Cal POV
I look at Kenzi walk away, knowing that she is not going to listen to me on this one. She was appointed alpha of this pack and she vowed to protect, but I feel the need to defend her.
“Mackenzi, I need to ensure that you are safe and protected. I cannot defend your pack if I am worried about you.”
“I do not need you to defend my pack, that is why I am alpha.” She says as she starts to take off her three-inch stilettos. “You can either help, or you can do inside and wait for me. Now if you excuse me I have a pack to protect.” She drops her earring on the table as she walks out of the greenhouse.
I follow behind her towards the border. On the way there, I mind link Emilio to meet us there. I know he is balls deep in some she-wolf, but he needs to be present.
Running after Kanzi, we reach the border in no time. What I did not expect to see was close to thirty rogue fightings. Without missing a beat, Kenzi immediately jumped in. She ran over to where one of her warriors was pinned down by a rogue. She lifted her right knee and with great force went straight for the bloodied rogues ribs. I was in complete shock at the speed and power behind her knee. It almost made me forget about the split that ran up to her waist. How did I miss that!?! A deep growl escaped my throat.
“EITHER FIGHT OR LEAVE.” She shouted at me. It was enough to knock me back into the game.
There were two rogues running straight for me. One on my right and one on my left. I immediately ran towards the one on the right. He was a dark dingy gray and knew straight away how I was going to take him out. I duck low and extend my claw and run it along the side of his belly while spinning myself around just in time to grab the other wolf by the throat and snap his neck.
I turned around just in time to see Emilio arrive and began to fight too. We make quick work of the rogues. None of them were able to escape, but Kenzi's team was not able to catch one alive. These ruthless bastards fought to the deaths.
I immediately go to check on Kenzi to make sure she is ok, and I see her standing there still in her crimson red dress and hair flawless as though she was not in a battle. I went to hug her but was instantly distracted by the growling of wolves. I knew one of those growls.
Emilio.
I turned just in time to see Emilio pounce on another wolf who looked to be of beta status due to his size. They fought with such hate and passion; I was so confused as to what was happening. Kenzi shocked them all when she went to separate them.
“ENOUGH!” She boomed in her alpha command. That is one command that is impossible to ignore.
“SHIFT NOW.” She commanded. They both hung their heads low as they both started to shift. I handed Emilio a pair of shorts that were given to me and someone gave the other guy, who I realized was Kenzi beta, Jaxon, a pair as well.
“Explain now.” She demanded as she looked between the two. They looked at each other and you could feel the tension rising as they continued to look around. “I will not ask again.” She says to both of them.
I have never been so turned on by the amount of power that rolled off of her. She commanded respect and they gave it to her. They did not question her authority. I could tell she was going to be a great leader.
“Ask this asshole,” Jaxon said as he pointed to Emilio.
“You allowed him to put his hands all over you. You are mine!” Emilio screamed. I was taken back by what he just said and confused all at the same time. Was Jaxon his mate? How did I not know he was gay? What the hell? I am not saying this is a bad thing. I am happy for my best friend, but I have always seen him with girls.
“Are you f*****g serious? You stand there and tell me what is your as you f*****g stand there smelling like some slut of a she-wolf.” He seethed. “You made it clear you didn’t want me.”
“So that means you go throw yourself at someone else!!” Emilio growled. Just minutes from shifting.
“Well at least I know I am wanted.” Jaxon ends as he runs into the woods. Before Emilio can go after him, Kenzi raises her hand to him and stops him.
“You f****d up,” I growl. “Don’t!” She looks at me and then back to Emilio. “He didn’t care if you were a guy or a girl. He would have loved you anyway. As his best friend, I can tell you now, you either reject him and let him find a second chance mate who is willing to love him,” Emilio's eyes filled with shock and despair. “Or you man up and do a whole lot of kissing ass.”
“Just give him time.” She says as she walks towards me.
“Can you walk me back to the packhouse?” She looked up at me with her big bright green eyes.
“Sure.”
As we walked back to the packhouse, we did so in complete silence. I knew she was worried about her friend and I was just still in shock about my betas revelation.
“Thank you for bringing her tonight to help defend my pack.” She said as we reached her packhouse. “I never thought about what my life would be like with a mate, but I am happy to know that we fight well together.” She smiled.
I chuckled lightly. “Yes, but now I have to get accustomed to knowing that you can defend yourself,” I said as I ran my palm down the side of her face. She immediately pulled in her bottom lip to bite.
I felt my pants getting tight and my manhood started to rise.
“Please don’t do that honey, I will not be able to control myself from throwing myself on you.”
Before I knew what was happening next, Kenzi leaned forward on her tiptoes and pressed her soft lips into mine. I felt an immediate jolt through my body. It caused me to groan against her mouth as my manhood stood at attention. I grabbed onto her waist and pulled our bodies flushed to one another.
Being an alpha, I never thought I would be turned on or accepting of a dominant woman. Kenzi did something to me. She was already making me second guess what I wanted after only a few hours.
I licked her bottom lip asking for entrance. She easily opened it and I swallowed her as my life depended on it. She moans gently in my mouth making it harder for me to let her go. I knew if I didn’t let me go now, I would take her now on the front porch. I continued to kiss her until I couldn’t breathe.
We let go and gasped for air. It seemed we both felt that kiss was better than oxygen. I went back and pecked her again.
“That was wonderful and everything I imagined it to be.” She said as a blush crept up her cheek.
“I hope to be able to give you many more of those,” I whispered against her lips as I stole another kiss. “Can I see you in the morning?”
“I hope so. Would you like to have breakfast before you head back to your pack?”
“That would be great!” I smiled at her. “I will see you in the morning. Sweet dreams.”
“You too.” She walked into the house.
I turned my back to walk away because I knew if I stood there any longer, I would do something I would be able to stop. I needed to do two things tonight…talk to my best friend and take a cold shower.