After I pick her up and she fights me the whole way kicking and screaming, I take her to a room at the end of my hall and lock the door behind me so she can’t get out. This is the hard part. I must decide what to do with her now that she knows what we are. Can I trust her? Or will she go to the other humans and have us all hunted down?
I was originally hoping that I could ease her into my confidence and then trust her with our secrets, but this may be all too sudden for her to ever be able to understand. So, as I shake my head in frustration, I sit in my chair and start yelling at Omega Tom because he just may have caused me the one thing, I have ever really desired in all my life. He started the fight between the two others and if he hadn’t, I would be sitting right now at the table eating dinner with her and watching as her eyes roll back in her head from delight.
Slamming my fist down suddenly, everyone around me jumps and stares at Omega Tom because with the span of a second, I am up and at his throat. If I choose, I could kill him in a heartbeat, but I don’t. Instead, I declare to everyone staring at us, “I am sparing his life this time, but if I ever see another one of you fighting over something so trivial as this, I will snap everyone’s necks that are involved. You all know very well that I don’t tolerate fighting inside these castle walls.”
Dropping Omega Tom to the ground, I continue staring at everyone in the room as I turn my head slowly so they will understand that I mean business and that I am the ruler here not one of them. For if I don’t, things could easily change quickly and then I would have more problems on my hands then a little girl who fears what she doesn’t understand. As I think of Arabella again, my thoughts turn dark, and I shut my eyes for a second.
When I open them again, the room is quiet, and everyone has left except for Omega Tom, and he is still just standing there staring at me with guilt in his eyes. He stands up taller and then says in an apologetic tone, “Alpha King Julian, I would have never wished that I caused you harm. I didn’t realize that you had a guest and that my actions would lead to all of this.” He spreads his hands out as he looks around the room.
Lowering my guard, I firmly grasp his shoulder and respond, “Next time, don’t even get into it all, just stay out of trouble so you avoid these situations.”
Nodding he says, “Thank you for sparing my life.” In a quiet tone before I dismiss him, and he leaves my site.
“Now, for the girl tucked away safely for the moment. How do I handle that situation?” I murmur softly while cocking my head and watching as I see Omega Crystal enter the room with a broom.
Clearly, she is here to clean up the mess that the other two made earlier while they were fighting, but perhaps she can help me. Is she not a young woman in her teens? Maybe, just maybe she can give me insight into the inner workings of a teen girls mind so I can win Arabella over and not scare her.
With this in mind, I walk over to Omega Crystal and flat out ask her, “Do you mind? I have something important I need to ask you.”
I watch as she glances quickly up at my eyes and then back down again with her head lowered. “Yes, my king. Anything. What is it?” A blush rushes to her face as she feels me staring at her.
Realizing that she thinks I am about to ask her to mate with me, I wave my hands in the air and state. “No, no. That isn’t what I was about to ask you. I am sorry if I gave you that impression.” Then I pause for a few seconds before continuing, “I have a teenager upstairs in one of the bedrooms, I do believe you saw her. She is a human. The problem is that she didn’t know about werewolves, and I was trying to ease her into it, but when we walked in on the two earlier fighting, she saw something she shouldn’t have. Now, I have a dilemma. Do I try to explain it to her and let her go home? Or do I let her calm down and then tell her, but force her to stay here so I can make sure that she doesn’t say anything to all the other humans?”
She stares up at me with knowing eyes and states quietly, “If you plan on mating with her and making her your Luna, you will have to get her to trust you first before anything. Because if you don’t, it won’t matter how much you tell her or don’t, she will just run home and tell everyone what she saw, and we will be hunted down like animals.”
For the first time, I see Omega Crystal clearly. She is much wiser than anyone has ever gave her credit for and is worthy of being a mate for someone who has authority. I hope that she lands one who is intelligent and wise enough to see her for her rare qualities. Matter of fact, if I hadn’t set my sites on this human girl, I might have been tempted to take her for myself.
“Thank you, Omega Crystal. You are very wise indeed. How do you suggest that I proceed, since you are a teenager yourself and know how her mind works more than I ever could?”
Leaning closer, I wait for her response and notice something else about her. At first glance I thought she was only 16, but now I am questioning that and think that she is possibly in her twenties. Just before she answers the question, I sigh because this girl was right in front of my face all this time and I never even saw her.
She licks her lips before answering with half closed eyes, because she surely must realize what I am thinking. “Well, first, you must proceed with caution slowly. If she is as scared as I think, she will bolt the minute you open the door and find a way out before you can catch her. Humans can be very sneaky sometimes. I only know because my sister had a run in with one of them a year ago and almost lost her life because of it. Then when you see that she has calmed down, you must woo her and make her want to do anything for you.”
After she says that last part, I catch her staring into my eyes for just a split second and then lowering her eyes back down to where they were before this whole thing. I bet if I asked her to, Omega Crystal would bend down for me and do anything I wanted her to right now. She must sense what I am thinking again, because she takes her hand and runs her fingers from the dip in her neck and trails them down to her ample cleavage.
When she looks back up into my eyes, I see the desire in them and the need. I was right when I concluded that she would let me do anything I wanted to right now to her without hesitation. So, with my member growing hard, I quickly leave the room without speaking anymore, as I decide that this is not the best thing to do if I am ever going to win over Arabella’s affections.
“Thud” “Crash” Hearing a loud noise, I walk to her room quickly before taking in a deep breath and cautiously unlocking Arabella’s door with the key. As I open the door, I take stock of everything around me and am painfully obvious of how destructive of a woman she is. The pillows are shredded, the curtains are in piles all along the walls, and the minute I stare into her eyes, she comes running at me full force. “Damn you! You are so” She exclaims before she meets with my chest and is forced to stop in mid-sentence. I glance down at her eyes, before her heated gaze stares up at mine. Raising her closed fists to my chest, she starts to beat on me. Not caring if she hurts me, I let her pound away for a few minutes, till she seems to be all out of anger and then stops and closes her eyes before stating, “You are so cruel, you have to let me go. My parents will be worried, and they will call the cops. My fr
After leaving her room, I pace the halls for what seems like hours until my stomach starts grumbling. Realizing that she might be hungry too, I decide to bring her up a plate in the shape of a peace offering when I am done eating. Of course, I know damn well that the minute the door opens, she will try to rush out the door.Shaking my head, I think back to when things were a little less complicated. Perhaps I should have just left it alone and let The Wind Walkers massacre them, but then what kind of king would I be? I have never been the one to sit back and watch as someone else takes over. Unfortunately, now I have a bigger problem.As I walk down to the dining room, I think about my next move with Arabella. I know that this is all coming at the wrong time because The Wind Walkers are purposely trying to cause problems for me. Is there Alpha thinking of trying to take over? It is a good possibility, because there is alw
Just as soon as I close the door, she decides to place the book down on the desk next to her before picking up a glass from earlier in the day and lobbing it at me. “How dare you! I have been stuck in here without anything to eat and I am being treated like a prisoner.” She screams at me with fire in her eyes before picking up anything else she can find to throw at me. Shocked, I watch as she acts like a two-year-old now and flings everything within walking distance at me, even though three seconds earlier she was calm and collected. Dodging expertly, I demand, “Stop! Quit acting like a child.” Pausing, she glares at me only to return to her work of destroying everything in the room. “Wow. Really?” I shake my head and decide to leave because this simply won’t do. The minute I turn around to leave, she stops and then asks in a timid tone, “Would you please stay? I am sorry and I’m really hungry.” The look o
“You will respect me if it’s the last thing I do! This is my castle and my kingdom so if you want to live you had better stop causing problems and learn to deal with the situation. Now!” I yell at the top of my lungs because Alpha Romero has decided that he wants to try and take over the throne.I watch him, as his eyes grow wide and show the fear that he is feeling right at this very moment. Then I slam my fist down on the table and state, “Leave now before I decide to rip you from limb to limb for your insolence.”He quickly stands to leave and then turns to me briefly before asking with a snide tone to his voice, “Does that apply to your little prisoner upstairs too? Or do we keep pets to play with now?”At that moment, I launch myself towards him and my claws come out. As I reach for him, I rip a huge gash in his arm. When I see blood, my instincts take over and I tear into h
After several hours of staring at the walls in my room, I decide to try and visit with her again. Perhaps this time she won’t throw things at me. Or things could take a turn for the worse. One never knows with her. As I sit here scratching my neck, I walk to her room before I figure out what to say to her. When I arrive, I unlock it and cautiously enter because it is too quiet. I was wise to hesitate, because over the next few minutes, I am pummeled by a teenager’s fists on my arm and side. This discourages me from doing anything for her. Hell, at this point I don’t even want to see her face. She screams, “I hate you! Everyone must be looking for me and you won’t let me go home. My parent’s probably think I am dead!” Now her face is so red that she looks like she could instantaneously combust. I don’t know how, but she has this tendency of making me so mad that I want to pull her pants down and spank
The moment I wake up from our little nap, I can sense that she is gone and quickly sit up before looking around the room. Of course, she is nowhere to be found. “Damn it! She tricked me.” I murmur under my breath and then scoot to the edge of the bed. After standing up, I scan the room one last time before hurrying downstairs and collecting the security team. Glancing between them all, I state, “I need to find that trouble making girl quick, if she gets back home and the humans all find out about us, we are dead. Is that understood?” They all look between one another and then nod when they return their attention to me. Realizing that the best thing to do is split up, I tell Beta Tim and Beta Peter that they need to hurry up and go up north through the woods. Beta Connie and Beta Tom head down south to the clearing and Beta Rick ends up going over to the west to the river. I on the other hand, head into town to see
“Knock” “Knock” “knock” I knock on her door and hope that she is awake, because today I am starting over with her or at least going to try anyway. By the time I woke up and took a shower, it was already 8 a.m. At 10, I must help Alpha Gerald with a project of his that requires two sets of hands, so I need to spend as much time with her between now and then that I can. When she doesn’t answer me, I grow worried and unlock the door. I scan the room, but don’t find any traces of her. Deciding to check the bathroom, the minute I am about to knock on the door, she opens it and pleasantly surprises me with a genuine smile. However, the second she realizes it is me, she puts on a scowl and starts to murmur to herself, “He could have at least waited till I was done going to the bathroom, jeez.” A little shocked at her grouchy demeanor towards me, I step back and start to frown because I am not used to people treatin
There is something about her that simply won’t allow me to rest until I see her again. It wears at me and everything I do, like a worm that burrows through an apple. So, the minute we get home, I go right to her room. “Knock” “Knock” I knock on her door and wait for her to answer it. After a few minutes, I unlock the door and open it to find her taking a nap on her bed. She looks absolutely beautiful with her hair spread across her pillow like an angel with a halo. The last thing I want to do is make her scared again, but I need to wake her so I can talk about my day with someone. I am hoping this will ease the stress between the two of us. Maybe even help her understand everything a little more of how the werewolf territories work. Who knows? One day she may even rule them with me. Sitting down on the edge of the bed carefully as to not wake her, I watch her breathe softly as her chest ris
“Dad.” I turn to see Tonya smile and then she starts dancing in her baby blue leotard and tutu on her tiptoes.She has the lead in the ballet tonight, and we are all dressed up in our suits and ball gowns. The pups are so much bigger now, they look like they are at least 6 years old. In their suits and dresses, they look like they are ready to take on the world.It’s amazing that just last year they were newborn pups and couldn’t even walk, let alone hold a conversation with an adult. Looking at them now, I think to myself, “Wow, they are smarter than I could possibly ever imagine. Every time I turn my back, the boys are getting into mischief, while the girls are learning everything, they can about the world around them.Tonya stops and then looks at her watch before declaring, “It’s time!” To all of us with great excitement as she bounces out the door to the car.I smile so pro
Hearing Arabella’s voice and what she said, I briefly turn towards her and then I hear the witch speaking again. As I turn around to face her, I see that she has turned the page and quickly starts speaking another spell. Her lips move like lightning and then I stop her suddenly when I rip out her tongue, by grasping it between my forefinger and thumb.Horrified by this, she cries and tries to scream, but can’t. The whole thing is terrifying to watch and all the people in the room watching gasp before shielding their eyes from the black blood that seeps out of where her tongue was just a moment before. When she finally stops and stares at me, I hurry and tie her back up before rushing over to the pups.On my way to Arabella, I look back and see the warlock trying to stand up. I yell to the guards, “Make sure they stay down, I will be back in a second. I need to make sure that the pups are alright before I continue.&r
“What is that noise?” I whisper to Arabella before climbing out of bed.It is 3 in the morning and everything else is quiet except for a scratching sound in the wall. Hearing it again, we glance at each other as I walk over to the wall to investigate further. When it stops suddenly, I stand still in hopes of finding what is causing it.The minute it starts again, I rush towards the wall and then thump on it to scare whatever is inside. Then I hear it, the soft scurrying of little feet. “Shit!” I exclaim when I see the mouse run across the floor just below me.Now we must get a mouse trap and see if we can catch it. If we are lucky, it won’t take long, and I don’t have to lie in bed another night with that awful scratching. It is times like these that I really wish I didn’t have inhuman hearing, because every scratch or scurry of little feet, sends chills up and down m
Lying still in bed, I wait for someone to show up with my eyes closed. Waiting for maybe 2 hours before I hear someone at the door, I am rewarded when the doorknob slowly turns. When the door creaks, I wait patiently until heavy footsteps cross the floor.Suddenly, the footsteps increase in speed and then I open my eyes and turn over. Seeing him lunge at me with his claws out and his golden eyes wider than normal, I recognize Alpha Jason right away, even though it is dark in my room. I move quickly and dodge his attack, only to roll off the bed and onto the floor, before jumping onto my feet.He turns and then in a flash he is in my face again. “How he is faster than I am?” I wonder while he tries to kill me, and then I see the vampire in the door, he must have used Jason to get to me.That is how he is moving so fast. Figuring this out, I inspect his neck as I fight off his lashes. Yes, he
“Shh. Don’t wake up the pups.” I warn Beta Bellamy before walking out of their room.When we reach the hallway and I shut the door behind me, I ask him, “Now what is it that you wanted?”He stares at me for a few seconds before answering my question, “Alpha Jason is telling everyone that he is about to challenge you for the throne. What are you going to do about it?” He stands there awaiting my answer.“Nothing.” I state while shrugging my shoulders and then starting to walk down the stairs to the kitchen.“Stop.” He demands and then I turn around to face him once again.“My king, you must do something, anything. My allegiance is to you and no other. If he takes over, everyone here still loyal to you, will be beheaded and their families will be either banished or the same fate will come of them.” Staring at me with his hand on my
It’s been several months since that day, and now looking back at it, I realize that I was completely wrong. I should have never touched Kelly or even had that reaction to her at all. Now, I don’t know what to do anymore, because even though Arabella has largely forgiven me, I really do not think she will ever completely.I love her and the pups so much, but I can see it in her eyes. The way she stares at me with longing, I know that she won’t allow herself to do anything about it because of what I have done. This has dominated my thoughts for days, even when I play with the pups and they ask me, “Daddy what’s wrong?” For our kind tend to grow much faster and stronger than humans ever have.They obviously are already talking in simple sentences and learning their alphabet. After all, they are their Daddy’s pups. I smile every time I think about them and their little quirks. “Boy, t
Figuring out what to get her is proving to be far more difficult than I thought it would be. After a night of rolling around on the couch, I am tired and stumped. What can I get her that will make her eyes pop out? I need something to awe her and that says I love you so much that you are the only woman in the world.While wracking my brain, Beta Jody walks in and hands me a cup of coffee. “You look like you need it, this morning. How are things going with Ms. Arabella as of late?” She frowns as she says it, because she knows that there is something going on and I won’t say.I shake my head and then state, “Nothing that is of any concern, I just can’t think of the perfect present. I need something that says, I can only love you and no one else.”“What did you do?” She asks suddenly when sitting down on the couch next to me.Her eyes tell it all when a tear forms and t
“Come quickly!” I hear someone yell before I even get a chance to close my eyes for the night.Climbing out of bed, I hurry to put my clothes back on after briefly staring at my blood-stained hands.Tonight, has been a bad night already. Now what?As I open the door that faces the stairs, I scan the area before walking out and shutting the door behind me. The commotion seems to be stemming from downstairs, so I rush down the stairs to find Alpha Emery and Alpha Frederic duking it out. Not knowing what the issue is at hand, I stand back and ask, “What is going on?” To Omega Theodore who is standing directly next to me and watching them.He turns to face me and replies, “Alpha Frederic has raped Alpha Emery’s mate and now they are in a fight to see who she will stay with. Alpha Emery has said that now that Alpha Frederic has had her, he won’t ever touch her again, but it doesn’t mean he
“Do you remember when we first met?” Arabella stares at me as she asks with an angelic look on her face.Immediately before this, I was about to confess to her how I had betrayed her with Omega Kelly, but when she asked me that, it completely threw me off guard. I turn to her and fake a smile, because honestly, the last thing on my mind right now is the first time we met. Instead, all I can think about is how she will hate me when she finds out that I had sex with Kelly. Most of all, there is absolutely no way I can tell her how many times, because then she will know it wasn’t just a mistake.As the guilt builds deep inside, I try my hardest not to yell and state in a moderate tone, “Yes, I do. You were at the rave, where you were almost eaten.” I fake a smile as my head starts to throb.She opens her mouth to speak, and then says, “I remember seeing you for the first time and wondering why the other gu