Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel
“Oh, we have company, do we? Uh-uh, Mommy, can’t have you figuring everything out just yet.”
Adrenna grinned before waving her hand over Zale’s eyes, and I was shoved out of his mind. I screamed in frustration, clenching my fists before turning to my alphas.
“I’m going hunting. Are you coming?” I demanded, and all three of them wore the same lethal expression before nodding.
“Of course we are. Let’s get our son back,” Brax said, bringing Enzi over.
I pulled her into my chest, and she snuggled in.
“We need him back,” Beenie said urgently, her voice filled with fear.
My head snapped up, my eyes clashing with hers. She had a damp forehead, her hair sticking to it as she ran in, pausing with wide eyes.
“We’re going to get him.”
“No, as in you have to. They have to stay together. It’s… I can’t explain it, but you need to get them back together.
“They aren’t like you and your brother. Their shadows, they’re joined or connected or something, and it has to be fixed,” she said, clutching her stomach before dropping to her knees.
“Where’s Cain?” Kai demanded, helping her stand again, her face pale.
“He’s healing Pearl. She was drained, stuffed in a closet,” Beenie breathed. “Lorelai, you have to get Zale and Enzi together. Whatever Silas does to one affects the other, and we can’t let him.”
I walked forward. She knew something, had seen something, and maybe she wanted to keep that a secret, but when it came to my children, I didn’t care.
I pressed my hand against her face and reached my shadows inside her to hear or see what she couldn’t say out loud.
“Lorelai, they are the balance. Joined to be light and dark. They cannot survive without the other. I’ve seen it,” she said in my head, and I faltered back when she shoved me out before I could find what she had seen.
“You can’t see what I saw. It’s forbidden,” she whispered, and I nodded, frowning.
“We were just leaving anyway,” I said back, and she let out a sigh of relief.
Derik frowned and stepped forward then. “I want Zale back too, mate, but we have to do this properly. We need the wolves to organize patrols and protect the city while we’re gone.
“We need supplies, we need a direction. We can’t just run off, or we’ll lose,” he tried, but I shook my head.
“No we won’t. I know where they’re heading. All I need to know is where Silas hides his cowardly face so I can tear the flesh from his bones,” I snarled.
Kai laughed darkly. “Oh, I have been waiting for this my whole life. I’ll get you into the castle, Little Luna,” he promised, and I grinned back at him.
“And Enzi?” Brax nodded to the sleeping baby in my arms.
“She’s coming with us. She needs to be closer to her brother, and I don’t have it in me to trust anyone else with her yet,” I said, and they had no argument.
“So we’re just going to attack the vampires?”
“No,” I said, looking down at Enzi for the strength I needed. “We’re going to save my son from monsters and a fate worse than death that they have planned for him.
“I don’t care what stands in the way of that, I will kill it,” I promised, looking up at them as my magic and shadows grew restless with the rage that polluted me, pouring straight from my heart.
Silas was my nightmare; I wouldn’t let him be my son’s. The balance was literally in my hands, and I knew it was going to take everything I had to get it to favor us.
But I was going to do it.
As we got ready to leave the city, to hunt down the assholes who thought they could take my heart from me without consequences, I felt the same determination in my alphas.
They were in pain, same as I, they were running on pure hatred, same as I, and I knew it was why fate had pushed me so hard, so fast.
I knew it was why I had mated with all three of them, and I knew it was why I’d had twins.
Because it was going to take every ounce of strength that had given me to save my son and the realm.
Maybe I wasn’t full human, full wolf, even full witch, but I was a powerful combination of all three, and I was going to make sure Silas knew just how powerful.
I was a fucking winter born. It was winter, my territory, my months, when others were weaker, slaves to their base instincts, but me? I was sharper than ever, my claws sharper than I could dream.
I was going to really enjoy using them to separate Silas’s head from his body.
Marked by the Alphas
Jen Cooper
1. The Portal
LORELAI
Derik’s mouth took mine, his breaths heavy with mine as I fucked him, slamming my hips down on his. The cushions on the bottom of the tent were everywhere; the fur blankets crumpled to the side as I took what I needed.
A moment of peace in the chaos, so I could focus for the day. Without the touch of my alphas, I was a mess, and I couldn’t afford to be. Not when I was hunting.
Derik gripped my loose braid in his hand, his kisses moving down my neck as he met my hips on each thrust. Pleasure kept me warm, a fire melting away the stress that I knew was waiting to eat at me, but I had to be stronger than it was.
It had been four days, and we still hadn’t caught up to Adrenna. We were on her trail–keeping her running, keeping her from making it to Silas without us intercepting–but it was killing me inside.
My soul was screaming for Zale; it was only soothed by the few moments I allowed myself in my alphas’ arms, and when Enzi was with me. She had been unsettled, crying, and I felt her need as my own; her shadows were leaking out of her all the time, looking for her brother.
It was breaking me, but that’s why I had to let my alphas put me back together.
Their skin on mine, their breaths sharing mine, their bodies gave me a respite so I could do what I needed to.
Kill Adrenna.
I moved faster on Derik, desperate for the finish line, desperate for the relief in my brain so I could get back to work. I didn’t have time for the intimacy I knew they craved, and they had been understanding so far, but they didn’t have a choice.
Derik lay back down against the cushions, his hips bucking into mine as his hands went to my waist, gripping me so he could bury himself farther inside. It was exactly what I needed. I gasped, moaning as pleasure stirred in my core and bubbled over the surface.
“Yes,” I moaned breathily, riding him hard until he was cursing and just as damp with sweat as I was. My orgasm stole my breath, the pleasure making me shudder against him, claws digging into his chest.
He groaned and emptied himself inside while my pussy clutched him tightly before I collapsed on him. He brushed my hair down, kissing the top of my head as he caught his breath. I didn’t give myself that luxury; climbing off his waist, I moved away to shrug into my clothes.
He sat up, running a hand through his short, dark brown hair that had grown slightly longer. It was curling a little at the top, the front falling over his forehead again.
“Brax is with Enzi, and Kai is getting the hunting teams organized this morning, beautiful. We’ve got a couple of minutes.” He tried, as they all did, but I needed to be out there, finding Zale.
I could feel him, his shadows; they were connected to his sister, who I could tap into. I had to make sure he was okay this morning. He hadn’t been in any pain; he was comfortable but ached for me like I did for him.
I wasn’t going to rest properly or take the time to catch my breath. The few moments after giving in to my alphas were the only times my head was clear enough to function.
“Don’t need them. Get dressed. We’re breaking that beast out of its cage today, even if it kills me,” I said, tugging on some leather pants before securing a muslin shirt and vest over my chest. Fuck corsets and dresses. Much to my mother’s horror, of course.
I pulled on my boots and then brushed my hair back as Derik moved over to me, kissing my neck. I sighed. His lips on me never fail to calm my erratic thoughts that had been driving everyone crazy.
“Tabby is meeting us today, beautiful. She’s got what we need to break it out; after that, we’ll have Zale back, okay?” he said.
I nodded, turning to him, and giving him a small kiss before leaving our tent. It was bigger than the others, but that was only because the alphas were freakishly big.
Since I had turned–half turned–the others had grown. I wasn’t sure whether that was the mating being complete, the fact that I was stronger than before, or whether it was a natural progression, but either way, they towered over everyone now.
Brax was still the leanest, but even he had filled out. Kai was a monster, fucking huge, terrifying everyone with his brawn. His wide shoulders and height alone kept him intimidating, even to his pack.
Derik had become as tall as Kai, his arms getting thicker, his waist trimming. If I wasn’t literally losing my mind, I would have taken full advantage of the fact that my alphas were now ridiculously stacked and grown in every area.
I stalked through the huts, scowling at the wolves that were enjoying their morning meal instead of being useful. I disappeared into the main hut like I hadn’t just stolen a few minutes to myself too.
Brax was in there, Enzi tucked against his chest as he and Kai looked over the map of the realm. We had already traced Adrenna all through the forest area, along the borderline.
She was in vampire territory now, and we weren’t far away, but it meant staying on even higher alert. Not that it really mattered anymore. The border was down. We could come across vampires at any point, and I wasn’t willing to wait until they found us to find Zale.
“When are we leaving?” I asked, looking at today’s hunting plans. Little wooden wolves were in place where we were, and no teams were organized for where they were heading.
Kai shook his head. “We’re not. Tabby is heading here, so we’re staying,” he said sternly. His own fury channeled into the pack at all times and kept Adrenna cornered as much as possible.
We had cut her off a few times, but she always slipped past, and it was infuriating every time.
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