Claudius's POV "Yes, I'm positive I feel good. Look, Niko can even come forward." I said, feeling Niko come to the surface with me, and Dominic smiled when he saw Niko's eyes. "Hey, Niko! It's so good to see you!" Dominic said, reaching up and tucking my hair behind my ear, probably to see Niko better. "I just need to get away from him, and everything that's him for a few hours," I said, and Dominic let out a sigh. "Why can't we just go into town here, instead of the human town?" "Because it still screams Alpha Hughes. Everywhere I look, it's him. This is his place, that's his town. Everywhere I look reminds me of him. I just want to be away from him, and not have to see him everywhere." I said, and Dominic let out another sigh, before reaching down and picking me up. "Fine! But just a few hours! The longer You're that far away from him, the quicker you're going to become weak again." "Then I guess I'll just need him to recharge me again, huh!" I said, and Dominic and Niko laugh

Claudius's POV I was so nervous I could barely think straight, as I looked at myself for the 100th time, and smooth my shirt out, one too many times. Dominic sat on my bed, laughing at me as I fussed over the way I looked. "I can't, it's too much fun watching you do the same thing over and over again! But I'm curious, how many times will it take for you to run your hands over your shirt before it's actually straight enough for you?" Dominic flinches, his hand quickly lifts into the air and deflects the hairbrush I just threw at him. Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect, and the jerk simply laughed even harder, and I growled at him. "I'm sorry! I know I'm laughing, but it's not because you're doing anything wrong. You're just too adorable!" As much as I wanted to pluck his eyes out a moment ago, I couldn't help but blush like an idiot and tried not to smile as I looked anywhere but Dominic. My nerves were through the roof the closer we got to the human town. I chewed on

Third Person's POV Just like the first date, Ethan showed up way too early. But he couldn't help it. He was afraid Claudius would get there early, and he couldn't stand the thought of Claudius waiting on him. Just like the first date, Ethan showed up 20 minutes early, and paced in front of the building, worried Claudius wouldn't show. It wouldn't be the first time. He's had many dates, where the jerks never showed. One of them wasn't even gay. He played a cruel joke and pretended to be gay, and interested in Ethan. They chatted for weeks. He had high hopes for that relationship. He sounded perfect, and he was constantly complimenting Ethan, and making him feel special. Unfortunately, when it came time for their date, Ethan showed up early. An hour and a half later, the person still had not shown up. Instead, he received a phone call. He could hear his date laughing with his friends, teasing him as they sent him pictures of Ethan waiting for a date that would never show. B

Third Person's POV "So wait a minute, back up. You said I'm not your first mate. I'm your third... You said your first one died. What happened to your second one then?" Ethan asked, and Claudius took a deep breath. "He didn't die or anything like that. He just, he rejected me in a way. He's not accepting me because of what I am. That's the reason I'm sick. With werewolves, there's a ranking system that you're born into, it's in your DNA. The highest rank is an Alpha, and the lower ranks are like me, a Delta 3. But I'm not just any Delta 3. I'm a dominant Delta 3. This means I can't get pregnant. Which also means I can't produce an heir for my mate. And since he's an Alpha and runs the pack, he needs an heir. Because of this, he refuses to accept me, but he hasn't officially rejected me either. With humans, when you break up or something like that, you're simply sad, your heart is broken. With werewolves, it's much more complicated. We can lose our wolves if we're too weak.

Third Person's POV Claudius pushed the door open and entered his room feeling numb. He was trying to wrap his head around everything Hughes said. It all makes sense, and he can understand it, but he can't understand why he had to be so cold about it. He still feels that Hughes could have seen him secretly. Claudius could have kept his room, and pretended to stay there, but snuck up to see him each night. No one ever goes on the Alpha's floor, except Colton. They could have easily pulled it off. But instead, he was so cold to him and treated him as if he was nothing. But then at times, he would do something to show he cared, and get his hopes up, just to turn around and crush them. "Are you okay?" Ethan asked, his left hand goes to Claudius's waist, and the right hand rests against his cheek. "Yes... I'm just, I'm torn... I so badly want to accept his apology and forget everything like it never happened... But I'm afraid. He hurt me so many times... I just don't know! He cou