Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel
“Don’t be. The fates wouldn’t give me just them, just be patient,” I tried, not entirely sure I was telling the truth.
“Or because of what I am and what I did to become what I am, I will not get to mate at all,” Brax said, looking away as he climbed off the bed.
I shook my head. “Brax, I’m a winter born human, pregnant with a werewolf, mated to two of them, linked to all three of you.
“If ever there was an example of defying the odds, of being the exception to the rule, it is us,” I reassured him, which had him glancing down at my stomach.
He traced a finger down it, then leaned down to kiss me. “Congratulations, Spitfire,”
he said, then left before I could call him back.
I sighed and turned to Derik, who was eyeing me with an intense look that made me shiver. Kai had the same look. Something solidified between them, both recognizing me as their mate.
It made me happy, and I wanted them both as mates, I just wished Brax could be a part of that. I hated that he was left out.
I needed him too. He was my connection, he was the one that understood my shadows, understood that part of me like the others didn’t and probably never would.
But I believed what we had was strong enough, and I had hope that Brax would eventually be mine too. So, for now, I was going to enjoy my mates and when Brax came back, him too.
I moved to the bathroom, looking over my shoulder at my hungry mates on the bed.
They were insatiable, and I had a small window to get the last of the heat from my veins.
“Coming with me? I need to wash before going to see my mother.” I smiled, and they both came in with me.
I sat in the bath, my alphas washing me, caressing me, still stuck in the aftercare stage of the heat. I wasn’t complaining, but my heart ached for Brax.
“Brax?” I asked down our link, and he let me in. He was running as his wolf.
“Just clearing my head, Spitfire. I’ll be there soon,” he said, and I watched through his eyes as he ran.
“It doesn’t feel right without you here, the aftercare stuff. It feels like a part of me is missing,” I said quietly, communicating in our minds.
Kai and Derik respected the privacy of our conversation and stayed silent, but I had no doubt they were listening.
Brax slowed his run, then sighed and began to run back. “I’m on my way, Spitfire,”
he breathed, and I smiled, that smile faltering as a wolf padded out in front of Brax.
He paused, and his heart raced harder. I frowned and leaned forward in the bath, watching what was going to happen.
Brax was annoyed, but I couldn’t understand why. Not until the wolf shifted.
Fucking Garrett. Brax snarled, and my breath hitched as Garrett snarled right back.
“Kai. Derik,” I whispered.
They were frozen, probably watching the same thing I was.
“Fuck,” Kai said, and stood.
I did too, and looked as Derik and Kai pulled their pants on. “What’s wrong?” I asked, knowing something was as I watched Garrett circle Brax.
“Brax?” I whispered, and he tried to soothe my worry, but I couldn’t stow it away.
The tension was too tight in the link.
“Garrett’s going to challenge him. Caught him on his own so we wouldn’t be there as backup.”
I looked back down the link as Garrett smirked.
“Brax. The youngest. The weakest.”
He grinned, and I scoffed. He was an idiot if he thought Brax was the weakest.
He was the most controlled around the others, the most standoffish, and maybe to a werewolf that seemed weak, but Brax wasn’t.
He had his shadows, and the rage that brought was something unrivaled–even by a pissed-off werewolf.
“Brax, you’ve got this. Even if he challenges you, you can beat him,” I said, and Brax smiled, his eyes never leaving Garrett.
“Thanks, Spitfire,” he breathed, right before Garrett howled and announced his challenge.
Kai and Derik each kissed me before heading out the door. I wrapped a towel around myself and followed them through.
“I’m going to go sit with my mom. I’ll be watching. Please be safe,” I said, and Kai grinned, rolling his shoulders back.
“We just got all filled with the heat and mating, and your magic runs in our link, a fact that Garrett doesn’t know but is about to learn the hard way. A new runt to the litter sounds fun though.”
He laughed and walked away as Derik shook his head. “We’ll be careful. Sorry we can’t enjoy the mating moment a little more. We have to go be there for Brax,” he said, and I nodded.
“Of course. Go.” I gave him one last kiss, my finger brushing over the mating mark.
He deepened the kiss, then gave me a reluctant look before taking off after Kai.
I rushed over to the window and saw them turning into wolves, howling like crazy as the rest of the pack started surrounding Garrett and Brax.
“Be careful, Brax,” I said, and he nodded once, his eyes trained in on Garrett, who was circling.
Brax was bigger than Garrett and had the alpha advantage.
“I will. I’m going to push you out a little, Spitfire. When he lands his hit, I don’t want you feeling it,” Brax said, and I let him do it.
But I still hovered, needing to make sure he was going to be okay.
I rushed through to the wardrobe, throwing on the easiest dress to put on myself, then slipped my feet into the flats that were there.
I ran down to my mom’s room and knocked. She let me in, her smile faltering as she took in my expression. I shut the door behind me and went to her, hugging her tight.
“Did something happen?” she asked, and I nodded.
“Wolf politics. They’re a little violent.” I winced as Garrett went for Brax, bursting into his wolf to attack.
Brax sidestepped and swiped his claws across him, clamping his mouth down on his neck, throwing him across the clearing with a feral snarl.
Garrett charged again, and I tensed as his teeth came too close to Brax.
Nausea swirled in my stomach as I watched.
“Sit down, sweetie,” my mom said, helping me to the little table and chairs by her window.
I sank into a chair and she poured me a tea. I held it, drawing on the warmth as I watched Brax in my mind.
“Brax is being challenged; he’s fighting with another wolf for the alpha spot. I hate seeing him so close to being hurt.”
My mom’s hand came over mine, and I blinked away the tears that had sprung up as Garrett’s teeth sank into Brax’s hide. He yelped and swatted Garrett away, claws scraping across his face.
I winced as Brax fought for dominance.
He was clearly faster and stronger, but he was refusing to use his shadows on his pack member. He didn’t want to have that advantage, he wanted to beat him as a wolf, but I hated seeing him hurt.
“You’re quite pale. Maybe pull back a little? I don’t understand the link stuff, but maybe it is not safe for you?” she said, but I shook my head.
“I have to know he is okay.” I trembled as he was pinned to the ground, Garrett’s teeth gnashing at him, almost reaching his neck.
Brax growled and threw him off as Kai and Derik edged the sidelines, looking deadly as they stood there, legs apart, hulking frames dominating the space.
They were lending strength to Brax, and he was refusing it.
I shook my head at the thoughts he was trying to keep to himself. The self-destructive ones. The ones that told him he was strong enough on his own, that he didn’t need the others’ strength.
But that was the point of having merged the three separate packs, to be one unit, and not using Derik’s and Kai’s power seemed like a distinctly sulky move after not mating.
I understood it, I just didn’t agree with it.
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