Conrad’s POVAfter Bennet told me he would talk Benjamina into coming to breakfast after our first encounter at the lab, I returned to my office to go over paperwork and meet with my Alpha Squad. As hard as I tried, my mind wasn’t processing the words on the papers I was supposed to be reviewing. Benjamina’s stunning face continuously invaded my thoughts. She looked so frightened and I caused it. I knew she wasn’t scared of me personally, but of the mate bond with me.I was her second chance mate. It made me wonder what happened to her first mate. Did he reject her? That made me growl in anger. She was too perfect to be rejected. I wanted to look into it, find him and destroy him until he was nothing but ground meat for the buzzards to feed off of! I know all too well the pain of rejection because she was my second chance mate as well.I met Rebecca on her 18th birthday. I had gone to her birthday celebration as a representative from the leaders of the northeastern territory. When I w
Conrad’s POVA knock at the door breaks me from my memories of the past. Being stuck in those memories always brings anger and rage, so I was thankful for the sudden disruption. Sean, Shamus and Canice walk in for the final meeting of the night.Shamus plops himself down on the couch, sprawling out his large body with his hands behind his head. Sean takes a seat on one of the chairs in front of my desk, and Canice stands close to the door in a warrior stance with his hands behind his back. Their usual positions. I think about the evening’s events with the mix-up about Bennet being my mate and also finding my true second chance mate. Was I in the mood for their teasing? Definitely not right now. Knowing my men, they would enjoy my stupidity for years to come. I was thankful we ended up focusing our meeting on the territories’ finances, warrior training schedules and the list of things we had planned on working on the rest of the week.I lay awake most of the night thinking about what c
Conrad’s POVThe last 48 hours have been a cluster fuck of everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. My breakfast with Benjamina ended before it even started. Hazel refuses to give me space, so I had to alpha command her to stay home and not come to work or the packhouse for the next five days. I ended up getting into a vocal confrontation with Bennet and that Gray guy over Hazel, so I wasn’t able to go after Benjamina to explain what was happening with Hazel. But what could I say to explain? I don’t even know what happened.In addition, I wasn’t able to take my twins to dinner like I promised because there was an emergency at the high school. Two werewolves went feral and attacked a bunch of people, so I had one of the Omegas get them a quick dinner which ended up being Mcdonalds. Falon spent part of the night throwing up from it. The warriors and I were up all night trying to find the two feral wolves because they had disappeared into the forest.Now I am standing In front of
Benji’s POV“That bitch! That skanky, cheaper than a two-dollar whore, bitch!” Bennet was seething. His face was scrunched up, ready to explode as he reviewed the results of the exam Gray had just printed out. “I am going to rip her to shreds! I will pull out her fake ass extensions and bitch slap her with them til next Tuesday… NO Next Friday!!”Ashley leans closer to me, her eyes filled with concern. “Is he normally a violent person? Because I don’t want my books being hurt.”I pressed my lips together to stifle a laugh. I knew Bennet, he was more words then actions. I also have been at the other end of those words before so I know he is capable of doing some damage when he is upset. I shook my head hoping that would ease some of her worries. She seemed to relax some, but did take a few steps back from being in the vicinity of Bennet’s rampage.“Are we sure these results are accurate? I mean computers are as reliable as the ice cream maker at McDonald’s at times.” Bennet says still
Conrad’s POV“I think I need my alpha squad for this tale…” I say to the most beautiful woman in front of me. I can tell she is irritated with what I said about Hazel being treated poorly in her old pack. When she first arrived here with her parents, Hazel use to wake up crying and rush to me in the middle of the night when she had nightmares about how she was treated at Crystal Lake. I used to console her and that’s how we started dating. Come to think of it, she hasn’t had nightmares in a while. Could it all been a rue to get my attention? I mind-link my men to come to the laboratory.“Bennet texted asking if you or your squad want any coffee.” Benji asks, looking down at her phone. Her caramel color blonde hair covers part of her face and I don’t like it. I reach out and tuck a few of the loose strands behind her ear just behind the rim of her glasses. “Do you always wear glasses?” I ask, keeping my eyes fixated on the perfect curves of her cheeks and lips.She blushes and bites
Benji’s POV“Ok, OK, Mr. Comedian. Thank you for the comical relief.” I roll my eyes but can’t stop the smile on my face. For the first time in a long time, my smile reaches my eyes and it’s a genuine smile. I look at Conrad and he is staring back at me with such intense eyes that my knees want to buckle. There’s a hint of a smirk on his beautiful kissable lips. Dammit, I wish he would stop looking at me because I feel a dramatic swoon coming on. Thankfully I am already holding on to the side of the lab table.Delta Canice takes the small vile from my hand and looks at it curiously. “So, you think Hazel is spelling Conrad with this? Why? How do you even know that damn woman?”I take a deep breath; we are at the point that the situation can go two different ways. They could believe me or they could think I am lying and send me to the jails. Not sure how this pack works, but we are about to find out.“Yes, I do. And to answer your second question, Hazel and I went to school together. Sh
Conrad’s POV“Go back to my office, now!” I let my Alpha aura surround everyone, except Benji. I am furious with Sean. How could my Beta speak like that, especially with HIS mate in the room. I always tried to understand his hatred towards State wolves extended deeply because of the way his father abandoned his mother with two young pups, but his accusations crossed the line today.Sean turned on his heel and stormed out like a whirlwind of fury. Thankfully all the doors in the hospital are on hydraulics so he couldn’t slam it behind him or he would have been in real trouble. The door closed with a soft swoosh, very melodramatic if you ask me. After a few seconds, Shamus and Canice bowed their heads towards Benji and filed out. I turned back to Benji to see her looking down at the floor deep in thought. I hope she didn’t think I felt the way Sean did about state wolves. “I… I’m sorry… for his actions. He’s got some deep-rooted family drama towards state wolves.”She nods her head, b
Benji’s POVCluster! That was the key word… My filing cabinets in my head shuffled around, sorting through the years of information I have gathered and stored in them. Medical, human, magical, werewolf, it all fit together. To say it was a light bulb moment of realization would be an understatement. It was an explosion of brain waves colliding into each other putting all the pieces into place!“Where the hell is my marker!” I shouted out to myself. Cluster, cluster, I kept mumbling the words while my brain is opening everything. My once organized mind is now a hurricane of stored knowledge recking havoc. The periodic table of the elements flash through my brain waves, picking the elements off one by one like fruit off a tree. ‘Cobalt, No… Krypton… No, Livermorium… No!’ Protons, neutrons, electrons all come together then dissect then move over and recombine. Patterns, shapes, colors… Clusters, Clusters, Clusters.I find the black marker I have been desperately looking for and move towa
Benji’s POVJust beyond the tree line were three male rogues in their human forms. their growling and snarling callously echoed through the open field. Their claws extending from their fingertips and their eyes glowing a crimson red. There was something off about these men because they were attacking each other in a vicious brawl, completely unaware that they trespassed on pack lands.‘Artemis…’ I spoke through my pack’s mind-link.‘Hey Sherlock, what’s up?’ Artemis’ cheery tone filled my head, but I was nothing close to feeling cheery at the moment. My heart was pounding out of my chest.‘Rogues behind the hospital. I am here with two pups. Call the alpha and bring help.’ I didn’t give her a chance to respond when I cut the mind-link so I could focus on the rogues’ movements. They were still enthralled in their fight with each other which at the moment, I was thankful for.“Finnley…” I say softly without moving a muscle from where I stood watching the rogues. “I need you to calmly wa
Benji’s POV‘Whoa, whoa, whoa…. My pups!? Dehlia, are you nuts!? We don’t even know these kids! Their parents are probably working or something since it is still early in the afternoon. We can’t claim them!’ I spat at my wolf still reeling by her proclamation. She swished her tail at me in irritation. She snorted threw her snout at me and I was taken back by her attitude. I felt a bit of pain in my heart hearing her want to claim these children as her own. We had lost ours and Gregory’s pup the night he died. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was still hurting like I was and this was her trying to fill the void we both were feeling.Dehlia had been more active since Conrad kissed me in the lab. She still wasn’t as chatty as she was over five years ago, but she was more active especially when we were texting with Conrad. It was like his wolf transferred some of his energy into her during our kiss. I knew the mate bond was slowly healing my wolf. Even though I didn’t know how I felt about
Benji’s POVIt’s been a few days since the conversation with Alpha Conrad and his squad at the lab about Hazel and my breakthrough of the illness. My team and I rarely left the lab and hospital except for sleep. Meals and snacks were brought to us regularly by Dr. Lancon who insists we call him “Doc” Now that we are friends.Beta Sean eventually returned to the lab with a freshly cut lip, a black eye and an apology on his lips. He returned a few times in the following days. He would speak quietly to Ashley but she just simply nodded her head before turning her back to him. I wasn’t sure what he spoke to her about but I don’t think it went well because eventually he stopped showing up. I thought Ashley would be flustered by the sudden radio silence from Beta Sean, but she didn’t show any emotions about it. Just focused on the work we were doing.Conrad and I haven’t seen each other in days, but he texted me regularly. We were on a permanent loop of a twenty-questions game. I always smi
Benji’s POVCluster! That was the key word… My filing cabinets in my head shuffled around, sorting through the years of information I have gathered and stored in them. Medical, human, magical, werewolf, it all fit together. To say it was a light bulb moment of realization would be an understatement. It was an explosion of brain waves colliding into each other putting all the pieces into place!“Where the hell is my marker!” I shouted out to myself. Cluster, cluster, I kept mumbling the words while my brain is opening everything. My once organized mind is now a hurricane of stored knowledge recking havoc. The periodic table of the elements flash through my brain waves, picking the elements off one by one like fruit off a tree. ‘Cobalt, No… Krypton… No, Livermorium… No!’ Protons, neutrons, electrons all come together then dissect then move over and recombine. Patterns, shapes, colors… Clusters, Clusters, Clusters.I find the black marker I have been desperately looking for and move towa
Conrad’s POV“Go back to my office, now!” I let my Alpha aura surround everyone, except Benji. I am furious with Sean. How could my Beta speak like that, especially with HIS mate in the room. I always tried to understand his hatred towards State wolves extended deeply because of the way his father abandoned his mother with two young pups, but his accusations crossed the line today.Sean turned on his heel and stormed out like a whirlwind of fury. Thankfully all the doors in the hospital are on hydraulics so he couldn’t slam it behind him or he would have been in real trouble. The door closed with a soft swoosh, very melodramatic if you ask me. After a few seconds, Shamus and Canice bowed their heads towards Benji and filed out. I turned back to Benji to see her looking down at the floor deep in thought. I hope she didn’t think I felt the way Sean did about state wolves. “I… I’m sorry… for his actions. He’s got some deep-rooted family drama towards state wolves.”She nods her head, b
Benji’s POV“Ok, OK, Mr. Comedian. Thank you for the comical relief.” I roll my eyes but can’t stop the smile on my face. For the first time in a long time, my smile reaches my eyes and it’s a genuine smile. I look at Conrad and he is staring back at me with such intense eyes that my knees want to buckle. There’s a hint of a smirk on his beautiful kissable lips. Dammit, I wish he would stop looking at me because I feel a dramatic swoon coming on. Thankfully I am already holding on to the side of the lab table.Delta Canice takes the small vile from my hand and looks at it curiously. “So, you think Hazel is spelling Conrad with this? Why? How do you even know that damn woman?”I take a deep breath; we are at the point that the situation can go two different ways. They could believe me or they could think I am lying and send me to the jails. Not sure how this pack works, but we are about to find out.“Yes, I do. And to answer your second question, Hazel and I went to school together. Sh
Conrad’s POV“I think I need my alpha squad for this tale…” I say to the most beautiful woman in front of me. I can tell she is irritated with what I said about Hazel being treated poorly in her old pack. When she first arrived here with her parents, Hazel use to wake up crying and rush to me in the middle of the night when she had nightmares about how she was treated at Crystal Lake. I used to console her and that’s how we started dating. Come to think of it, she hasn’t had nightmares in a while. Could it all been a rue to get my attention? I mind-link my men to come to the laboratory.“Bennet texted asking if you or your squad want any coffee.” Benji asks, looking down at her phone. Her caramel color blonde hair covers part of her face and I don’t like it. I reach out and tuck a few of the loose strands behind her ear just behind the rim of her glasses. “Do you always wear glasses?” I ask, keeping my eyes fixated on the perfect curves of her cheeks and lips.She blushes and bites
Benji’s POV“That bitch! That skanky, cheaper than a two-dollar whore, bitch!” Bennet was seething. His face was scrunched up, ready to explode as he reviewed the results of the exam Gray had just printed out. “I am going to rip her to shreds! I will pull out her fake ass extensions and bitch slap her with them til next Tuesday… NO Next Friday!!”Ashley leans closer to me, her eyes filled with concern. “Is he normally a violent person? Because I don’t want my books being hurt.”I pressed my lips together to stifle a laugh. I knew Bennet, he was more words then actions. I also have been at the other end of those words before so I know he is capable of doing some damage when he is upset. I shook my head hoping that would ease some of her worries. She seemed to relax some, but did take a few steps back from being in the vicinity of Bennet’s rampage.“Are we sure these results are accurate? I mean computers are as reliable as the ice cream maker at McDonald’s at times.” Bennet says still
Conrad’s POVThe last 48 hours have been a cluster fuck of everything that could go wrong, has gone wrong. My breakfast with Benjamina ended before it even started. Hazel refuses to give me space, so I had to alpha command her to stay home and not come to work or the packhouse for the next five days. I ended up getting into a vocal confrontation with Bennet and that Gray guy over Hazel, so I wasn’t able to go after Benjamina to explain what was happening with Hazel. But what could I say to explain? I don’t even know what happened.In addition, I wasn’t able to take my twins to dinner like I promised because there was an emergency at the high school. Two werewolves went feral and attacked a bunch of people, so I had one of the Omegas get them a quick dinner which ended up being Mcdonalds. Falon spent part of the night throwing up from it. The warriors and I were up all night trying to find the two feral wolves because they had disappeared into the forest.Now I am standing In front of