All Chapters of Alpha Step Daddy : Four Mates, One heart: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

COLE I sat on the roof of the garage. The sun was fully up now. I had a pair of binoculars. I was watching the tree line. "See anything, Captain?" I looked down. Daniel , my goalie, was standing by the ladder. "Nothing," I said. "Just trees." "Are we getting paid for this?" He asked. "Because this feels like a lot of overtime." "We'll get paid," I answered. "The Alpha has deep pockets." "He hates us," Daniel said. "He tolerates us," I corrected. "Because we have the boom sticks." I put the binoculars down. I looked at my hand. My right hand. I flexed the fingers. I could still feel it. The buzz. The connection. When I touched her... it was like plugging in a guitar amp. L I had been tested when I was a kid. The Council said I was Latent. Wolf blood, no wolf spirit. All the aggression, none of the fur. They said I would never have a mate. That mates were for the shifted. They were wrong. I looked at the main house. I knew exactly which window was the infirmary. I co

RAVEN The office smelled like leather and lemon polish. Jax stood by the window, hand on his gun. Sitting in the chair opposite Dominic's desk was a man. He was thin, with glasses and a well pressed suit. He looked like an accountant. But I could smell him. He smelled like old paper and dried blood. A wolf. An old one. Dominic sat behind the desk. He looked imposing, even while sweating from pain. I stood next to him. My hand rested on his shoulder. "Mr. Finch," Dominic greeted. "To what do we owe the pleasure?" "Alpha Steele," The man said. His voice was dry. "And this must be the girl." He looked at me. His eyes were pale gray. They felt like they were dissecting me. "Her name is Raven," Dominic said. "And she is my mate." "Is she?" Finch asked. "The registry shows no official bond. No bite mark." "We've been busy," Dominic answered. "Surviving." "Yes," Finch said. "The explosion. The battle. The Council is... concerned." "The Silverfangs attacked us," I

RAVEN. The night before the Challenge. I was exhausted. My body was a map of purple and blue. I sat in the kitchen, drinking water. when Dominic walked in. He was using a cane. He looked better now that he had rested. But the limp was still there. He looked at my face. At the split lip and black eye. He didn't ask. He knew. Of course, he did. He walked over and sat next to me. "You're stubborn," he said. "I'm yours," I retorted. He touched my bruise. "You think you can take my place?" he asked softly. "I think I can help." "No," Dominic said. "Tomorrow, you stay behind the line. You watch. If I fall... you run. Cole has the truck ready." "I'm not running, Dominic." "Promise me," he said. "Promise me you will survive." I looked at him. I couldn't promise that. "I love you," I said instead. It was the first time I had said it. Dominic froze. His eyes filled with emotion. He pulled me into a kiss. It was desperate. It felt like a good bye. "

DOMINIC I refused the stretcher. I was the damn Alpha and I had just won a war (technically). I wasn't going to be carried into my own house like a piece of luggage. I leaned on Jax instead. "You okay, boss?" Jax muttered. "Peachy," I growled. "Just keep moving." Raven was on my other side. She was small, but she was sturdy. She took a surprising amount of my weight. We made it to the infirmary. Sarah, the doctor, was waiting. She took one look at Merek and dropped her clipboard. "Ghost," she whispered. "Patient," Merek corrected. He pointed at me. "He needs silver extraction. And bone setting." "Right," Sarah shook herself. "Get him on the table." I sat down. The relief of taking the weight off my leg was so intense I almost vomited. "Everyone out," Sarah ordered. "I'm staying," Raven said. "I'm staying too," Merek said. "I'm going to get a drink," Jax said. He looked at Merek, then me, then Raven. "A stiff one." Jax left. Sarah cut my pants o

DOMINIC My skin was too tight. That was the only way to describe the feeling of the Alpha's mantle when it was being challenged. It felt like my bones were growing faster than my flesh could stretch. I stood at the edge of the forest, watching the dawn light bleed through the trees. Behind me, the compound was waking up. I could hear the clatter of the kitchen, the roar of a motorcycle, and the low, irritating hum of those "ghosts" Marek had brought into my home. Marek. The man was a walking insult to everything I had built. He was a relic. He was a memory that refused to fade. And the way Raven looked at him—with that mix of awe and recognition made my wolf want to tear the throat out of the world. I wasn't always a jealous man. I mean I am an Alpha. I owned what was mine. But the mate bond was a different beast entirely. It didn't care about logic. It didn't care that I was twenty years her senior or that I was technically her stepfather. It only cared that she was the othe