The dawn broke the horizon as they approached Yellow Pack, and though Sharon had always protested that she didn't want to go home, she still crept forward with a keen sense of anticipation as the city materialized in view. She was beautiful like that, all tight in her body and her face aglow, her dark eyes drinking in the familiar landscape. She had grown up since last being in the city, and so had the city.There were two packs in the beach town—Luthor's pack, the Tenzclaw, and the Bakin pack led by Klaus Lots. Klaus had allied with Luthor's father and kept it strong and intact when Luthor took over as leader. While Luthor did not like living quarters with another dominating Alpha like Klaus, the town was big enough that it was not a problem.No one but Luthor's Beta, Mark Stye, his council, and a few of the higher-ranking pack members even knew he was bringing Sharon and Alexander home. The right thing to do would have been to tell her parents, but they'd moved four years earlier. Lut
A bitter pain was welling up her throat. "I didn't want to be one of your Omegas you kept in reserve because I gave you your son. And I sure as hell did not want my son being used in your Alpha pack political games."Luthor laughed cruelly, "I'm the Alpha, Sharon, and I will do with my son what I want."Her response was like a whip crack, "Like hell you will."The stench of his rage filled the air, an undertone of ozone to it. "You don't speak to me like that. Not if you don't want me to discipline you right here, right now."The memory from seven years ago passed through her head like a specter, a specter that was as thrilling as it was frightening. He could do anything to her that he wanted to. Her body still craved him, and she hated that."Punish me however you'd like, Luthor, I don't care."He took a deep breath, and as if he could sense all the ways he was impacting her, some of his anger seeped away into something more.personal. The tip of his mouth curved up, just the tiniest
A bitter pain was welling up her throat. "I didn't want to be one of your Omegas you kept in reserve because I gave you your son. And I sure as hell did not want my son being used in your Alpha pack political games."Luthor laughed cruelly, "I'm the Alpha, Sharon, and I will do with my son what I want."Her response was like a whip crack, "Like hell you will."The stench of his rage filled the air, an undertone of ozone to it. "You don't speak to me like that. Not if you don't want me to discipline you right here, right now."The memory from seven years ago passed through her head like a specter, a specter that was as thrilling as it was frightening. He could do anything to her that he wanted to. Her body still craved him, and she hated that."Punish me however you'd like, Luthor, I don't care."He took a deep breath, and as if he could sense all the ways he was impacting her, some of his anger seeped away into something more.personal. The tip of his mouth curved up, just the tiniest bit. "
It wasn't exactly the best first impression to make, but at least he hadn't awakened.He'd had only fractions of a second to react, but all the signs were out there in front of him: the dark clothing, the packed backpack, the attempts at stealth—Sharon was attempting to escape with his son.Again.Fury welled up in him from the never-drying well of it in his chest, and with not the slightest hesitation, he sprinted off. Sharon did too, leaping into motion like a gazelle, but he was taller and was not encumbered, so he reached the driver's side door first. She let out a little cry of vexation and tried to push him off the car, overbalanced by holding up their son. It was so futile that he laughed, which only infuriated her more. She wasn't leaving.He had won."Liar," he told her, more amused than enraged now that he'd established the upper hand. "Now that I know I can't trust you, I'm leaving you no choice, Sharon. Get in the goddamn car, or I'll take that pup from your arms and leave
"I'm fine," she said, "now, if you please, I have some errands to run." She sidled around him and pushed open the front door, gesturing for him to leave. "Thank you for dropping by to check on me, but I don't need your help."He looked at her in surprise for a moment before producing his best, most lupine smile. "Naturally not. You're doing fine on your own." He stood there for a second, his eyes scanning the house, and Sharon stood stock still. They both know it wasn't her house. It was only where she could hole up. "Don't worry, though. Your secret is safe with me," Sharon started to complain, but he put up a hand to stop her. "I'm not here to fight you."It appeared she was going to fight him anyway, and he sensed the refusal coiling in her throat. But instead of that, she sighed, and tension dissipated from her body. "Please just leave, then."He was half-disappointed that she was going to let him off so soon, but he didn't feel like pushing it. She looked as if she was about to b
That would have been the end of it, if she hadn't had a baby nine months later. She'd kept to herself all those years, not wanting anyone to see her pregnant, and by the time she gave birth, he'd almost had been able to put her out of his mind.Nearly.He'd been furious. Even if he had spoken to Sharon or not, she was his pack, and therefore, she was his. That in itself made her son, their son, his son. The fact that she'd hid the fact that she was pregnant from him would make him angry. He planned to confront her, to force her and the child to live in his home where he could witness his boy being raised the way he wanted him to be, but when he went to take her back, she was gone.Sharon gave birth to a baby and was so desperate to be free of him and the Tenzclaw pack that she left the city the following day. Had he been a better man, he would have been humiliated that she had sunk so low, but he wasn't. He still isn't a better man; he's an Alpha, and the hurt of realizing that she th