Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
“Why does that thought actually make me happy?” Cam rumbles way too close.
“Nope, we are not doing this. You do not get to flirt with me like this, like one of your rando girls to give you your s*x fix.”
I step away from them, eyes still slammed shut. I am so grateful For my enhanced senses. I don’t need to see to move away from them.
“Our s*x fix? Is that what you think you are, Smalls?”
“I don’t know? All I know is that you all had a hard time keeping it in your pants before I left for training. I can’t imagine it has gotten any better since then. You even slept with Kaley, the one person who hates me the most and has done the most to hurt me.”
“We haven’t been with anyone since you left. Don’t believe all of the rumors you hear.”
“That’s hard to believe when I could smell her on you. Not on your clothes, on you, your skin. Your scents were mixed with hers.”
“Just because she tried, often, doesn’t mean we slept with her. Why won’t you believe that?”
I whipped around, my temper flaring. I don’t care that they are absolutely gorgeous specimens and completely naked showing off every cut line and curve of muscle that they have earned from serious training. They both take a step back from my glare. Good they should be afraid right now. My wolf is going feral in my head, trying to break free to teach them a lesson.
“Falsely accuse anyone of betraying their pack recently? Why would I trust the people who would CHOOSE my enemy over me? Who were so blinded that they couldn’t see the truth staring them in the face. YOU CHOSE HER! According to everyone else, including both your parents, should be your everything, your only choice, but they are all wrong, The people who should choose me, like my dad and my brother, always put the job first. Unless the choice is between Sierra and I, Sam chooses me. Oliver chooses me every time, no question. Even knowing I was the enemy that Mike wanted, Robbie chose to save me, risking his own life.”
They both are breathing heavily, jealousy and anger radiating heavily off of both of them. I have never really talked about how my placement in my friends priorities makes me feel
I can feel the tears starting to fall and I turn quickly to hide them. They don’t get to see the pain they caused. I can’t let them see my weakness. Because they are my weakness, they always have been. I love them and not even my warrior brand can stop the feeling like I wish it could right now. I take a shuddering breath and move forward, distracting my thoughts by looking for magic and heading straight for the wolfsbane. We have a job to do and I think that was enough emotional dumping for one day.
The twins shifted into their wolves and came up to walk beside me. Their wolves are an interesting combination of mirror images and inverted colors. Cameron is dark gray with a light gray triangular patch on his chest and at the tip of his tail and ears. Dakota is light gray with the dark gray triangle and tips. of his ears and tail. They are both so massive that their shoulders are almost the same height as mine on all fours. They walk so close to me that I am brushing their sides with my whole arm as we walk. I hate that it is calming. I don’t want them to comfort me when I just want to be mad at them. They don’t talk to me through the mindlink though. There isn’t anything that they can say to me. It’s a point they can’t fight.
It is late afternoon by the time we get all that we need and talk to the other groups, making notes of what we found that is similar and different from each site. We all meet in the backyard of the packhouse and just stare at the fire pit that is still burning. The flame is small and ne inconspicuous so no one would really notice or question it if they walked by the kitchen and looked out the window. And no one really sits out here during the day. The idea was brilliant. Place the heart of the spell right under their noses and keep everyone busy with other tasks and projects and the Omegas who would normally handle it, were probably Alpha commanded to leave it alone and let it burn.
“Now that I’m standing here and really paying attention, I can feel the power flow off of it in waves, like a heartbeat. Can anyone else feel it?” I ask the group. The twins have still not shifted back or talked to me since I told them off. They are just sitting next to me, their wolf’s faces showing no expression.
“I can feel the magic, but not the pulse.”
Oliver says and Dakota’s chest rumbles.
***”Jealous?”*** I ask and get no response from him.
“Hey! Ava!” Sierra says looking over my shoulder. I spin around to see the former Luna. She seems so small and frail, but there is color in her cheeks. She’s trying to hold on.
She looks at me, tilts her head and tries for a weak smile. I walk into her embrace, letting the tears fall again. “My sweet girl. I’m so sorry I left you alone with this. I didn’t think it would be this hard. We talked and planned and did everything we could to make the pain as minimal as possible. How are you doing? That was far too much to ask, but there was no other way.”
She whispers into my hair.
She wraps her arm around my shoulder and leads me in, not giving anyone else attention. I can feel the stares and I don’t know how much of what she said was heard by them, but it was enough to know that was involved with his death.
We head to the formal dining room where the head seat has been left empty, but a single red rose is placed where his plate would have been. My dad, Brett and Kyle are all here waiting by the far wall. Alpha Reggie, Luna Anne, Xander, Oscar, Mina, Nickolas, Gentry, Elena and Osiston are all standing behind their respective chairs. She sits me in the seat next to hers wordlessly, takes her seat to the right of the Alpha’s chair, then everyone else files in and sits.
The one major difference is that my dad, Brett and Kyle take their boys and move them up the table into their former places. Opting to sit towards the middle of the table where the boys used to be. Mateo doesn’t let go of Jena’s hand and sits her next to him as he takes his place next to the twins across from me and Ava. Sam does the same with Sierra, sitting next to Jena. And even Oliver moves Lil up with him, sitting between her and I. They have been talking in low voices and animatedly, well as animated as my broody Gamma can get, since they got back. I wonder what they found?
Just as everyone gets settled, food platters are placed and Ava takes a deep breath to speak, thundering footsteps proceed from the front door after it is banged open. All of us jump to our feet ready for a fight, and then a blonde tornado flies into the room.
“I am so sorry for being late.”
She moves around towards the twins. “I didn’t realize how early you would be having dinner tonight, thank you so much for waiting for me.”
Lil scoffs and Kaley glares at her as she moves towards the empty seat at the head of the table. The only empty seat at the table.
The growl that comes from Ava as Kaley reaches for the chair is one I have never heard her use before and Kaley stops in her tracks, looking terrified.
“We weren’t waiting for you Kaley…”
Dakota starts.
“This dinner is for family and close friends of our father.”
Cam finishes, gesturing around the fully occupied table. “Everyone who should be here has a seat already. You can see yourself out.”
“But, I want to be here to support you. It’s what a good Luna would do.”
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