The Black Forest's Beta

Chapter 6

Beta Raphael led Ozzy and I to our room, I felt my mouth drop open as I saw how big the bed was. I giggled and ran over to it, I peeled off my shoes and climbed on the bed before I began jumping. I heard laughing and I looked at my mate and brother who were both watching with smiles on their faces. 

"It's so big!" I said while giggling, I had stopped jumping and was just standing, looking at them. 

"Why don't you get down, then you my Emmaline, can get ready for a day of shopping." I smiled and sat down before climbing off the bed. 

"Do you have any more clothes?" He smirked and brought a large black suitcase to the bed, he opened it and I went over. I pulled out a grey t-shirt, and a pair of boxers, once I had them I ran into the bathroom and took a quick shower using hotel soaps. After drying off and pulling on his clothes I left the bathroom finding Beta Raphael in the same clothes he had been wearing. Ozzy looked strange seeing as he too was wearing a few of his clothes. 

Ozzy walked over to me and wiggled a brush in my face. I sat on the bed and he brushed my hair as my mate went into the bathroom. "There are only two beds Em." Ozzy said after getting through the worst snarls. "Are gonna share with me or Beta Raphael?" I sighed as I thought for a moment. 

"My mate, even if I did stay with you I have a feeling I would wake up with him anyway." Ozzy chuckled as I took the brush and did his hair. 

"So you like your mate?" Ozzy asked as I brushed his snarled hair. 

"I do." I said lightly. 

"What's the matter?" He asked catching the tone of worry. 

"I'm scared Oz, not of him, but the rest of their pack. I know he won't let them hurt me, but I don't want to fail them. When Alpha Gunter finds his mate, I will be her beta. I don't know if I'm strong enough for that." 

"You will be. Once you're all healed, you will shift and you'll be even stronger." 

"He's right miele." I turned to Beta Raphael as he stepped into the room. He was wearing only a pair of sweat pants showing off the glorious ink on his chest. His hair was imperfect which was absolutely perfect. On his right shoulder was a raven in flight, on his left bicep thorns wrapped around his arm, small roses of different colors sat between the thorns. His chest was filled with different in patterns. One of those shapes was a moon. 

He walked over to where we were sitting and sat on the other side, taking my hand in his. "You are going to be the perfect beta female Emmaline." I smiled at him before pulling away from them both and crawling up to the head of the bed and slipping under the blankets. 

"They are cozy." I said looking at my mate who chuckled. 

"You're gonna want to get out of there, I have food coming up for us." I pouted my lips. and he chuckled again. "You don't want to make the blankets a mess do you?" 

"No." I sighed. “But I’m staying here until the food arrives, I’m comfortable.” 

“That’s how I want you miele.” I smiled at him, my thoughts quickly turned inappropriate as I stared at him. In my old pack I had read romance books that had very descriptive details of s*x. In that moment as I laid beneath the blankets I felt my stomach clench and my mouth water, as I thought about his hands roaming my body. His lips tasting every part of me. The sweat that would roll down his chest, I could feel his hot breath on my neck as he leaned down to claim me. “Emmaline.” I was brought from my vivid daydream by the growl that tore from Beta Raphael. 

His eyes were black, showing an emotion other than anger. I covered my blazing face with my hands as I realized he could smell the arousal that had leaked out of my core. “Sorry.” I squeaked as I jumped out of the bed and rushed to the bathroom, cleaning the slick that had drenched my p***y and thighs. Once I was confident that the scent was mostly gone I opened the door, a wall gently pushed me back into the bathroom as Beta Raphael looked down at me with a strange look on his face. 

“I don’t want to make you uncomfortable Emmaline, but I need to know what you were not thinking about another man in there.” His eyes were wild and held a weird look in them. 

“I...uh...you know I like to read….and...well some of the authors were very descriptive…” He sighed and his eyes flashed in disappointment before he plastered on a small fake smirk. 

“So your little mind isn’t too innocent.” He teased. I chuckled nervously as I looked at the floor with red cheeks. I moved forward and wrapped my arms around his waist and placed my head on his shoulder. He seemed to purr as he returned the embrace. 

“I promise I wasn’t thinking about another person touching my body.” I felt him sigh as he put his head down in my shoulder. We pulled apart when a knock sounded on the door to the hotel room. We walked out of the bathroom and I sat on the bed licking my lips as I smelled something delectable. Beta Raphael wheeled a small cart into my view and handed me a plate with different items on it. 

“I love lobster.” I told him as I dug into the crustacean. He sat next to me and began eating something I never tried. I tapped his shoulder and opened my mouth, I heard him laugh before the food was placed on my tongue. I chewed on it and smiled when I determined I liked it, just not as much as lobster. “What is that called?” 

“East Lothian beef, braised truffle barley and Scottish girolles.” He said after swallowing his bite. 

“What do you have Ozzy?” 

“Tasmanian salmon.” He said happily as he munched. “It’s really good!” I laughed as I continued eating the lobster and cauliflower cheese bread. Once I was full I set my nearly empty plate on the tray and laid back on the bed with a hand on my full stomach. 

I smiled at my mate when he put his large hand on my belly and gave it a light squeeze. “Perfect.” I let out a deep breath as I let the food settle in my belly. Once he and Ozzy were done the rest was taken away by a guy my age who seemed terrified of my mate. I watched as Beta Raphael went to the other bed and sat down. He noticed the little pout I gave him and he raised an eyebrow. I huffed lightly before climbing up to the pillows and sliding under the blankets. 

I wanted to lay next to him, but it looked like he had other plans. I felt the bed move and I looked at Ozzy who kissed my forehead before turning off his light. I layed in the bed awake as Ozzy and my mate fell asleep. I heard Cassie whimper in the back of my head, she wanted to be next to her mate. Giving up on being nice enough to respect his decision to sleep in a different bed I got up and crawled in beside him. Once the blankets enveloped me in his scent I found my heavy eyelids closing rapidly. I curled up next to my mate and sighed as I drifted off to sleep. 

Feeling refreshed was something new, I actually wanted to wake up, I was excited to see Beta Raphael. When I opened my eyes I found his dark orbs looking down at me with a weird expression, it was the same one from the day before. 

“When did you move?” He asked in a sleep ridden morning voice. I shuddered as my body heated up, my face did too as his nose flared and his eyes darkened even more. 

“Uh….about an hour after you fell asleep. I couldn’t sleep.” He smirked as he wrapped his arms around me and pulled my body into his. 

“That’s okay, I liked waking up to you drooling on the pillow.” I felt my eyes widen before I felt the side of my face where there was in fact dried slobber. 

“That’s gross.” I said wiping the crusty drool away. 

“But you looked so cute.” He cooed while pinching my cheek.

“Emma.” I turned to Ozzy who was still sleeping. His face was scrunched up as he whimpered, my heart hurt as I got out of bed and scurried to his side. “Em.” He whimpered again, tears ran down his face. I felt myself whine as I brushed his tears away. 

“Ozzy wake up.” He was dazed as he looked around, I had shaken his shoulder in an attempt to wake him. He tilted his head and cried a few more tears, each one I wiped away. 

“Emma?” He asked, shaking his head, his eyes cleared before he pulled me into a strong hug. 

“Tell me Oz.” I said running my hand through his hair. When it came to Ozzy I was no longer a scared little girl, he depended on me, so for him I had to be strong. 

“We couldn’t save you in time.” He said as he cried on my shoulder. “You didn’t make it Emma. I was left all alone.” I shushed him as he tried to calm down. 

“I won’t leave you Ozzy. You are stuck with me forever, and ever. When you meet your mate she better be okay with living with us in Germany.” 

“I love you Emma.” He said pulling away, his dark eyes were red where they should be white. 

“I love you too Ozzy. Go take a shower and clean up, when you’re done I’ll braid your hair.” He hugged me one last time before kissing my head and heading into the bathroom. Once the door was closed I got off the bed and went to Beta Raphael who held me tightly. 

“I wish we had gotten there sooner miele.” He said sadly. 

“I don’t. If you hadn’t found me that way, the Cold-stone pack members wouldn’t have paid for all of their sins.”

“I’m sure they would have once Alpha Gunter and I realized you had been abused. I mean you have scars, by the way, did they use silver on you?” He tightened his grip as if he were afraid of the answer.

“Once, they used silver once.” I said with a sigh. “I scarred because of how weak and distant Cassie is. I healed like a human, getting scars unlike most wolves.” He pulled back and lifted my chin with his finger so I was looking up at him. 

“I can’t wait until you can shift again, you will be so much happier once your wolf is stronger.” I smiled, mirroring his face. I reached up with my hand and played with a lock of his hair sighed dreamily when I felt how soft it was. 

“Woah, your hair is soft.” I mumbled. He chuckled and kissed my forehead as Ozzy came out of the bathroom. I went over to him and brushed his hair before pulling it back into a braid like I had promised. He returned the favor by braiding mine, I looked at Beta Raphael who smiled at us and walked over, pulling up the small sleeve on my left arm. 

“I like the tattoo.” I giggled while my heart skipped in happiness. “How were you able to afford them?” 

“I did some work for the owner of the tattoo parlor, the piercings and tattoos were payment, speaking of I lost my nose ring, do you think they’ll have any in the stores here?” 

“I’m positive they will, now get some pants on and we’ll head out.” I nodded and rummaged through his suitcase finding a pair of pants and long black socks. My heels hurt from wearing my shoes without them. Once I was somewhat presentable Beta Raphael, Ozzy and I began walking out of the hotel. He brought us to a room where people with strange scents milled. 

“Why do they smell strange?” I asked my mate. 

“They are humans miele, they have no wolves, now, you cannot talk about your wolf in front of them. Humans are a strange species, they read and want us to be real, but if they knew we were they would hunt us down. We would be called monsters because we are different from them, hell they can’t even accept some of their own species. Let alone a whole other species.” 

“Okay.” Ozzy and I said together. We followed my mate to a table filled with food, just like the one at Alpha Grey’s pack. We got plates and grabbed food. Even though I got more than I had the previous day it was nothing to the huge mountain on Beta Raphael’s plate. We sat down and began eating as a woman in a black top and slivery skirt with loud shoes walked over to us. 

“Excuse me.” The woman said looking at Ozzy and I in a rude manner.

“What?” Beta Raphael growled while grabbing my hand. 

“We do have a dress code here.” The woman said looking at my mate warily. 

“I am aware of your dress code.” Beta Raphael said in a dangerously low voice. “You however are not aware that Emma and Ozzy have just come from an abusive household. By the time we got in yesterday all the clothing stores were closed, this is all they have.” The woman bowed her head and looked up with an almost sad look on her face. 

“My apologies sir.” She said before scurrying away. I looked up at him with a tilted head. 

“Whenever talking to the humans, stay as close to the truth as possible.” I nodded and squeezed his hand before taking mine away and eating the food in front of me. Once I was done, Beta Raphael took his hand and felt how full my belly was. “Good job miele.” I smiled and leaned back in my chair as I waited for him and Ozzy to finish up.