Claire’s POV“Pumpkin, this is to protect you. I’ll be okay.” Liam says pulling me close.“Son, Vampires aren’t easy one on one in the ring, they are deceptive, and he will cheat. Six months is the perfect time to grow wolfsbane,” Daddy says, clearly fighting looking proud at this moment. I roll my eyes. How can he be proud?“It’s better than our original plan. Risking warriors and pack members. Plus, I have Claire to help me.” Liam defends himself. He will risk his life for the protection of his pack. My heart wants to bust with pride, but also fear. I know this is the way an Alpha behaves, but come on!“You will be alone brother, against a much more experienced fighter,” Nic added, sounding worried, but he changed his tune to one of almost cheering, “but you can kick his ass. My big brother can do anything.”Nic is covering his fear. I reached out and rubbed his arm to comfort him. We locked eyes and I gave him a reassuring smile. Before I realized what I had done, everyone was looki
Claire’s POVLiam went to blow off some steam in the gym. Which after the morning we had is not a bad idea. After I changed, I joined him on the treadmill. My presence seemed to push him harder and soon we were racing.Running has always my strongest activity. Liam underestimates my ability and I see my big bad wolf start to faultier.“Okay, I give,” Liam started slowing down and I follow suit.“Any other activity, you can beat me, running, I’m the best,” I was barely out of breath. Liam on the other hand, could barely breathe. “In through your nose, out your mouth and repeat, until you calm down.”“I’m going to get as good as you,” Liam challenges himself.I smile, “you can try babe, but I’m a she-wolf, I’m smaller, leaner, and one of my Alpha traits is speed. So, you can beat me at sparing, free weights, lifting, but running, I will dominate your Alpha ass. I held back the last night, didn’t want to hurt your pride.”Liam laid on the gym floor, to allow his wolf to heal him. He looke
Claire’s POVI’m so done with the jealous bullshit. It makes no sense. We all have pasts, but judging your mate’s past, gets you nowhere, fast. When did I find out Grace and Liam went too far? The night of. She smelled like him and not in her normal, just made out kind way. I mean, really, who were they trying to fool. I’m so over all this.Nic and Grace are a couple, a couple of crazy people, but they are together. Liam and I are together. So, these are the facts, let’s make new memories and let the past go.I keep saying all this to myself, so I don’t wolf out and kill them all. Seriously, they are the worst babies about all this. Growling, snarling, jealously possessive, Grace with actual tears. Stupid mate bond!“Yo, Clar-Bell,” Luke yells, coming to my and Liam’s room. “You seen Liam?”“Gym, why?”“We found an Alpha who developed a training program to fight hybrids.” Cullen said, handing me his phone.I read the description.Training with Vampire/Wolf Hybrid, to learn speed and ag
Claire’s POVTwenty minutes later, we are all in the office, even Nic and Grace.“You should have discussed it with me, and I would have called Jackson myself,” Liam said, after I explained everything. “But, thank you. I’ll take all the help I can get.”“Well, the thanks is to the twins, who found Alpha Jackson,” I said, smiling at my younger brothers.“We can’t let Liam die and Nic be oldest, that can never happen,” Luke joked.“Yeah, we don’t want to live in that world,” Cullen added, now messing with a small thin blade. Dude is seriously scary.“Hey, my wolf and I are already on edge, so lay off, before I lay you out,” Nic warned. He caught my eye and made an annoyed face. I gave him a tight-lipped smile and he looked away.He needs a hug. But I notice Grace is standing near him, but not touching him. Seriously, just a hug and he will be okay. I want to mindlink her to tell her, but I’m worried it will be overstepping and upset her.“So, this is good?” Mom asked and Dad nodded. “Gra
Nic’s POVIt’s finally, I mean, really, finally, 11:45pm on the full moon. The whole pack has gathered to run.“I’m so excited to shift for the first time,” Grace said. She had a special robe on, and her hair is up in a messy bun. In this light, she is more lovely than the night sky.We spent the afternoon talking. Actually talking, I know shocked me too. We discussed plans, like house renovations, pack celebrations, and how we would host the visiting Alphas. We also talked about how to grow the pack again. Half of the pack is moving to the other side of the mountain with Liam and Claire.Grace wants to make she-wolf education a priority. Apparently, she feels, she-wolves aren’t encouraged to do more than find mates and make babies. I, personally, disagreed, until she pointed out that I had never once considered she might want to go to college next fall. Which I couldn’t argue, because, honestly, the thought never crossed my mind. So, if she wants to take the lead on that, it’s her bal
Jackson’s POVIt’s early Saturday morning and I’ve gone over what I expect with my warriors for the next week. I don’t have a Gamma, never really needed one. We are a smaller pack, only about 700 wolves. Compared to our neighbor, Blue Moon, we are about equal, but their neighbor, Silver Creek, is closer to 5000 wolves. My territory goes right up to the border of the mountain that holds Mountain Peak and now Blue Mountain. They are close to 3000 wolves. Alpha William is a more traditional Alpha. won’t accept Hybrids, allows rejections based on rank, and doesn’t see the need for she-wolves to be educated beyond high school. Liam and I think alike, hybrids make loyal pack members, rejections are an abomination against the goddess, and she-wolves are just as smart as males. I was kinda hoping he would take over for his dad, but no, I get Nic. Nic seems to be more like his dad. Why couldn’t Nic be the one who challenged a Vamp Hybrid?I grab my stuff and head to the front of the Packhouse t
Nic’s POV“What the hell, Liam?” I ask, finding him at the training yard, waiting on Jackson and Marcus. “I saved your mate from Jackson. Did you not notice that Jackson was full of lust for Claire?”“He would never touch her,” Liam says, defensively.“Yeah, but he wants to, I don’t know how effective his training will be. I told Grace and Claire to steer clear, until he is off the pack lands.”“Alphas,” the Beta comes up, dressed for training. I’m still not dressed, but I had more pressing matters.“Beta,” I say, narrowing my eyes at him.“I want to extend our apologies; your Luna’s beauty seems to have dumbfounded us. We are both in control now and would like to share our knowledge.” Marcus said, showing us a little bow.“Good,” I say, walking off to change. These two have really pissed me off.******************************Jackson’s POVAfter an hour away from her, I finally come to my senses. I head down to the training fields to meet everyone. Liam, his three brothers, Trevor, wh
“I’m sorry, we just didn’t stop all day.”She pulled away and checked the hall. She smiled and pulled my hand to the walk-in pantry. I raised my eyebrows and followed her.“Fuck me, hard and quick,” she said, shutting us in.“Yes, ma’am” I picked her up, pressed her against the door. She helped me unbuckle my pants and lift her dress.I held her by her thighs and thrust into her. We kissed hard and tried to stifle our moans. She felt so good, this wasn’t going to last long. I pulled from the kiss to look her in the eyes, as we moved. Her eyes held so many emotions, right now, lust was number one. She is grinding into my thrusts and damn, I feel our climax coming. She tightens around me and silently screams, her mouth open, as she rides out her orgasm. I thrust again and released without a sound.We hear voices on the other side of the door and fixed ourselves.“Get the breadcrumbs and apples, please.” She said to me. I grinned and handed them to her.She opened the door to find Mom, Da