Seth

“Are you fucking kidding me?!” Janelle shouted. “He has kids now and you’re trying to take him away from them?!”

“Janelle….” Aunt Nancy called my sister’s name, trying to calm her down.

“No, Aunt Nancy.” Janelle told her. “He just comes out of the blue and just snaps his fingers whenever he wants. I’m sorry, but that’s not happening here.”

I turned to Dominic, who was just quiet the whole time. I looked over at our mother, who avoided everybody’s eyes at the moment. I wonder if she knew about this?

“I take it you knew about this?” I asked her.

She turned her eyes over to me and sighed. Janelle huffed and walked off. Just like the rest of us, she was tired of my mother at that moment. I was happy Janelle and I did not stay with her anymore.

“This was a plan your mother and I made before we parted ways.” Jace told Dominic.

“I cannot just up and leave,” Dominic said, softly. “I just had twins, man.”

I knew my brother hated the idea, but he needed this. If he wanted to become a powerful Alpha, he needs to learn everything about himself.

“I understand you want to be with the kids and Trinity,” I said to Dominic. “But I feel this is important as well.”

“That can wait,” Mom said. “He does not need to worry about that.”

“No offense, mom. You do not have the right to tell anybody anything at the moment. You seem to be keeping some shit from us. So, I suggest you not say anything.”

Mom stared at me before she walked to the back of the house. A minute later, Dominic followed as well.

“He needs to go with you,” Mason said. “I feel that if he knew what he truly is, everything would be better for him.”

“True,” Aunt Nancy said. “Right now, Dominic feels like everything that happened is his fault. He needs to be tough and realize that he cannot solve all the world’s problems. Things happen for a reason.

As Aunt Nancy and Mason talked to Jace, I went to find Dominic. I headed to the back of the house and walked over to Dominic’s room. Dominic stood by the playpen my mother used for him when he was a baby. When I got over to him, I patted him on the back, letting him know I was with him.

“This is too much,” Dominic said. “I feel like a fucking deadbeat after hearing that I have to leave.”

“You act like you do not have family that’ll help you.” I said.

“Yeah, mom is not somebody I trust at the moment.”

I chucked, agreeing with his comment.

“What do you want to do?” I asked him, going back to the main reason I was in the room.

I looked into the playpen and smiled at the two beautiful creations in front of me. Man, they looked exactly like Dominic. You could tell they were close; especially the way they held on to each other.

“You got to do this for them,” I told him. “Don’t you want to come back to be able to protect them from whatever comes our way?”

“Of course, I do.” He said.

“Then, do what you need to do. It is important that you discover the remainder of your abilities.”

“What about-?”

“We have her and the twins. Don’t worry about them.”

I placed my arm around Dominic and we both walked out of the room. We got back to the living room, where everybody was at. Janelle still never made it back over to this place, but she was still mad at mom.

“He’s ready,” I said as soon as we approached them.

“Good,” Jace said.

I patted Dominic on the back and walked out of the house. I needed to let the others know what was going on. They were going to ask questions, so might as well tell them. I scanned the area until my eyes landed on a few of the members. Dante was there, smoking a cigarette with Michael, Mickey, Davion, Jamal, Lamont and Jared. I walked over to them and they stopped talking and turned to me.

“Dominic has to leave.” I told them the news.

“The fuck?!” Mickey shouted. “What are we to do, then?”

“I heard.” Dante said. “So, that guy is really the hybrid’s father?”

“Yeah.” I answered.

“Okay, so will he be back?” Michael asked.

“Yes, but we will run this pack as normal.” I told them.

Some more of the pack came over to us and joined in the conversation.

“So, what do we do while he’s gone?” Mickey asked.

“We strengthen ourselves; we recruit, we do whatever we can to make this pack grow stronger and expand.”

“We need females.” Mickey stated and the rest of the group agreed with him. 

“If you want this pack to grow, we need to mate as well.” Dante told me.

“Then, recruit females.” Dominic said behind me.

I turned around and he joined the circle. “You guys aren’t weak.” Dominic said. “You guys can do this without me around; I made you guys Alphas for a reason. Do what you guys have to do. Mate, fight, expand, train, recruit.”

I looked as the pack nodded their heads, listening to what Dominic was saying. 

“What about recruit by turning?” Mickey asked.

“You take that up with Dante or Seth.” Dominic told him. 

“Dominic!” I turned and seen Jace, standing there, looking at us. “Let’s head out!”

           Dominic patted me on the arm and left. The pack and I watched as him and his father exited our view. 

“I have to go, but let’s meet here tomorrow.” I told them before heading out as well.

I needed to check on my son.

                                                                 **

I knocked on the door to Erika’s house and waited for her to answer. It didn’t take long for her to open the door and when she did, she moved out of the way for me to come in.

“How was he?” I asked her.

“He was really good.” She said. “We had gone out for ice cream and I helped him learn some things today.”

She led me to another room and as I walked in, a smile formed on my face. Kilan was sitting down, coloring and playing with his toys. He looked up at me and a big smile formed onto his face, showing off his dimples on both cheeks.

“Triniti had the kids.” I told her.

“Is she okay?” Erika asked, a worried look on her face.

“She’s stable, but still unconscious.” 

I looked up at Erika and she just nodded her head. I knew the news hurt her because Triniti was her best friend. 

“Mama Eri?” Kilan called Erika. “You okay?”

I turned to Kilan and his eyes looked sad when he turned to Erika. That shocked the fuck out of me because Kilan never used that word with Nilah. Hell, he never used that word ever, but to hear him say it to Erika, had me feeling some type of way. Erika walked over to Kilan and he got up and held on to her leg. She picked him up and he held on to her as tight as he could.

“He’s been calling me that all day.” She told me.

“Well, he sees you every day.” I told her. “It’s something that can’t be helped.”

She walked over to me and I extended my arms to Kilan. He jumped into my arms and I held him close. 

“So, how is everything with the pack?” She asked me and I turned to her.

“Dominic left; he had to go with his dad.” I told her. “So, the rest of us is going to continue with the pack.”

“Will he be back?”

“Yeah, his father wants to help him access his other abilities.”

“That’s good, right?”

Nodding my head, I turned and left out of Kilan’s room with Erika right behind us. I walked into the living room and took a seat on Erika’s couch. Erika walked into the kitchen and came back out with a plate covered with foil. I put Kilan next to me on the couch and took the plate of food. The way the aroma filled my nose made my mouth water and my stomach growl. She laughed as I took the foil off the plate.

“I knew you would be hungry.” She said.

I bit into the New York steak, crushing on the bones as well. Fuck, the food was so good. I tore a piece of meat off and handed it to Kilan and he gobbled on it as well. My son always finished his food just like I did. We never played with it. Erika walked away again and this time, she came with a cup of water. I took the cup and drank some of it before handing it to Kilan.

“Thanks.” I told her with a mouth full of steak.

“No problem.” She said. 

Kilan immediately started yawning and fell back onto the couch. Erika giggled as she walked over to him and picked him up. 

“I’m going to go put him in his bed.” She told me and walked off with Kilan in her arms.

I finished up the food and got off the couch so I could put the plate and cup in the sink. I grabbed the sponge, put some soap on it and ran it under some warm water before I washed my dishes out. While I was washing the plate, I felt a pair of hands touch me. I turned the water off and turned around. Erika pressed her back against the refrigerator and began unbuttoning her blouse, showing me her back Victoria Secret lace bra that held her 38 C’s perfectly. 

“I’m sorry.” She whispered to me. “I just want you so bad.”

Seeing her like that turned me on. The way she bit her bottom lip seductively at me drove me crazy.

I grabbed her hand and led her to where her room was. If that was going to happen, I wanted it to be right. We walked into her bedroom and she turned towards me. I picked her up and she instantly crashed her lips onto mines. Holding her tight against me, I got on the bed and laid her down. I removed my shirt and her hands traveled over the six pack I was working with. Her hands landed on my jeans’ button and mines was on hers as well. I helped her with hers first and then I worked on my own. After throwing my pants on the floor, I got between her legs and we kissed again. Wrapping my arms around her, I held her like she was going to leave me.

“I love you, Seth.” She whispered into the kiss.

I pulled away from her and her eyes met mines. I already knew she did but hearing her finally tell me she did felt good. I nodded my head at her and moved my lips to her neck. I moved to her ears and collected her ear lobe into my mouth, causing her body to shiver underneath me.

“I’m not good at saying it, but I can show you.” I whispered to her.

Her eyes were glued to mines, nothing, but lust was in them.

“Then show me,” She told me.

And that’s exactly what I did.