“I asked what the hell is going on here,” Zachary asks again.“Alpha, I am just encouraging our future Alpha, your son,” Abner answers, with a smile. “Didn’t you say only a few years ago that the goddess made him your son?”Zachary steps closer and squints his eyes at Abner. “I said that in a private conversation in my office with the door closed. Sebastian maybe easily influenced, but I doubt he would say I said that.”“I didn’t Zach, I swear, I didn’t,” Sebastian is trembling at the aura his stepfather is putting off.“I know you didn’t Seb, you need to sit over there while you heal,” Zachary directs Sebastian while staring directly into Abner’s playful eyes. “You have been the one putting the ideas in his head. All the problems in my house are because of you. You created the monster and I have two years to fix it. You wanted to rob my daughter of her fated mate. Weaken my pack.”“I’m an Elder, no one will believe you,” Abner jokes.“Sebastian, has Abner here been the one to put you
When the alarm for training started blaring in Temperance’s room, she tried to move but she couldn’t. She is the little spoon in a big, hard body cocoon. Her whole body is sparking and tingling. And she feels safe.SAFE? In the arms of the man who want to overthrow her.Temperance wiggles away, waking Sebastian in the process.“Sorry Tempe for touching,” Sebastian groans, rubbing his face. “But you have to admit for only getting 4 hours of sleep, it was a good 4 hours.”“I’m not admitting anything to you. Unless you are agreeing to me as Alpha,” Temperance raises an eyebrow at him.“You can’t honestly think you would make a better Alpha than I would,” Sebastian is still laying in bed. He is shirtless, which he wasn’t last night.Temperance looks down at herself and she is still dressed at least.“Yes, I do,” Temperance answers him. “It is the role I was born for. I will earn the respect of the pack.”“According to Drek, you have them already,” Sebastian says absentmindedly. He doesn’t
“Eric, can you hear me?” Temperance asks as she rubs his face.“Alpha, did I get him?” Eric asks weakly.Temperance smiles at him. “You did very well. You got Dean, but you were shot twice. But you got the video recording out and we caught Abner and Shirley because you hit the panic button. Do you think you can stand? We need to get you to the hospital?”“Yes, Alpha,” Eric nods at her and she helps him to the stretcher. “I’m proud you will be my Alpha.”“Thank you, Eric,” Temperance gives him a smile as they take him away.“Trouble in the border pack is not good,” Zachary says, looking around.“We should kill the Races now and show both sides we do not tolerate this,” Temperance says, looking at her Dad.“I have Elder approval. Thanks to Eric, we don’t need a trial. He is a hero,” Zachary tells her.“And he should be honored. After the funerals for Doug and Grant,” Temperance says.Sebastian comes down into the cells. “You okay?”Temperance doesn’t look at him, not realizing he was sp
“Thank you, Alpha Temperance,” Doug’s Mother hugs Temperance tightly.“He was someone I looked forward to seeing every morning,” Temperance tells her.“Protecting you was his greatest goal,” Doug’s Mother smiles.Temperance hands her the flag that had been draped over Doug’s coffin.The Biczi Pack flag is silver with glitter radiating from a black howling wolf with Biczi Pack under it. Temperance and Sebastian folded the flags in honor of the fallen. If it had not been such a sobering occasion, watching the two of them avoid touching each other would have been comical.Zachary stood guard of the chained Races, forcing them to watch the young wolves they killed honored, while their own son was burned just as they will be after their deaths. He watched as his children dressed in their Pack uniforms saluted the coffins and folded the flags expertly as they have been trained. Even in this time of sadness, they gave him reason to be proud of them.Temperance, Sebastian, Derk, Janice, and Z
“Tempe,” Alpha Jasper Justice smiles at her. He is 25 and has always supported her becoming Alpha.“Jasper,” Temperance shakes his hand. “How are Mora and the pups?”“Well and sending their love,” Jasper presents her with drawings from his young children and a gift bag. “Mora said you loved her cookies.”“Oh, I do,” Temperance smiles.“I heard Sebastian is your mate, how is that going?” Jasper asks with a smirk.Temperance smiles back at him and nods her head. They both laugh. Jasper’s Beta Lance joins them.“What’s the joke?” Lance asks.“Seb Timberman and Tempe Biczi as mates,” Jasper laughs.“Heard my name,” Sebastian joins them, standing next to Tempe, but not touching her.Both Jasper and Lance look between them before they both narrow their eyes.Temperance closes her eyes and breathes deep, “We are still working through things. We are early mates, not the full-on gross ones yet.”“Oh, yeah, totally,” Lance nods, still eyeing Sebastian with a furrowed brow.Cam- You two will nev
“I understand your pack does not allow humans within 100 miles of your pack borders. That prevision is still in place from before I was born,” Temperance tells him and he nods looking her in the eye, even if he is standing taller than her. Sebastian has taken a step off the wall not liking how close they are to each other. “I believe that clause excludes Reynolds Pack from this new proposal. No one here is too young to remember what your pack suffered. I ask you to remember to whom you speak.”Zachary and Janice can’t stop the pride they feel for their daughter rolling off of them.“Reynolds Pack agrees to the purposal,” Lucius sits down.Milo smirks at Temperance, earning an eye roll from Sebastian. Zachary watches Sebastian, expecting a growl in the least.“I see no issue, I reserve the right to beat the pathetic beast before handing them over,” Jasper smiles and wiggles his eyebrows at Temperance.“Alpha Jasper, we all know you are an artist,” Temperance smiles.The rest of the Alp
“Just come to my room now,” Temperance tells Sebastian.“You sure?” Sebastian asks with raise eyebrows.Tempe looks around and sees the eyes on her. “Yes, you and me, away from here.”Milo winks at Sebastian. “Remember you promised to make it quick.”Temperance pulls Sebastian away before they can start fighting.“Are you okay?” Sebastian asks her as they close the door.“I feel dirty and creeped out,” Temperance answers him.Sebastian pulls her close to him.“Go shower, I’ll go grab clothes and stuff from my room and be back before you get out,” Sebastian tells her.“Thanks Seb,” Temperance grabs her favorite PJ’s and heads to the bathroom.Sebastian checks the hall and grabs his phone.“Yeah,” Kent answers, unimpressed.“Save the BS, our girl doesn’t feel safe,” Sebastian tells him.“Does she need me to come up there?” Kent asks, ready to run.“No, we need you to make sure only Alpha and Luna come up to the Alpha Floor,” Sebastian tells him.“Please don’t tell me you want me to be l
As the morning sun rises, Temperance moves against Sebastian’s chest.“If we can sleep this good together, we are sleeping together every night, I don’t care,” Sebastian tells her.“Accept me and we can. I’ll even give you blow jobs every night,” Temperance offers.“And I’m hard,” Sebastian tells her.Temperance wiggles and sure enough, he is.“Want me to assist with that?” Temperance asks, kissing his lips.“There is another tight place I want to try too,” Sebastian tells her, holding her close as they kiss.“I’m not ready for that,” Temperance tells him.“That’s okay, I can wait, just letting you know I’m ready for all the levels,” Sebastian admits. “You set the pace.”“I’m in charge?” Temperance asks, raising her eyebrows.“In the bedroom, sure you are in charge. In the boardroom, I would like to take the lead,” Sebastian tells her.“Can we share? Work together?” Temperance asks, continuing to kiss down his body.“Can I have the title?” Sebastian asks, stopping her from going any l