Alec’s POV continued- Keira and Amara get to my office just a few moments later. They hadn’t gone far after just meeting here with everyone else, so they were a little confused as to why I asked them back so quickly. “What’s going on Alpha?” Keira asks when they get back in.“Go ahead and sit down. I wanted to speak with you both some more on what you guys talked about with Lucy and what she told you happened. I want to make sure we didn’t miss something that might help.”“Ok well what do you want to know? We told you the major things she told us already,” Amara says.“Yeah I got the Cliff’s notes version, but I want to know everything she said, in detail. And also any feelings you might have gotten from her or anything that you could see from her reactions.” I know it’s a long shot but if I tell my pack to look deeper into things, I have to as well. “Start from the top.”“When we first saw her she was shaking so bad it looked like she was in shock or something,” Keira started. “Alp
Alec’s POV continued- After a couple hours of research and an almost warm plate of dinner my mom brought to my office, I decided I needed a break. Zander being the awesome Beta that he is, or will be, must have felt it because he came into my office as soon as I closed down my computer. “Hey man! You’re not gonna find anything else out right now. You’ve been in here all day. I know that you’re upset about what happened with Dean, but it’s time to let it go and have some fun.”“Is that so? And what makes you such an expert?”“I just so happen to be your best friend and your Beta. That puts me on expert level when it comes to helping you out.”I laugh at his comment, and the fact that he’s right. At this point he probably knows me better than me. “It just so happens I was thinking the same thing. I need a break from all this. What did you have in mind?” I ask him. He looks back at me with a smirk and I have a feeling I know where this is going. “A couple drinks, some music and fun…we
Cataleya’s POV- I still can’t believe Dean would shut me out like that. He knows that I’m the best chance at getting information. Everyone underestimates me, especially rogues, but he usually knows how to best use all of the options he has. It better not be some overprotective bullshit because Alec and his beta were here. I can handle myself and he knows it. I was still in the surveillance office with Mark when we heard a loud growl and then a minute later Dean was kicking the wolves off the territory. I was able to see and hear everything after they came out of the basement without Dean knowing I could. I was able to talk to one of the guys down there and found out what set off Alec’s wolf. All that testosterone down there, I knew nothing would come out of that interrogation. These rogues haven’t responded to any threats that the guys have put out there. Thinking about the rogue got me thinking about when I took him down this morning and seeing the pack wolf there. The guy who seem
Cataleya’s POV continued- Pulling up to the parking lot, the place looks busy. Good news for us. We get out of the car and shed the extra clothes.“Looking good Leya!”“Feeling good Aria! Now let’s put these skills to work.”We walk into the hall and go straight to the bar. The bartender knows us. We tip well, and he knows our game. I told him upfront because we needed his help in making us real looking ‘virgin’ drinks so that we could pull off our fun more easily. After we drink the first ones we take our seconds over to a table towards the back, giggling a little much. A few of the guys take notice so we walk over to their table. It looks like they’ve already been drinking for a bit so this should be easy. “Hey guys! Who’s winning?” I ask.“Hey! Uh, I am,” tipsy guy #1 says.“That looks like fun. You just use that long stick to hit the balls into the holes?” Aria asks. We don’t miss the way the guys smile at each other. Oh yeah, we’ve got them. “Yeah that’s basically it. Why don’
Kade’s POV- When I was up to start our second game I smelled the most delicious scent in the air, which was weird in this place. Usually it just smells like alcohol, grease, and cheap cologne. This smell though, so fresh and alluring, like strawberries and vanilla. I thought I smelled it for a moment during our first game, but it disappeared right away when the door opened a gust of wind came through the place. It was the same smell I first got a taste of this morning, my mate. I knew it. I stood up after shanking my shot and started looking around. Alec looked at me like I was crazy so I had to let him know.“She’s here.”“She? You mean Cataleya?”“Yeah. I can smell her,” I tell him, trying to follow her scent without looking suspicious. I don’t know how I could have missed her coming in. I blame it on having too many scents all around but I don’t know. Maybe because she’s human. It’s still crazy to me that my mate would be a human, but I don’t care. I will still love her just the s
Dean’s POV- One week later It’s finally senior year. The last year I will ever have to worry about grades. I don’t mind doing the work, I just don’t like relying on other people’s opinions to tell me whether I succeed or fail. Football will help me get through this semester, but the next one will be rough for sure. I got up early this morning to do some training before heading over to campus. Since we don’t live that far from the school, it's not that bad staying at the compound. I don’t have practice today so Cataleya is riding with me so we can have our last, first day ride together. Yeah we can be corny like that sometimes. As her big brother it’s my job to show her around campus and let her know all the secrets I’ve learned throughout my time here and show her the ropes. That also includes keeping all my horny teammates away from her. I know how they think and how they talk and there is no way anyone will be mentioning her in my locker room. I was kind of worried about her thi
Cataleya’s POV- Starting the school year with Dean made it feel like old times. When we would go school together and laugh about the teachers and the crazy drama that revolves around every high school. I’m glad that we have this good relationship, even though I do still hate him sometimes, and I hope that one day my kids will have the same. Wait, kids? I’ve never thought about having kids before! What is going on with my head? Ok time to focus on school. Dean and I were talking about our classes when I noticed someone walking up behind him. He looks familiar, then I realize he’s walking towards us. It’s Alec, the almost Alpha wolf. If he’s here, then… oh my God is Kade here too? I look around to see if anyone else is around when he starts talking to Dean. Would I feel it if he was close, like how I felt eyes on me when we were playing pool? Is that what the mate bond does? I was able to look it up a little bit this last week, but we don’t really have that much information about it.
Cataleya’s POV continued- After class had been going for a while, I took a peek over at Kade. To my surprise he was actually paying close attention to the professor and seemed to be interested in the material. Seeing him the other night I figured he would be more of the spaced out jock in class who only showed up to make sure he would meet the requirements to play sports. I’m glad that wasn’t the case. I’m not sure how I feel about the whole Moon Goddess thing, but I do feel a little more comfortable that if that is how all of this works, she didn’t pair me with some brain dead jerk. The professor takes a few minutes to get something else ready and I see Kade go straight to his phone. Since the professor came in and started class so quickly earlier he didn’t have much of a chance to text me. He had put his phone away right when class started so that he could give his full attention to the professor. I figured by now he probably forgot what I asked him or that I even put my number in
Kade’s POV- It was actually pretty nice having an afternoon lunch with my mate, my Alpha, and my mate’s brother. At first I thought it would be a disaster. In some ways it was, seeing as how there was a fight with a bunch of drunk frat guys. Overall though I think that helped us all bond a little bit more. Anything to help this alliance work better I will take. I know Leya told me that Dean was on our side, but I will take any chance I can get to win her brother over. I think protecting her during the fight helped with that, even though she didn’t really need it. Letting some of my anger out helped to calm my wolf after seeing those guys trying to touch what’s mine. I didn’t want her to think that I wouldn’t let her defend herself so I tried to hold back as much as possible. I think she understood what I needed though and let me do what I had to do. Now that she and I are good, my actions on the football field are a lot better. More so than before I met her. I can control my wolf du
Alec’s POV- I thought all hell was going to break loose when Kade came out and saw that someone was trying to hurt Leya. Thankfully that guy has more control than most wolves twice his age. It also helped that she was already in the middle of taking care of it before he could react. I had never really thought about Kade’s level of control before, but now that I do think about it the only time I’ve ever seen him out of control was when he first met his mate. The fact that he didn’t even let a growl slip when his mate’s safety was involved has me making a mental note to talk to him about that one day. Hell it even took everything in me not to react to the way these guys were behaving and one, I’m an Alpha, and two, it wasn’t even about my mate. These guys just couldn’t see past the booze induced haze they were living on and paid the price. It was laughable really what these guys considered fighting. The pups in our pack who haven’t even shifted yet know how to fight better than these
Dean’s POV continued- I almost feel bad for these guys for a moment. They clearly have no idea what’s really about to happen. Then I remember how they’ve been talking to my sister and all those thoughts go away. It’s glaringly obvious when one of the guys on the other side of Asshole number 1 tries to throw a wild punch at me. I side step just in time kicking his leg out to trip the guy, who falls closer to Alec while still trying to connect his fist with something. Alec manages to grab the guy's arm as he comes flying through the air and uses it to shift the guy's momentum and slam him to the ground, then puts his foot on the back of the guy's neck. Up to this point it seemed like Alec was doing all he could to keep his own wolf at bay, but the Alpha in him wouldn’t let a fight to protect his friend's mate go by without jumping in to have some of his own fun. He shakes his head at the guy before putting in his two cents. “Those weak, cowardly, shady ass throws aren’t gonna help
Dean’s POV continued- I turn back to Alec and he’s looking at me like I’m gonna blow up like a bomb. Or rather, like I did when I saw Kade with my sister for the first time after the game. I may have overreacted a bit that day, so sue me. Luckily I’ve had my time to adjust now though, and I’ve talked with each of them separately to know how they feel about each other. “Calm your tits Blackwood. I’m not gonna do anything as long as Kade doesn’t screw up and do something to hurt her.” Alec releases the breath he’s been holding since he noticed them walking up. Leya says something to Kade and he walks in while she waves at us and sits at a table close by. “Don’t worry about us. We don’t want to interrupt the little alpha pow wow you both have going on here.”“Alpha what?” Alec asks bewildered. “Don’t listen to her, she’s just mad she wasn’t invited,” I tell him as I shake my head. He just looks back and forth between us like we’re crazy as we don’t really interact with each other an
Dean’s POV continued- Two weeks laterIt’s been a little while since this whole alliance started but so far it’s going smooth. Slow, but smooth. We haven’t had any fights break out amongst each other and everyone was being cooperative, which is nice. Even the rogue we tried to question. However, information has been coming in at a glacial pace. Alec was able to talk to a witch they are familiar with who found an antidote that could work to counteract the spell she thinks was used. The major downside though is that it takes time to make. It should be ready early Saturday morning, so we planned to get together after the game to try it out. Luckily it was an afternoon game so we would still have time and not have to wait until Sunday. This also gives us another day for any follow ups we might need depending on what information we are able to get before having to go back to classes. Our alliance has also had an unintended positive outcome. Football practices have been going better than
Dean’s POV- The first meeting yesterday was mostly a success. It started a little rough, but by the end I think we really had a good flow going and no one seemed to care what species the other was. I even saw my dad relax a little while we were all going through the intel, but not much and it didn’t last. Progress though, am I right?I got through my classes pretty easily but my mind kept running through the scenarios and questions we would have for the rogue in a few days. Hopefully Alec’s contact could come through for us by then. I’m a little embarrassed to say that I was too far into my mind thinking about all this that I let my guard down and wasn’t ready when Kade came up to me right before I went into the athletic building. He jump-scared the shit out of me. “Jeez man what the fuck?!” I said as I grabbed my chest to somehow magically slow my heart rate down. I wanted to smack the little shit when I could see him trying to stop the shit-eating grin that was trying to take up
Kade’s POV- I knew that my mate was smart. I knew that she was a badass hunter. I didn’t, however, know that she would be this involved in everything going on. I knew that she took down a rogue, I mean I watched it happen, but I didn’t know that basically everything they have came from her. From what happened in the meeting it seemed like she is the only reason why we have any information at all. I should have known though. When she first told me that her family would know it was her that leaked information if I knew what they found out, I thought she was just being dramatic. That didn’t really seem like her style but I wasn’t thinking straight. I also now kind of understood why she was nervous about her dad knowing about us after I saw him and how he was reacting during the meeting. He was tense the entire time, even more so when there was some growling. For an older man he sure was quick in grabbing a weapon. It seemed like he was waiting for the shoe to drop the entire time and
Alec’s POV continued- There were only a few people that left, but on the bright side, Dean and Cataleya’s dad was one of them. Once the door closed I could visibly see Kade let out a breath. I wasn’t the only one either as I saw my dad raise his eyebrow at Kade. I don’t think anyone has told him about Kade and Cataleya, but he’s always been a good Alpha and he knows how to look at the little things with his pack.A few of us on both sides got up just to switch seats so that we would be closer and make it easier to collaborate. Cataleya pulled out another laptop that was automatically linked to the other smartboard in the room. She pulled up a blank document and labeled it ‘interrogation notes’. “So I figure we should start out making a list of what we want to know, then sort out the wording on the different yes or no questions we can ask that would lead to those answers. Also, feel free to share any information you have on the topics we have questions for. The more background inform
Alec’s POV- When Dean said that someone with our pack was involved, every single wolf there let out a low growl that reverberated through the room. To his credit, Dean didn’t miss a beat and threw his hand out to stop most of the hunters, including his dad, who had started to get in defensive positions. “Everyone relax. If I believed anyone in this room could be involved then none of them would be here,” Dean said. The hunters slowly sit back and relax a little before Dean continues. “While the non verbal system is good for getting past the spell, it can also bring more questions than answers and doesn’t specify exactly who or how the pack might be involved. This is why I wanted to only bring those I trust into the meeting.” Oh he’s good. Play up the egos of those involved to try and gloss over not bringing us in sooner. I can’t help but smirk a little as it’s probably the same thing I would have done. I glance over to my dad and see that the little snarl at the corner of his mout