*** Solaris POV ***
After the lashes, everything started to get worse. I did my best to hide the more major issues I was running into but it was getting harder to do everything normally. The biggest change they knew was that I was sleeping more. They stopped disturbing me and let me sleep in later. Noah had taken oven most of the paperwork now, and I just enjoyed working behind the bar with them.
My eyes fluttered open as I heard wrenching coming from the bathroom. Throwing the blanket off me, I got up, wobbling a little but I opened up the bathroom door. Finn was on his knees, bent over the toilet. His eyes met mine but quickly he turned back, throwing up into the toilet.
Grabbing a washcloth, I ran it under cold water and rung it out before I placed it on Finns forehead. Gently rubbing his back, I waited until he finally settled back a little. Reaching forward, I flushed the toilet and rinsed the cloth under cold water again. Pulling him back, I
Finn’s arms were wrapped around my middle while his head rested on my shoulder. I rode my motorcycle up into Silas’ territory and headed into the town square. To say we turned heads was an understatement but I didn’t care. I usually turned heads everywhere I went but Finn seemed a little uncomfortable with the attention. Pulling up to Shep’s private office, I turned off the engine. “What are we doing here, Sol?” I looked at him. “Getting you checked out.” His eyes widened and he started to sputter when I grabbed his hand. Pulling him around the corner and into the office, Shep was smiling at us. “Alpha asked if I could see some interesting folks today but you exceeded my expectation.” I chuckled. “Shep, it’s good to see you.” Holding out my hand to shake his, he took it but his other hand covered mine. “How Silas couldn’t see it, I don’t know, but you are the spitting image of your mother.” My eyes widened but I just smiled. “You’re as
Throwing back my head, I laughed. Full blow, let loose laugh that I couldn’t hold back even if I tried. Finn’s face screwed up in pain.“Are you laughing at me?”“No…I mean, yes but not for the reason you think.”Shaking my head, I traced his belly, not his abs. Leaning down, I kissed the belly and he froze in shock. I straightened and put my hand on his cheek.“You’ve been ignoring the fact that you’re pregnant, haven’t you?”I saw him swallow and he didn’t make eye contact with me.“Finn, you’re not fat. You’re carrying a pup in there. A strong pup. It’s not something to ignore or try to work out. You need to embrace this time and you need to tell Noah.”“How can I when…”I growled. “He’s acting like that because he’s confused! He doesn't know what’s going on with you. All he
*** Silas POV ***“As you can see, Alpha, she is both beautiful and would make the perfect Luna. She’s a little young but she’s been raised right.”I looked at the woman in front of me. Alpha Reid wasn’t wrong. She was beautiful and the old 50’s kind of beauty. Classically beautiful some might say. The issue was he also hit the nail on the head with how young she was. She just turned eighteen. We were separated by double digits in age. It made me grimace and I’m sure my reputation may have made me look far scarier to her than I meant to be. However, being surprised by Elder Herman and Alpha Reid, throwing his grand-fucking-daughter at me. As though she had no mate out there to love her, as though she was washed up like me with no mate in sight.Behind me, I could feel Nate and Sam’s amusement at the situation. They’d come over to the pack house at nine in the morning. Knowing Sam, Nate, and I didn’t really leave to start whatever we were doing until after ten a.m. However, all of us w
A soft knock on the door and Sam stuck his head in. “The first family is here.” I nodded to him. “Send them in, if you wouldn’t mind.” Aelia got up from the corner of my desk and leaned her back against the window. Nate set up to the left of my desk, leaning against the bookshelf. Taking up my usual spot at my desk, I laced my fingers together and waited. The first family to walk in was the Reeds and Faulks. The Reed’s daughter hadn’t shifted yet and she was supposedly the Faulks sons’ mate who had turned twenty. The reason they were requesting an early bond was because he was going for training at the Alpha King’s palace for the next four years. So it was more understandable that they wanted to make sure the two were connected during that time. It kept both of them out of trouble. However, not only had she not shifted but they were promised to each other at birth supposedly. The Moon Goddess doesn’t give a shit about that and I didn’t either. “Good morning. Thank you for seeing us
“How did it get here?”“Nailed to a tree outside the territory.”She clicked her tongue. “When?”I glanced outside. “I don’t know…I’ve been holed up in here.”Sighing, she put her hands on the sides of my face and pulled me down. Our foreheads touched and my eyes closed.“Don’t make the same mistake Father did.”I growled loudly. “I’m not letting those bastards get…”“Silas.” She cut me off, voice harsh. “I don’t mean that. I mean, thinking you can take this on alone. You’re not alone.”My eyes opened and she was staring into my own, seeing the anger she also had. The fire that I had been feeling in my own soul but hers smoldered instead of exploded. It didn’t come out in a blind rage. Sighing, I shook my head.“I know. I just…”“You obviously don’t know. Three days, Sil. You’ve been holed up here three days. Haven’t spoken to anyone, haven’t reached out. Even if you didn’t want to speak to your pack about it, you have me. Not just your sister or some rogue, but it’s my duty as First
*** Solaris POV ***I had had a rough few days that I didn’t know if I would even have a good day left in me. There wasn’t even the strength to hold up my body on my right leg, let alone put weight on my left leg. Yesterday, I felt better to walk around the house. Now, I was sitting at a local diner waiting. I ordered a coffee and was pouring the cream into it when Charles walked in.He looked around, caught my smile and headed over. He slid into the seat across from me.“How are you doing? Silas said you were having a time after…”I smiled. “Better. Though, I don’t think I’ll have many more of these days.”He smiled at me sadly. “I guess we should enjoy it then!”His optimism made me smile even wider and I nodded. “We are waiting on one more person.”“Another person? Is this the reason why you wanted to meet me?”I nodded.
“Differences?”I nodded to Sam. “Someone who has become an Omega is different than someone who is like Noah and Finn.”Sam opened his mouth but I put my hand up.“I’ll explain. A changed Omega will test as an Omega and their mannerisms and even hormones will adjust before even meeting their mate. However, no bodily changes will occur until your mate marks you.”Charles raised his hand and I raised my eyebrow at him.“This isn’t a classroom, you don’t have to raise your hand.”“It’s a non-related but related to marking.”I cocked my head to the side.“Can a human mark a werewolf?”I broke out in a grin. “Yes, a human can mark a werewolf. It’s the same way a werewolf would mark a human. A bite. You just have to bite a little harder.”Sam chuckled and Charles just nodded.“Now, back to what I
Taking a deep breath, I looked around the diner. I was right in saying not a single person was paying attention to us. There were some teenage wolves in the far corner ditching there morning classes. I wondered if they were a part of Silas’ pack. I caught eyes with the waitress and she ambled over.“Anything else I can get you?”I smiled at her. “Can I get a top off on the coffee and the check?”She nodded and looked at the boys. They shook their head but Charles raised his eyebrow at me. “Didn’t Noah and Finn ban you from having coffee?”“You know Noah and Finn are my Betas right?”Sam chuckled and shook his head. “They are only doing it out of love and concern for you.”“Yeah well, if I’m going to die, I’m going to die happy with a fucking cup of coffee in my hand.” I glared at Sam as the waitress put the check on the table. “Preferably Ir