, a bit later we both calmed down and I finished the story. He honestly didn't seem that phased, he looked me up and down and shook his head chuckling."You're so oblivious, Jack a boy. Pull!" He yelled and another skull was launched, which he shot out of the air, raining shards of bone everywhere."Nice shot, but what do you mean Lucifer?""I can't tell you, man, all I know is you need to start paying attention to Alex if you want to find out what I'm seeing, and maybe what Jack is seeing. Pull!" He yelled and another skull was launched, which she shot down again before he put his shotgun down "Now
Jacke's POVAs I continued showing Pete around the basement, answering his questions as they came, I realized that I had come a long way since the times when I first placed these items here. If you had asked me a century ago if I would be willing to show this room to anyone outside my family, I would've choked you with your own hands for asking a stupid question. Yet, here I was, showing Pete these artifacts from my past as if I had known the man my whole life. We continued going through the room with many questions asked and answered, and finally arrived at the most recent artifacts I had stored down here."This is the sword that belonged to a nobleman I had killed a decade or so ago, he had a significant bounty on his head, and I was bored that day. I grabbed two of my family members, got in one of my trucks, and flew out to Europe; He had been abusing his money and political influence to further his ends, without any care in the world for how it had affected his 'subjects'," I said
Jacke's POVI woke up the next day with Alex holding on to me with an iron grip, it looks like I wasn't getting out the easy way this morning. I grabbed her hand and kissed it trying to loosen her grip on me so I could stand up and start my day, but she wouldn't budge. With a little struggle, I turned around to look her in the face as she started waking up."Pup, it's early, go back to sleep," She groaned when she saw me looking up at her with a stupid-looking grin, I knew it was early in the morning but I had way too much energy to just sit still."I don't want to go back to sleep though, I have too much energy to sit still, Alex," I said as I wiggled around trying to get free, to no avail. She wouldn't let me go as easy as she did yesterday, even if it were so she could sleep in."You're not getting up anytime soon, you're going to sit here and accept my love, Nerd. Besides, it'll be more peaceful for food if we let the morning crew get their grub first," She said as I cuddle back i
Alex's POVWe made our way back home hand-in-hand, cracking jokes and talking about what would change in Jacke's life now that he was my Luna. It wasn't anything groundbreaking, but he needed to know that he would need to be more careful about his lifestyle; Acting more in the shadows and not trying to cause a scene everywhere he went. He took it shockingly well, going so far as to explain that it wouldn't be difficult to make those kinds of changes with the decades upon decades worth of resources he'd built up."It won't be a drastic change, from the sounds of it, it would just mean that I'd have to do less of the leg work and live a more peaceful life by your side," He said squeezing my hand, and I would've been lying if I said that my heart didn't skip a beat."What did I ever do to deserve you, Pup?""Do I need to make a list? I think the most potent reason would probably be that you exist," He said chuckling as we made our way up the trail back home. It took a lot of willpower to
Jacke's POVAlex took hold of my hand as we left home to go out on a walk, and followed the trail leading to where we hoped to find Mallow still there. We walked hand in hand with my music playing on my phone, I was more or less pestering Alex into telling me what her 'surprise' was but she wouldn't budge. She insisted that she wasn't going to spoil the surprise no matter how many times I asked, and I took that as a personal challenge. So, I did what I do best, and tried to tease her with a small whimper, but that didn't do anything but make her smirk."You keep making those kinds of noises, and we'll see who's really in charge here, love," She said looking at me, smirking with a look on her face that screamed 'Test me'."You're lucky I love you, Alex," I said trying to ignore the blush that was creeping on my face. I don't know how she did this, taking the stone-cold attitude I usually had, only to cast that aside to reveal my shy side without any issues."You're right, I am quite lu
Alex's POVI woke up later than I usually do to notice two things seemed off: One, Jacke wasn't in my bed, and Two, It was peaceful and quiet. With everything that was going on something smelled fishy, so I got up, got dressed, and left our room to head downstairs. Pete was in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee, so I grabbed one myself before taking a seat next to him."Morning, Alex, what's going on with you?""Have you seen Jacke? He wasn't in bed when I woke up," I asked before taking a sip of my coffee and trying to not let my nerves get the best of me."Jacke? Yeah, we had a conversation earlier about the speech before he left to go find Mason, I presume to have the same kind of conversation.""Fucking hell, have mercy on me I just woke up. Did the conversation at least go well with the two of you?""Oh yeah, I think it went phenomenally. He got straight to the point and was very kind, all-be-it concerned about having to give a speech to the pack as a whole. He told me about ho
Jacke's POVThe following morning I woke up early, at the crack of dawn, and got out of bed as carefully as I could to not wake Alex up and let her sleep in. I left the room and walked out and downstairs into the kitchen to see it was empty, leaving me all the room to make some food. We split and Jake took a seat while I grabbed a carton of eggs from the fridge, an onion, and a roll of ground sausage. Browning the sausage in one pan while I diced the onion to make some breakfast burritos, Jake sat staring into space deep in thought."What's on your mind, Bud?""Just thinking about how we're going to go about talking to Pete, and Alex's Beta. Pete seems like a nice dude, but I don't know how I'd be able to play nice with Alex's old bully," He said before I handed him a drink, "Thank you. I mean, is it just me? I feel like it's almost a test for us not to just deck the guy after what he put her through.""Under normal circumstances, I would agree with you one hundred percent, however, t
Jacke's POVWe descended the ladder into the cellar below with an empty jar, and once we got to the bottom Alex stood at the ladder to make sure no one else came in, while I made my way to the altar in the center. The ashes were still there in the pile that Lady Muerte had left them, and nothing had looked like it changed, but it was time for a change. I grabbed my knife from my coat and carefully moved the ashes from the alter into the jar, until there wasn't any left and twisted the lid on tight. I was going to take a trip later this week to the Gulf of Mexico and disperse the ashes into the water, symbolizing an end to our chapter of pain and suffering. That section of our life was over, and a new chapter was beginning to unfold before us, one with Alex by our side and a new family that was bigger and stronger than it had been before.I looked around the room and took in every last detail, from the chests full of coins we'd dug up over the years, to the racks of weaponry that we ne
Jacke's POVTo say I was anxious as we walked through the doors to see some of Alex's family members there would be a massive understatement, I didn't think I would've been asked to talk with them this soon, but I suppose it was better now than later. One of them walked forward to shake my hand and pulled me into one hell of a bear hug."It's about time we met you, Lad," He said before letting go, giving me room to breathe after he squeezed the wind out of me, "Alex has spoken quite highly of you, and rightfully so it would seem, as we're building our new home here. Allow me to introduce myself, I'm Pete, Alex's uncle and the one who more or less took her in after her parents passed.""Pete, I'm surprised you guys were waiting for us here, I thought we weren't to go through with the ceremony until later this week. You know, once we're done rebuilding and all?" Alex asked through a glare that would make most men shit themselves, but apparently, Uncle Pete had seen this glare before and
Alex's POVWe walked out the front door and out to watch as our families were hard at work, building back from the remains of La Bruja's damages, and building our new home bigger and sturdier. Nicki and Jade were working with my Beta to build a library due east of the center of town, Jacke made a note that 'Preserving the knowledge and history of the past, helps us to build a better and brighter future' before we continued onward towards the front of the town. They built a large gate for people to come in and out of, with a walkway and a driveway for trucks and cars, and as we passed by many of my packmates waved hello."Hey guys, good to see you back in action!" I said as we passed by, Jacke waved as we made our way to the garage. We got in his truck with me at the wheel, and head off towards his warehouse, where he had said the remaining members of his family from the Necropolis were waiting. We drove through town and parked outside the warehouse before heading inside to see everyon