Chapter 175 – Owned by the Alphas Novel Free by Jen Cooper

Filed to story: Owned by the Alphas Novel

I cried out as he did, the link between us driving just as deep inside me.

It was the same as Kai and Derik when we had mated but was also so much more because this time, I was one of them, feeling the mating as one of them, not secondhand through the forced link.

It was my own mating brand burning into me, and that brought an entirely new level of complexity to what was happening inside.

Brax claimed me like a savage, making sure we both knew who we belonged to, and I devoured every part of it.

I let my body do what it needed to, felt everything he gave me until the pleasure became too much, the connection too strong.

Our shadows took over inside. The mating link shone so bright, I was blinded by it.

And then it hit: the orgasm that stole my breath, my heart, my thoughts.

It was just him, like I had been held back for so long that now the dam had broken, my soul was satiating its starvation.

A steady diet of alpha was exactly what it ordered, and the second Brax was fully mine, the mating complete, my mind opened.

I sucked in a breath, clutching my chest as he pulled out of me, breathing just as hard, pulling me up to stand with him, Kai, and Derik.

“Welcome to our pack, Little Luna.” Kai kissed my cheek, his lips helping everything pile in.

Every emotion that ran through every wolf in the pack poured into me, every voice they had asking what they were meant to be doing, the council who were barking orders at their wolves to delegate, the ones that were worried, the ones that were training, patrolling.

It was all there, so heavy and so light all at the same time.

I slipped into the link so seamlessly before I turned to Derik. “This is what you feel all the time?” I breathed, my body still tingling in aftermath.

Brax kept me close, his hands still caressing me, running over my skin like he couldn’t help it, but when I looked down, apparently neither could I because my nails–that were still talons–were running down his arm.

He looked down at me and smiled. “We’ll teach you how to block it out and only let it in when you want to, but most of the time, we leave it as open as we can so that we can always be there for the pack.

“And they can draw on our strength when they need to,” Brax explained, and I nodded.

It made sense, but it was intimidating.

“So what we just did, if we do things like that, they’ll feel it?” I asked.

Kai laughed. “No. They only feel what we feel during the heat. That’s the only time it opens both ways, otherwise it’s up to us.”

“Oh. Good.” I smiled, my canines scraping again.

“How do I get my hair, teeth, and nails back?” I asked. “And why don’t I get to be a full wolf like you?”

“Will it. Our wolves are magic, just more personalized. Will yourself back and it will happen. It took Brax a full week of being a wolf to figure it out, so don’t be worried if it doesn’t happen straightaway,” Derik reassured me.

As he said it, I took a deep breath in, closing my eyes, picturing my reflection because I wasn’t sure how else to do it. When I opened my eyes again, my claws were gone.

I grinned, and so did Derik. Kai just smirked at Brax, who rolled his eyes.

I curled into him, kissing his damp pec, not meaning to show him up, just not wanting to claw my babies trying to feed them if I couldn’t get myself back.

“And the full wolf thing?”

“We were wondering the same thing, but we’re guessing it’s to do with the magic in you. Same stuff that Cain has, so you get hybrid wolf instead, a partial shift like him,” Derik guessed.

I looked down at my hands, missing the claws already. I wasn’t disappointed that I probably wouldn’t turn fully, but I had been looking forward to running with them as one.

“We can take you running with us later, Little Luna. For now though, let’s go back and see our little heirs before getting some rest.

“We need to take it in turns in case Adrenna or the vampires turn up. Then tomorrow,” Kai said, his face hardening, “we release a beast to tear the bitch apart and come up with a plan for the vampires.”

I nodded. It sounded fucking amazing to me. Especially since it meant more snuggles with Zale and Enzi before some much more intimate snuggles with my alphas.

That was the paradise I wanted to remember before the realm went to shit because there was no doubt in my mind that was Silas’s very intention.

40. The Price

LORELAI

I had a restless sleep. I couldn’t close my eyes without thinking about the vampires and Adrenna breaking in while I was sleeping and taking the twins.

I sat up, my head against the headboard as I looked out the open doors at the night that was a constant thing at the moment.

The twins were asleep, I could feel that, my shadows checking in on them every few seconds, but it made me nervous being away from them.

Mom had reassured me that it was normal, but I couldn’t shake the feeling.

“Sleep, Little Luna. You’re going to need it,” Kai said, his eyes still closed next to me, his hand on my stomach, rubbing it tenderly.

“I’m still adjusting,” I said, and he smiled in his half-sleep.

“You’ve got an entire childhood to stress about them, probably adulthood too. Let tonight be the night you don’t.”

“If only it was that easy,” I murmured back, running my hand through his hair, playing with the dark strands.

“We clearly didn’t tire you out enough.” He chuckled, peering up at me.

I looked down at him, leaning to kiss the top of his head. “I am tired, just…have a feeling. I need to go check on them,” I said, then climbed over him and out of bed.

That woke Brax up straightaway, his hand going to the empty spot I had been in.

Derik was awake; he was on watch but not in the room.

He had been working with the pack to fortify the city and get the humans settled safely in. But he had always done that in his office, so he didn’t keep us awake.

I reached out to him, smiling when I found him in the bar. He was having a drink, grinning as the wolves patted him on the back, offering congratulations with rounds.

He had his work with him at the booth he had taken up, but he was happy, and that spread through me.

I had been waiting for that feeling, the one that reminded me we had everything we needed, everything we had asked for, but it was still lingering in the back of my mind that everything came with a price.

What if we hadn’t paid it?

I pulled on a gown then opened the door.

“Where are you going, Spitfire?” Brax asked, sitting up and raking a hand through his long blond strands.

“To check on Zale and Enzi,” I said, my body tugging me that way.

“Bring them back here to sleep so you can get some,” Kai said.

I nodded. That sounded way better than having them in a separate room.

I went into the nursery, smiling as I went to the bassinets, seeing both of them sleeping soundly. I thought seeing them both there, safe, would help comfort my racing heart, but it didn’t. I couldn’t leave them.

I picked up Enzi first. She curled into me, sighing, little bubbles on her lips before she fell back into her deep sleep. I smiled and walked her back to Kai and Brax.

Brax was back snoring; he was as attached to sleep as I usually was, but Kai was up, smiling as he held his arms out. I put Enzi in his hold, then kissed her on her soft forehead.

“I’ll go get your brother,” I whispered, then left the room again.

The corridor was cold. The dark night of winter kept the flames on the wall torches constantly needing relighting, but at least they offered a bit of warmth.

I shivered as I went back to the nursery, going to get Zale.

But he wasn’t there.

My heart stopped, panic rising in my throat, my chest closing in as instant tears sprung to my eyes.

“Zale?” I said out loud, despite knowing it wouldn’t do a thing. I looked around the room, my eyes darting, my mind racing.

I ran to the doorway, looking up and down the corridor for anyone, my mom or Galen or even Cain, who might have just taken him for a walk so his fussing didn’t wake me, but there was no one.

Pure rage woke in me, and I ran back to his bassinet, checking it one last time to make sure I wasn’t going crazy. I wasn’t.

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