LENA POV.
“We are werewolves, Amara.” I said and Amara’s face dropped to show no expressions or emotions. Her eyes darted to my father and his Luna before they came to a stop on Ace. He was standing as still as a statue, watching her and I swear he was holding his breath in anticipation. I once again realised how different my brother seemed. I noticed it when I first walked through the doors of the pack house. There was something different about him and it was only when I he looked at her as he took her hand earlier, did I realise why. Mate. Having your mate by your side can change a person.
“Werewolves?” Amara said in a flat voice as she took another turn to look at us all. “O-kay.” She said slowly and I could see that she didn’t believe me. “I’m being serious Amara.” I said and she raised an eyebrow at me and snorted. “Look, I don’t know what you are playing at Lena, but this isn’t funny.” Amara said and I pursed my lips and looked towards Ace know
AMARA POV. He must have seen that I was afraid because he spoke to me softly. “I just want to talk.” He said as he took a small step towards one of the office chairs in front of his father’s desk and I felt my heart start to settle when he sat down. “I won’t hurt you, Amara. That I promise you.” He said and I slid down from the top of the couch to sit on the seat again. I swallowed nervously as I looked him over. He had his pants back on but not his shoes. He had put on his dress shirt again but didn’t button it up and his hard muscled abs were taunting me as he breathed while he sat there and I had to force my eyes back to his face. I had to take a breath because my face suddenly felt flushed and hot. “W- What are you?” I asked stupidly and to his credit he didn’t give me a sarcastic answer. “I am a werewolf, Amara.” He said and I swallowed. There was no jokiness in his demeanour and I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath as the truth of the situation started to sink in. “But how?”
ACE POV. A startled gasp escaped her throat before I felt a foot come down hard onto my own and I hissed in pain. It wasn’t that it was actually painful, it was that it was so unexpected that I jolted back to the then and now. I immediately let go of Amara as the look of fear was a bucket of cold water over my lust and I took a deep breath, forcing my wolf to the back of my mind. ‘What the hell, Coal?!’ I chastised my wolf for him momentarily taking over. Coal skulked to the back of my mind with his tail between his legs. I understood his frustration but I didn’t want to scare Amara more than what she already was… For Goddess’s sake! I just promised her a few moments ago that I would never harm her. “WAIT! I’m sorry.” I said when Amara tried to make a run for the door. I grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back towards me. “Let me GO!” She said and practically screamed out the last word. Before I could explain what happened, the office door burst open and Lena stood there with wid
ACE POV. To say that I barely slept is an understatement. I didn’t even come near my bed as I planted my ass in the chair in the bar lounge in the bottom of the house. I was very grateful to my grandfather for thinking of this. A lot of our young wolves tend to reach a rebellious stage and want to sneak about to the human bars and what not and then a fight usually occurs, putting out kind at risk of exposure when the wolves try to show off in front of the human girls. So instead, they can come down here and blow off some steam and if they want to fighting, they can brawl their heart out on the training fields. There are still the few that sneak off though, but if caught then they are punished. Punished! That is what Coal should be getting! Punished. I thought and I felt Coal stir for the first time since I chased him to the back of my mind when he tried to take his chance with Amara. ‘I’m not going to apologize, Ace.’ Coal said and I huffed angrily and audibly at him. ‘Whether or no
AMARA POV. I watched Lena open the door as I sat back against my pillow. My headache was starting to subside but it was still lingering at the back of my head. “Okay, thank you.” Lena spoke, gaining my attention again. She closed the door and walked over to my closet. “You have a visitor at the gate.” She said and opened my closet and started to rummage through it. I sat there dumbstruck for a moment before it sunk it what she just said. “What? My brother is here?” I asked as I got out of bed. I ignored the pounding that returned as my heart thumped nervously. Alex was here. He actually came to see me. “Yes. Go take a quick shower while I get you something to wear.” Lena said and I dashed to the bathroom to do just that. The shower was quick but it made a lot of difference. I felt better but now my stomach was rumbling as I realised that I didn’t eat last night. “I’ll see you later, okay? I love you.” I heard Lena say when I entered my room again. I didn’t have time to ask who she
AMARA POV. “Wood?” I heard Ace’s voice behind me and Alex and I simultaneously turned around to see my shirtless husband standing in the doorway of the house. My eyes travelled over his sweaty chest and I swallowed. Why did he have to look so hot this morning? My brain stilled. What the hell did I just think? I realized with a shock and I looked away from the smug look that he had on his face. It was as though he knew exactly what I was thinking but luckily Alex’s voice came to my rescue. “Milton.” Alex greeted back. Alex briefly glanced at me before he stepped towards Ace and stuck out his hand. “Congratulations with the wedding.” Alex said and Ace raised an eyebrow. He too briefly looked at me before he reached out and took Alex’s hand. “Thank you.” He said and they released their hands. “I would have congratulated you two earlier but this whole situation kind of caught all of us off guard.” Alex said and I groaned internally but Ace smirked at Alex as he came to stand next to me a
AMARA POV. “Come on, Lena. Pick up the phone!” I spoke to myself, holding my phone to my ear as the ringing tone continued to her side. No answer. Again. This was strange. I thought she was going to be here for at least a few more days and help me to understand things in their werewolf world, but she left. I twirled the phone in my hands as my thoughts travelled from my friend, to breakfast earlier. Somehow with Alex being here, I felt so much better. It was so good to see him smiling and laughing again as we talked while we ate. Even after Ace joined us, it was a merry affair. I didn’t know if it was knowing what he was, or they were, or if it had something to do with my brother but I found myself utterly relaxed and there was a brief moment that Ace reached for my hand in my lap and brought it up to his lips to kiss it. My skin tingled as I watched his lips caress my skin before lowering it to hold my hand on his thigh. I should have taken my hand from him then but I couldn’t bring
AMARA POV. It has been a few days since we missed the flight to our honeymoon due to Lena showing up and the breakfast with Alex. Since our talk, Alex and I have resumed our sister and brotherly relationship and I was beyond grateful for it but Emily wasn’t. Apparently, she threw a hissy fit and threatened me with a phone call to stay away from Alex and before I could tell her to go to hell, Alex had snatched the phone out of her hand and apologised before cutting the line. It wasn’t long before Alex phoned back from his own phone and said that he and Emily had broken up and although I was sad about it because they were high school sweet hearts like Jared and I were, I couldn’t help but feel like it was better this way. Emily was letting her anger towards me for dumping her brother, get way out of control and the biggest mistake she did was trying to tell Alex what to do. It warmed my heart when he told me that he chose me over her and that if she didn
ACE POV. I looked down at my watch as I waited for Amara in the front foyer of the pack house. I was dressed in a tuxedo, fiddling nervously with my tie. I scowled at myself as I willed my hands to leave the wretched thing that was starting to feel as though it was going to strangle me. I didn’t even know why I was so nervous. ‘Yes, you do.’ Coal snickered at the back of my mind and I shushed him, but he was right. I wanted this night to go smoothly and hoped to win some favour with Amara by taking her to this opera. My parents didn’t really invite us to the neighbouring pack meeting. They were going alone until I heard about the show that was playing nearby. I suggested it to my parents and they loved the idea so they arranged for all of us to go. By leaving early give us ample time to watch the opera and go to the dinner meeting with the neighbouring pack afterwards. I just hope that Amara didn’t freak out with more werewolves around although, I had to admit that she has taken to t