Two Mated Alphas

His Daughter?

Sebastian’s POV

WHY DOES ALPHA EASTON’S LUNA SMELL LIKE OUR MATE!?!? Alaric roared in my head. I choked on a growl from erupting deep within my chest, reaching for the glass of water in front of me. I could not lose control here and in this moment.

Alaric: CALM. DOWN.

But she SMELLS LIKE MATE!!!

I began to feel Alaric push for control. He wanted to claim this female, another man’s Luna, in front of the entire Alpha’s Circle. I gripped the sides of my chair until my knuckles turned white while I held my breath to keep from breathing in her intoxicating scent. I closed my eyes, confident that they had turned a bright gold as Alaric thrashed to take control. I heard Alpha Easton begin to speak and I tried to focus on what he was saying to offer me some distraction. Some. It didn’t help that he’s the man who has MY mate as HIS Luna. Every fiber in my body wanted to attack, but for some miraculous reason I was able to hang on to the last thread of my sanity. Attacking an Alpha like Alpha Easton could be deadly. I had youth and muscle on my side, but he had years of being an Alpha and being the great-grandson of the strongest wolf to ever exist on his.

“…. Many of you have long awaited to meet the next in line for the title of Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack. It is with my greatest honor and pleasure that I, Alpha Easton Charles Laurent present the next in line, my daughter, James Brooks Laurent.”

The room was dead silent. His DAUGHTER?

The female to Alpha Easton’s right side is his DAUGHTER and the future ALPHA, not his Luna. As this clarity sunk in, Alaric began to calm down. I released my death grip on my chair, feeling the indentation of my fingers forever marked in the frame. Slowly, one by one, the shocked Alpha’s begin murmuring:

“There’s never been a female Alpha before”

“Where is your son, Alpha Easton?”

“Do you have a son?”

“Fools! James isn’t his son but his daughter!”

“Is it allowed for a female to be Alpha?”

“There is no law against a female Alpha”

“This is Alpha Easton’s decision and we must respect it”

Alpha Easton smiled softly as he heard the muttering from the circle.

“Many of you are not fully aware, but I have no sons. From the day my firstborn, my daughter, came into this world we knew that she would do great things. And we knew we would raise her and train her to be the Blood Moon Pack’s next Alpha. Female Alphas occur in wild wolves, our ancestors, and so they can occur amongst us. She is ready to take her place as Alpha once she reaches her 25th birthday this May” Alpha Easton proclaimed, looking down on his daughter with more pride than any Alpha had ever shown his son in this meeting. My dad was pretty damn proud of me and he never looked at me like that.

His daughter, James, smiled up at him and stood. She’s of average height, and my Goddess her body made me want to do sinful things. She looked around the room, emitting a commanding presence; the strongest Alpha aura I’d ever felt in this room. Even stronger than Alpha Easton’s.

“Thank you, Alpha Easton. I, James Brooks Laurent, accept this honor and privilege to serve as Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, with my Beta, Wren Louis Stone and Gamma, Mason Lee Devereaux. We humbly ask for acceptance to this honorable council, and pledge to protect the laws of nature and of our kind. I believe the words of Jack London fit for our pledge today when he said: The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. We vow to serve and protect, to lead and to follow, and uphold the sacred traditions of our kind. I vow to lay down my life for Blood Moon.”

Her voice was like the sweetest melody. She spoke and it was like I was drawn in like a sailor to a siren’s song. Alaric purred as he listened to her talk. Her plush red lips curled into a sexy smirk as she surveyed the room. Her Alpha aura pulsed and grew stronger, almost suffocating.

Many of the other Alpha’s were floored. If they had any doubts about her power as an Alpha, the way she spoke and presented herself shattered any of those doubts. Alpha Easton and his Beta and Gamma scanned the room, smiles playing at their mouths. They knew she was something special, something powerful, and they were witnessing all of the other Alpha’s realizing it. Her Beta Female had a stern look as she surveyed the room, arms crossed, almost daring anyone to reject her Alpha.

Alpha Easton cleared his throat.

“James Brooks Laurent, I welcome you to the Alpha’s Circle as my heir, the next Alpha to sit on the council as Alpha of Blood Moon”. He beamed at his daughter and his Alpha aura began to swell with pride. Between the two of them, most of us were floored at how powerful they were.

One by one, each of the Alphas began applauding. Before I realized it, I was clapping my hands, completely mesmerized by her triumphant smile. It was only then that she looked at me and into my eyes. All of a sudden it felt like the air was sucked out of the room.

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James’ POV

I had to hold my breath as the meeting began and my father introduced me while I tried to discreetly breathe through my mouth. I had to maintain my composure, as the scent of the Alpha across from me was driving me up the wall. I had worked too hard and for far too long to let one delicious smelling male derail this for me. My father spoke the words that for so long we dreamed of, and I recited my acceptance back to the group of wolves. When I finished speaking, one by one they applauded me and bowed their heads, showing they were accepting me as the next Alpha to join the circle. I looked around the room with a smile on my face, relief washing over my body. I looked each Alpha in the eye, and then locked eyes with him last. It immediately felt like my heart and stomach had swapped places.

He was tall and muscular, more so than any Alpha in the room. He had light golden skin that stretched over his muscles perfectly. His da rk hair was short on the sides and longer on the top and was mussed perfectly. His face was outlined in this perfect reddish scruff, and his eyes were deep and dark. His plush lips were pulled back in a smile as his eyes raked over my body. I could feel myself begin to blush as I realized he was taking all of me in. Ember purred in my head.

That, my girl, is our MATE. Dear Goddess, isn’t he the most delicious thing you’ve ever seen?

Ember, calm down. Yes, he’s attractive, but he’s an Alpha. He absolutely cannot be our mate!

Too bad, he’s our mate.

An uneasy feeling settled in the pit of my stomach. If this man was my mate and he was an Alpha, that was a threat. I quickly buried the thought and basked in the moment, the happiest moment of my life.

As the applause died down, I settled back into my seat and we continued the rest of the meeting. I listened as the other Alpha’s gave updates to the others. They went in the order of “Alpha seniority”, meaning the Alpha’s who were a part of the council longest went first, newbies went last. The last Alpha to speak was the gorgeous man across from me. I held my breath and refused to look at him as he rose to provide his updates. His voice was husky and so incredibly sexy. I started bouncing my leg up and down under the table impatiently as I waited for him to stop talking. I did learn that he was Alpha Sebastian Caspian of the Opal Moon Pack. They were a powerful pack, not too far from ours. Pretty much our neighbors. I spent the rest of the time reciting to myself the history of their pack with ours as a distraction.

The meeting adjourned and my father began speaking to and catching up with the other Alphas. A few of the men and women came up to me and congratulated me. Some comments were genuine while others were a bit back handed. It was evident who wasn’t taking the news of a female Alpha too well. Alpha Sebastian hung back in the other corner by the bar with his Beta and Gamma, his back turned to me, shoulders rigid.

When most of the people who wanted to talk to me had said their peace and moved along to the bar and the mini circles of conversation in the room, I felt my sister’s arms wrap me in a hug.

“You did so good JJ! I’m so proud of you!”

She released me from her hug and wrapped her arms around Wren. He looked at me and stretched out his hand.

“Congratulations…... Alpha James” he said with a wink.

“I’m not Alpha yet, Beta Wren” I laughed as I took his hand and we did our signature handshake. When we were done, I noticed Mason walk up behind Wren with the biggest grin on his face.

I turned my attention from Wren to him, and he stretched his arms wide and I walked in for the hug. Mate or not, we still had a very special bond with one another.

As soon as Mason’s arms circled my body, I heard glass shattering and a deafening roar from across the room. I turned my head at the sound and saw Alpha Sebastian with shards of glass falling out of his hand and his eyes were glowing gold. His face was twisted in a murderous snarl and before I could register what was happening Wren had placed Irina behind him and shifted to flank Mason, who had crouched protectively in front of me. Their eyes began to glow gold as well, and I could tell they didn’t take this lightly.

Alpha Sebastian’s men moved to flank him and tensed, ready to defend their leader. Alpha Sebastian was trembling, and it was clear his wolf was about to force him to shift. This led Wren and Mason to be even more on edge. If things didn’t de-escalate quickly, there was going to be a lot of damage done to this lovely conference room. I noticed out of the corner of my eye that my father, Francis, Cedric, as well as some of the older Alphas were looking on expectantly. I knew that this was a chance to prove myself. I squared my shoulders and spoke with my strongest voice:

“Wren, Mason, stand down.”

They immediately shifted out of their defensive stances and Mason moved reluctantly to the side for me to step forward.

“Alpha Sebastian, is there a problem here?” I asked, raising an eyebrow and setting my lips in a hard, firm line. No one threatens my Beta and Gamma, and they sure as hell don’t threaten me. I was next in line to be a powerful Alpha of a powerful pack.

At the sound of my voice, Alpha Sebastian seemed to calm down. His face still looked murderous, but his eyes had stopped glowing and he stopped trembling. He took a step forward, and Wren and Mason tensed. I held my hand up to them to remind them to stand down. I looked at each of them and continued to walk toward Alpha Sebastian.

The smell of cedar and lavender was everywhere and Ember was distracting me with her panting. As I drew closer to him, Alpha Sebastian froze. I repeated myself:

“Alpha Sebastian, what is the – “

Before I could finish my question, he pounced and raced towards me. He grabbed me by the shoulders and slammed me on the conference room table, pinning me down with my hands above my head. I could see out of the corner of my eye Wren and Mason flinch, but they had their orders to stand down. They could not disobey. Irina stared wide eyed as I laid on the table, pinned under another Alpha.

Alpha Sebastian’s face was dangerously close to mine. His scent was making my head spin and if I reached up a few inches, my lips could brush his. I wanted nothing more in that moment than to kiss him. I stared into his eyes and felt an overwhelming pull to be with him. What I could only guess to be the mate bond started overwhelming my senses and set every single nerve on fire. So, this is what that magical mate bond felt like, but what the f**k just happened?