Chapter 3: Argument

Braxton’s POV

Tristan and I leave dads office after a long meeting on some of the preparations on the transitions of pack leadership.   We both head towards my office in silence. I have been looking forward to this day since I was a young pup.  I know Tristan has too, but now, with his father gone, I know it’s bittersweet.  It’s been a rough week after his dad passing.  Tristan hasn’t said much, but I can tell it’s hit him hard.  I am sure it has hit Addy hard too.  I have always been super protective over her.  I always tell Tristan it’s because she’s like a little sister, but honestly, I have always had a crush on her.  I can’t say that or feel that way though.  She is off limits as Tristan’s little sister.  I haven’t dated around seriously, but I have had sex with some she wolves.  It was purely sex though; I have never dated one exclusively.  I want to wait for my mate to make it serious. My wolf Blaze has never been a fan of me being with other she wolves, he always told me I needed to wait for our mate.  We can find our mates when we get our wolves at 18, but I have yet to find mine. Neither has Tristan.  Either our mates aren’t in this pack, or they aren’t of age yet. 

We walk into my office, and I sit down behind my desk, and Tristan plops down on the couch. 

“Well, looks like the preparations are almost done.  Are you ready for this man?” I ask as I look over at him sitting on the couch. 

“Yeah man.  We have both looked forward to this day.” He replied while lifting his eyes up.  I can see that the full excitement that was there last week is no longer there, it’s replaced by sadness. 

“How’s Addy really doing?” I ask out of concern.  I know he said she is being her, but I know her.  She is going to hold it in and distract herself with everything until she finally breaks.  Part of me wishes I was the one there to hold her when she does, but I can’t say that out loud.  I can’t feel that for her, she’s my best friend’s sister.

“I don’t know man.  Gamma Blake found her beating the crap out of his girlfriend this morning and sent her home before training.” He says as we both chuckle.  Gamma Blake use to spend a lot of time training on the punching bag and we use to tease him that it was his girlfriend, its stuck ever since.

“She’s coming to the packhouse after school before heading home.  I wanted to check in on her.” He looks down at his watch.  “Dang, she should be here soon.  I need to text her on where to meet me,” he starts to stand as he pulls out his phone.

“Just have her come in here.  I haven’t seen her all week.  It will give me a chance to say hi, as well.”

He nods at me while I see him type away, “she said she’s pulling up now.  She will be up in a few.” I nod and look down at the papers in front of me.  I have to keep it together.  Usually I see Addy every day, but this last week, she’s avoided everyone, and I have missed her like crazy.  I hate going a day without seeing her.  I have to act cool though because I can’t have feelings for her. 

I raise my head as I hear a knock on my door.  “Come in” I respond, and in walks the most beautiful, sexy she wolf I have ever laid eyes on.  One I will never have.  I take a deep breath and smile up at her, and my heart breaks when I see the pain in her eyes.

Tristan get’s up and walks over to her and gives her a hug. “Hey little moon, how was school?”  She smiles up at him, but it’s not her full smile.  I can see the pain stretched across her face within her smile.  I wish I could kiss the pain away.  I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t even hear what they were talking about until I heard their voices raise.

“Addy seriously!?  What were you thinking?” he yells with that tone of a disappointed parent.

“I am fine Tristan, seriously, it’s just some scratches!” she yells back at him defensively.  I look down at Addy’s hands and realize how beat up they are and remember how he said Gamma Blake sent her home after time with the punching bag.

“You could have broken your hand! You didn’t even wrap your hands. You aren’t allowed to train on your own anymore…” He begins, but she cuts him off before he can finish.

“It’s just some damn scratches, stop making such a big deal about it.  And you don’t get to tell me what to do!  You aren’t dad!” she screams, with tears welling up in her eyes. 

I watch as Tristan’s face falls, and she turns to walk out. 

“I got her man.” I say as I rush out the door after her.  I grab her arm and stop her.

“What do you want Brax?” she says angrily.  Well at least she didn’t yell.

“Addy, I know you are hurting, but that was a low blow, and you know it.” I reply.  The anger that crossed her face made me want to take a step back, but I don’t.  I am Alpha, I can’t be scared of young she wolf, even if that young she wolf looks like she is about to kill me.

“So, you want to treat me like a child too! Well just great!  Do you want to discipline me as well?  Send me to my room, punish me? HUH!? I don’t need to be coddled Brax!”  I had to bite my lip because I know she is very angry at me right now, but the thought of punishing her makes my dick start to harden. 

Dammit Braxton keep it together.

“Addy that’s not what I meant, and you know it.  And watch your tone with me, I am your future Alpha.” I step back as soon as those words left my mouth.  Shit, she’s going to kill me now.

She rolls her eyes at me, while she pulls her arm away.  She bows dramatically.  “I am so sorry Alpha for not watching my tone” she said sarcastically and quickly spun on her heel and dashed away.

That was not how I planned on that going.  I wanted to be the knight that swooped in and helped her, not piss her off more.  “Fuck” I yell as I punch the wall, and then walk back to my office.  Tristan just looks at me and shakes his head.  “I guess I should feel better I wasn’t the only one she tore into.” He smirks.  I smirk back and shake my head back.  “Nope, she just took us both down a notch.”  

“You know the whole, I’m going to be your Alpha, wasn’t a smart move.”

“Oh, I am fully aware.  As soon as it came out of mouth, I knew I would regret those words, and stepped back.  Honestly, I am surprised she didn’t take me out right then and there.” I slide my hand down my face in frustration. 

Tristan chuckled, “Yeah, I was waiting for the sound of her right hook only to hear her smart-ass comment instead.”

“Yeah, she even bowed. I am in some serious fucking trouble.” I replied.

“Wow, yeah your screwed.” He said while shaking his head. “I need to let some of this frustration out, I’m going to go for a run, I will be back a little later,” He said as he walks toward the door.

“Sure man.  I will be here, working.” I waved my hand over the paperwork at my desk, and he shook his head as he left my office and closed the door behind him.

As soon as he left, I heard my door open again.  I looked up expecting to see Tristan only to find Baylee standing at my door. “I told you before you need to knock before coming in.”

She looked at me seductively, as she closed the door behind her and walked over to my desk. “Well, I heard your little tiff in the hallway with Addy.  I know she is your Beta’s sister, but she has no right to talk to you that way.” She says as she leans over my desk, pushing her breast up to show more cleavage. “Baylee, I didn’t ask for your opinion and Addy is hurting right now.  I can’t be mad at her for pain.”  She looks a little annoyed as I defend Addy.  She walks around to behind my chair and bends down and whispers.  “I know you are stressed, Alpha.  Maybe you can spank me, and you will feel better.”

Don’t do it.  She’s to damn clingy and she is going to cause problems for mate. Blaze yells at me in my head.

She knows it’s just physical until we find mate Blaze.  She isn’t going to cause problems for our mate.

You are such an idiot.  She wants more than that, she wants to be our Luna, and only Mate will be our Luna.  Our Luna is strong and beautiful.  She is not our Luna, she will never be our Luna. Blaze Yells back

She will never be our Luna Blaze.  Our mate will be the only Luna we will have, wherever she is. I reply, and he blocks me in response. 

I relax as Baylee continues to rub my shoulders and she starts kissing down my neck.  Maybe I can just let Baylee help me feel better.  I feel like such a failure with Addy right now, and I really need to get her off my mind.  I could let Baylee comfort me.  She moves around the chair and straddles me, which I grab her by the neck and start kissing her.  She starts grinding on me as we make out.

Baylee knows this is just physical, and right now, I need a physical release.

Right as she is unbuckling my pants, I get a mind link from my dad.

Son, I need you in my office

Yes, Sir. I will be there shortly.

I grabbed Baylee’s hands to stop her and lift her off my lap.  She looks at me with a pout.  “I have business to take care of.”  I tell her as I peck her on the lips and open my door for her to walk out.  She rakes her hand down my chest as she walks by me on her way out and says, “Maybe we can finish what we started later.”  She walks away swaying her hips seductively.  I walk out behind her and head towards my dad’s office as she takes off down the stairs.

I knock on his door and wait for him to answer.  As I walk in, I notice him, and Gamma Blake are in the office waiting for me.  “Good afternoon, Gamma Blake, Dad.” I say nodding towards both of them respectfully.

“We wanted to talk to you about who you wanted to take for Gamma.  I called in Blake so he can give his opinions.  We have an idea of who you want to choose but want to make sure we are right.  Blake will still help out, just like I will, for the first month after you all take over.  I wanted to call Tristan in as well, but he said he was stopping by the house to talk to Addy really quick, I heard the argument y’all had in the hallway earlier” My dad starts as I sit down in the chair across from him and see him smirk at me.

I hear Gamma Blake chuckle and I look over at him and see the biggest smirk across his face.  Shit, I know they are going to give me a hard time about this.  They both love Addy like their own daughter, everyone in the pack loves her.  “You are lucky she didn’t punch you in the face.  She did a number on my girlfriend earlier today, she is in a take no shit mood right now, and kiddo, you just about gave her a reason to knock your teeth out.” He says while chuckling.

My dad starts laughing, and says, “I would have applauded her too.  You would have deserved it after the whole, I am going to be your alpha soon shit you spilled.” He tried mimicking my voice as he repeated my words.  I ran my hand down my face knowing I screwed up, and the old men were going to dog me for me.

“I know I screwed up.  I know she is in a lot of pain right now, but she isn’t letting herself grieve.  It bothers me to see her like that.  I just…I just didn’t get my words out right.” 

I noticed Gamma Blake and my dad pass a look at each other, and a I raised a brow at my dad.  He just shook his head and replied.

“Well maybe you need to go apologize later, but for now, can you give me an idea of who you want to look at for Gamma?”

I shake my head up and down in thought.  “Tristan and I have talked about this a couple of times, and we have a few but of course Aaron is the top of our list.  He is one of the top warriors in our class, and he is a close to Tristan and I so we know what kind of character he has.”  I reply

Dad and Gamma Blake both shake their head in agreement.   Gamma Blake looks from me to my dad, as he speaks, “Aaron is a good choice.  He is at the top of the class in training, and he is a good kid.  We are going to need someone that is strong like him for sure.  You will need someone that will also be able to get along with your Luna and handle her and her fire well.  He’s got the whit to handle it that’s for sure.”   I tilt my head at Gamma Blake, and say, “handle her and her fire well?   I know part of your job as Gamma is to protect the Luna, but why do you think she will be hard to handle?  Is mom hard to handle?” 

Gamma Blake looks over at dad, with a questioning look.  And dad shakes his head as he replies.  “I just have a feeling that whoever the moon goddess mates with you will have a fire to her.  She’s going to need to put you in your place.” He smirks at me.  I roll my eyes, as Gamma Blake chuckles.  “And yes, your mother can be hard to handle at times.” My dad adds.

Gamma Blake quickly throws his hands up while laughing and says, “I never said that.”

Right as those words leave Gamma Blake’s mouth, I hear the door open behind me, and hear my mother respond. “You never said what Blake?”  His eyes, go wide as my dad and I both die into laughter. “We were just talking to our “future alpha” my dad says in air quotes to tease me more about my earlier stupidity, “about who he wants for Gamma, and how he will need a strong Gamma to deal with a fiery mate.   I may have made the comment you can, at times, be hard to deal with.” He says lowly at the end.  I snicker at my father, the big alpha, getting scared of his Luna.

My mother looks around at all of us, and then smiles at Gamma Blake.  “Blake, I would never blame you for saying I was hard to handle.  I know I can give you a run for your money at times.” She laughs as she says it to him. “She then looks at me and says, yes, you will need a strong and witty Gamma to deal with your Luna.”  I cock my head at her and can’t help but find it strange that they are all talking like they know who my mate is, but how could they if I don’t know who she is.  My mother just gives me a soft smile. 

“Aaron gets back from training tomorrow if I recall correctly.  Why don’t we set up a meeting with Aaron Monday morning and discuss his role as Gamma?  I agree that he has the best attributes to be Gamma.  Blake, are you in agreement?”

“Yeah, I agree with Aaron taking over.  He’s a witty one for sure.” Gamma Blake replies and we all chuckle at his statement. 

We discuss a little more pack business before I head back to my office.