Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel
It nodded, then pointed to himself and the border. Then he put an A on the ~V~
side.
“Adrenna is on the vampire’s side?”
He nodded again. Tatum growled and stomped his feet.
“Enough charades. We need answers!” he growled, stepping forward, but I cut him off.
“No,” I bit. “Doing anything to him won’t get the answers faster since he literally can’t talk. Use that brain of yours, Tatum, I know it’s in there,” I taunted. He glared at me.
“I am. He is not one of us and was in love with the very witch trying to kill us. He’s also had contact with the vampires. He could be here as a diversion. Or has been manipulated into getting into the city and telling the vamps every single weakness.
We already let one traitor in, I’m not making that mistake again,” he snarled, and then he was being yanked back by his hair. Kai, a head above him, leaned down to his ear.
“Your points are valid, Tatum, but you do not use that tone of voice with my mate, or I will make sure you look as broken as the beast, do you understand?” He said, his voice deadly and rough.
It sent a shiver through me, a good shiver. My wolf really liked it when our mate stood up for us.
“Apologies, Alphas. Luna. I only want us safe,” he said, backtracking. I nodded, smiling at Kai who grinned and winked at me, letting Tatum go before coming back to me.
“These vampires, did they cross the border?” Derik asked, and it nodded. The silence was suffocating.
The beast pointed to himself then, and I frowned. Then his paw went to the border and redrew it, whining.
I sucked in a breath as I realized what he meant.
“You can’t cross the border?”
The beast nodded, and I swore under my breath. Fucking hell.
“So if Adrenna stays over there, then we’re fucked. Was she with the vampires?”
The beast shook his head, slowly, his lids closing. He was dying, and he was our only hope for keeping Adrenna away from us. I wasn’t letting him go, not when he was the best protection against her.
I rushed forward before my alphas could stop me and shook him awake.
“Hey, no, don’t fall asleep. One more question.”
He waited.
“If I heal you, will you protect us? Stay in our territory and defend our city with us?
You can’t hurt the wolves or humans, but the vampires and Adrenna–you can take out. Do you agree to those terms?” I demanded.
It looked between me and the alphas before nodding once. I didn’t hesitate; I let my magic pour from my hands, healing each cut, each bite.
The venom burned me; I felt it in me as I healed him, but I burned it right back, my magic dissolving it.
“Are you sure this is a good idea? The vamps might be trying to get you to use more of your magic?”
“Then they made a mistake because adding to the pack makes us stronger.”
The wolves gasped, and their fear trickled into the link. I kept working.
“He isn’t a part of our pack,” Tatum snapped, but my eyes met his with a sharp glare.
“Isn’t he? Because he is part wolf and so am I. So is Cain. What if by adding him to our pack, we are as strong as him? What if adding him to our link means we can connect with him, he can communicate, and we can always sense where Adrenna is through him? Don’t you think those things are worth it? He is not programmed to kill us, only her,” I said.
Derik smiled at me. “She’s a perfect luna, isn’t she?” He beamed, and I grinned, turning back to the beast and moving around him to heal him.
“You really think adding him to our pack will help, Luna?” Tatum asked, and I nodded. “And you trust him?”
I nodded again.
Tatum closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then stared at me. “Then we trust you and your decision,” he said, and I paused my healing to smile at him.
Those words meant everything to me. I let him know how proud I was in the link, then made sure the rest of the pack were agreeable. By the time I finished healing him, he’d be a part of us, and I had to make sure they were okay with it before I did.
Derik and Kai were in there too, Brax hanging back so he could concentrate on the twins and sensing everything around them, but I knew he was okay with it.
Anything that protected them was worth it all.
The pack seemed to think so too because they agreed, warmth spreading through my veins at the agreement, the overwhelming support they gave me had me taking a shuddery breath.
“Thank you,” I whispered, then looked up as Kai and Derik bent down in front of the beast who was staring at them.
“Do you understand what’s happening?” Derik asked, and the beast nodded.
“We’re letting you become a part of us; we are a family, and the pack’s interests will always come first, do you understand?” Kai said. The beast hesitated his nod, and I felt his reluctance.
“We know you are bound by a curse. Killing Adrenna is our priority too,” I reassured, and the beast nodded slowly.
“You will feel what we feel, think what we think, and hear what we hear. Are you willing to take that on?” Derik asked, but before the beast could answer, his eyelids dropped closed, and he passed out.
I finished healing him and stood up. He wasn’t linked yet, but I could feel the tentative connection trying to.
“Let’s put him in the stables. It’s big enough to house him for now,” I said, and the pack moved to grab him, half lifting, half dragging him toward the stables where the other livestock were.
I ordered the farmers to check in on him and have food and water for him. They went off to do it, and I turned to Derik and Kai.
“How do we bring him into the pack?”
“He has to agree to the oath, kind of like the one you took,” Kai said, reminding me with a suggestive waggle of his brows.
I grinned at the reminder and playfully shoved him, but he grabbed me instead of letting me go and pulled me in for a heated kiss that had my toes curling.
“The guard around the perimeter is going to double overnight while the beast is out in case Adrenna or the vampires are tracking him back here,” Derik said, then eyed the forest beyond the closing gates. I turned to look, shivering at the darkness.
“I’m going to run patrol,” Kai said, kissing over my face. “I want first shot at any vamps that try to come at us.” He grinned.
I slipped my hand into Derik’s and watched as Kai ripped into a wolf, a huge ass wolf just like his human form, then laughed as he nuzzled into my neck, tickling it before running off. Derik shook his head and tucked me under him.
“We should get some sleep,” Derik said, but I had another idea.
“Actually, I was wondering if it was safe to go to Tabby’s, or do I need to get her to come to me?” I asked. Derik frowned.
“Why?”
“I want to see if there is a way to lift the curse from the beast once all this is over,” I said. Derik nodded, thinking hard.
“We’ll get Cain to summon her here,” Derik said, pulling me toward the mansion.
He led me upstairs, heading toward the nursery, and reached out in the link to Cain.
“Can you summon your mother for tomorrow?”
“Why? It’s hard for her to travel away from the swamp,” Cain replied.
“Lorelai wants to talk to her, and I’d rather she not head there herself. But if it’s too much for Tabitha, then we can find another way to talk to her,” Derik explained.
“I can talk to her through your mind again,” I offered. Cain was immediately agreeable.
“Meet me in an hour? In the tower?” he replied.
I agreed, then closed the link off.
I grinned at Derik and hauled him into the nearest room, which was a tiny bathroom. I kissed him. He held my face, meeting my kiss, and kicked the door shut.
“I’m normally more of a sex-anywhere-but-the-bathroom kind of guy, but I’ve changed my mind,” he grinned. Then he kept kissing me, his mouth hot and demanding as he slid his tongue past mine.
“We’ve got an hour, Alpha, make it count,” I teased. He met my smirk with one of his own and lowered down my body, kissing as he went. My flesh was riddled with goosebumps, the fire flaring behind my skin as I gripped the vanity.
Derik peeled my pants from my body, slowly and torturously patient, kissing and caressing my skin as he went. It was so different from last time; the need was so much more intense. The affection and attraction in his mind when he touched me leaked into every pore, spilling desire and need.
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