Shaking my head, I took over for Silas. This was the one time I could push him back and lock him up. He’d been getting black out drunk more often lately. It allowed me to slip into control. I always could keep the memories from him as well. Something I never thought of doing until lately.
Getting up, I had to reach out for a second to steady myself. One bad thing was that the alcohol still affected our body. It was like taking over with a severe handicap. Stepping slowly, I walked through the house and opened up the door. The chilly night air felt pleasant, and I felt my control over our body get a little better.
Crossing the grass with bare feet, I was surprised to find the concrete colder than the grass. Walking up to Nate’s door, I thought about knocking, but it was well into the evening. I didn’t want to wake him up if he was asleep already.
My poor mate. He had been working so hard. Not even trying to live up to Silas’ expectation of
Pulling up to the pack house, my jaw dropped open. I’d seen the bones of it, but I stopped coming by after that. There wasn’t any reason to. Nate was handling everything and if he wanted my input, I’d get short and curt mind links. Still, I never thought this was what it was going to look like when it was finished. I didn’t think it was possible.They moved the entire house back, away from the street. It allowed for a driveway to cure around a now green lawn with multiple trees. On the right-hand side there was the usual grass that curved around the side of the house, but on the left side there was more front law and trees directly in front of the house. Behind the greenery was a gorgeous two-story house.Huge double-doors were under an arched covered porch. The house looked modern, but it wasn’t the square boxes you thought of. There was stone used in the front and even the roof was metal. Part of me didn’t want to even look into th
Shaking my head, I took over for Silas. This was the one time I could push him back and lock him up. He’d been getting black out drunk more often lately. It allowed me to slip into control. I always could keep the memories from him as well. Something I never thought of doing until lately.Getting up, I had to reach out for a second to steady myself. One bad thing was that the alcohol still affected our body. It was like taking over with a severe handicap. Stepping slowly, I walked through the house and opened up the door. The chilly night air felt pleasant, and I felt my control over our body get a little better.Crossing the grass with bare feet, I was surprised to find the concrete colder than the grass. Walking up to Nate’s door, I thought about knocking, but it was well into the evening. I didn’t want to wake him up if he was asleep already.My poor mate. He had been working so hard. Not even trying to live up to Silas’ expectation of
I didn’t groan aloud, but I didn’t come to Saul’s for good alcohol or the company. Normally, the pack still went off territory to the Tap for their evening drinks. For the most part, outside of the old regulars, I pretty much was the youngest patron Saul had seen in a while. It still was true considering that Wyatt was older than me, but still.“Wyatt.” I tried not to let the annoyance seep into my tone.“What are you doing here? I thought you might be down at the Tap if you wanted a drink.”He sat next to be at the bar and Saul brought over a beer for him. Sighing, I took a longer sip of my drink. Then, thinking better of it, I finished it and tapped the bar again. Shaking my head, I leaned back.“With our temporary housing not too far, I can just walk.”“Or stumble, more like it.” Saul added his two cents as he poured my glass.Wyatt laughed and shook his head. “I mean
I stood in the living room of Nate’s temporary home. He was throwing around plates and a pan as he cooked dinner. It was actually funny watching him throw a tantrum. Finally slamming the pan down on the island, he glared up at me.“You can’t do that.”“I can, and I already did. Miguel and Karl’s team already are taking care of it.”He growled and spun around, grabbing plates, slamming down those too. “Who asked you to do anything? You’ve been so wrapped it in whatever the fuck you’re doing that you shouldn’t be sniffing around my work! This is my job, Silas!”“Nate, you’re better at delegating than this.”“Delegating? Do you know how hard our warriors have worked over the past couple of months? They have been doing double duty. Patrols and making sure that we are safe all the while helping around the pack. I told them we were done. The only thin
*** Silas’ POV ***Really, I hadn’t meant to make the trip out here. Not yet. I knew it was still under construction. I was still incredibly impressed by the amount of work already completed. The framing was up and the roof was on, too. The doors and windows weren’t on though, giving a look into every inside as well. Not to mention everyone working.My eyes settled on Nate. He was leaning against his cane, but he was holding a corner of the plans while speaking with a few of the other guys. Originally, Nate pulled in multiple people from other packs. Apparently, he had such a rapport with certain packs they happily had their contractors and workers come to help, not just the building but the cleanup.I’d yelled at him a little while ago for being a hypocrite when asking me for permission to bring humans in order to help build. He’d been such a hard ass on letting humans into the pack.
Pushing myself up using the wall, I shook my head. “Liar! You knew. What did you think that magic would do? Did you think it would make you stronger?”“It has made me stronger!” Silas got up with the help of the table as he wiped the corner of mouth where blood was trickling down from.“No! It’s made you alone! You are all alone on this self-proclaimed Alpha island! No one is backing you up now, Silas. No one is going to be there to help you. You can’t defeat enemies alone.”He stomped up to me and grabbed my shirt. “Watch me. I am stronger than I ever was before.”“And you will die the moment I die. The moment that fucking magic destroys our bond, you get to die right alone with me. It’s that fun. You stupid fuck.”“I did what I had to. You believe in all that Aelia, Finn and Noah spew, that’s on you.”I let out a hollow chuckle. “So even i