Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel
“They’re blinded, but without your father’s influence, maybe they could be trained.
I don’t know that they will get that chance before we get to them,” he admitted.
It was harsh, but it was the truth. Past the city walls, it was kill or be killed right now.
27. The Power
LORELAI
“Is it safe to come out now?” a voice said from across the lobby.
Ryleigh poked her head out with Vaughn stepping out of the door that led to the human quarters. They were both blushing, and I laughed.
“You saw that, huh?” I asked, and she shook her head, her eyes wide, dashing to Brax and back again.
Her stomach was swollen too, and we had built some kind of camaraderie over that stress. Physical and emotional.
“No, but we heard it. I think the vamps might have even heard it,” Vaughn teased.
I laughed, and Brax gave a tight smile.
“Smart choice to stay out of the way then,” Brax said, and I rolled my eyes at his high-handedness. He didn’t budge though.
Ryleigh rubbed her stomach and frowned hard.
“Are you okay?” I asked, and she winced, nodding with small breaths.
“We were just going to ask if we could borrow the doctor you are using? Ryleigh has been having some pains, and we were hoping to get her checked just in case,”
Vaughn asked.
Before I could even answer, Galen was striding inside, his tall, brooding body boasting impeccable posture and meticulously groomed hair and facial hair.
“I’d be happy to help,” he said.
I smiled. Maybe he wasn’t as scary as everyone seemed to think. The wolves certainly gave him a wide berth. Even my alphas seemed to placate him out of something I could only describe as fear.
I used to think it was respect, but since he had been living in the mansion, I had changed my mind.
“This way,” he said, striding away with his hands behind him before looking over his shoulder.
“Braxton. I would be grateful for your assistance,” he said and eyed Brax, who nodded once.
Galen, Ryleigh, and Vaughn left toward the infirmary, and Brax turned to the door as I frowned.
“You’re going outside again? I thought they needed your help?”
Brax opened the door for me, and I strode through as he answered.
“Galen didn’t mean help with them. He wants me out here keeping an eye on your mother. I agreed to stay out here with her as long as she is,” he said, and I raised a brow at him.
“Oh. He likes her.”
Brax nodded. “Galen hates that word, but he is…infatuated with her.” He grimaced, but I didn’t get it.
“And that isn’t a good thing?” I asked.
He sat us down on the bench behind where Anetta was teaching the humans still.
“It could be. But he gets obsessive, and when he gets that way…everyone is in the firing line. One wrong look, one wrong comment and he’ll snap. It makes us nervous,” he admitted.
I nodded. I understood it. Maybe they didn’t see it the way I did but I knew of three alphas who were eerily similar to that sentiment.
“Well, I guess we’ll see. I don’t even know if my mother will be very receptive to a werewolf trying to seduce her in any way,” I said, and he frowned.
“Another reason we are worried. Her rejection could tip his control. The heat could.
Pretty much anything that got in the way of having her.”
“Is she in danger?” I asked, sitting up, tensing as I thought of their rooms so close in the mansion.
She didn’t stay with the others anymore, she had her purple suite from before, and Galen had specifically demanded a room next door. Now I wasn’t so sure that was a good idea.
“No, of course not. We wouldn’t let that happen. Everyone else, though? Not a certainty. But we can’t deter him now, so we have to let it play out.”
“He seems so nice though.”
“He is, until you get on his bad side. Then he is terrifying.”
“Coming from you, that is scary,” I breathed out, and he smirked.
“He couldn’t beat all three of us together, but individually? He’d snap us as easy as a wishbone.”
Brax laughed, but I did not see the funny side. Be wary with Galen, got it.
“Don’t fear him. He will sense that, and he’ll probably find it amusing to toy with.
Although you may get away with more than most since you hold the key to your mother’s heart.
“She loves with more compassion than most humans, and I think that light is drawing him in.”
“And we just let it?”
“Yes. They’ll figure out what makes them happy, and we’ll try to stop anyone from getting killed while they do.” He shrugged, smirking again.
I leaned back into him and left it at that.
***
I watched the others train for over an hour until the cold was too much and we had to call it a day.
The sky was so dark, so full of cloud that not even the permanent realm sun could peek through. The wind was picking up, and I shuddered as it bit into me.
Anetta waved goodbye from the edge of the clearing once all the humans had gone inside, and I nodded.
It was so I would let her through the barrier, but really she could sense my humanness, my baby, my magic, and it made her control slip a little more, so she avoided me more.
I missed seeing her for tea, but I had to be realistic in the times we were in.
With just my mom and Brax left, I stood up.
“How was that?” I asked, and my mom beamed at me.
“Oh, sweetie, this was such a great idea. It really helped the ladies feel more at home, didn’t it? I could see it on their faces,” she said, looking at Brax for confirmation.
He nodded once, then wrapped his arm around me.
I was about to talk, to tell her that I could see it too, that I was glad they were all getting involved and at least trying it out, but I didn’t get a chance because my arm burned.
I hissed and pulled away from Brax. He frowned and looked down at me as I grabbed my arm, the burn getting worse.
Then my heart clenched, hard and painful.
“Kai,” I breathed, knowing without a doubt that it was his pain I had felt.
“Ambush,” Brax growled as his eyes went white.
“No,” I breathed, tears prickling at my eyes as the pain in my body grew.
And then I felt the tug to go to him. It was suffocating. I wasn’t going to ignore it.
“I have to go,” I urged, but Brax shook his head.
“No. You can’t leave the mansion, let alone the city,” he snapped.
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